About three years of "stupid nonsense" is over, now that Hello Games has settled a naming dispute with broadcaster Sky over No Man's Sky, according to Hello Games' Sean Murray.
Hello Games had been in a secret legal battle with Sky, one of Britain's top broadcasters. The Rupert Murdoch owned Sky apparently took issue with the name Hello Games gave the studio's upcoming space exploration videogame.
Now, Hello Games has been cleared to call the game by the only name fans have known it by: No Man's Sky. And that's a good thing because the studio couldn't think of a better name, Murray joked.
Though Murray joke about not being able to come up with a real name, he didn't take the matter lightly and, as a result, has "learned more about trademark law than any sane man would want to."
These are "the same folks who made Microsoft change Skydrive to Onedrive... so it was pretty serious," Murray stated. "On the plus side perhaps this is the real reason Skynet never happened..."
Before revealing the company had made peace with Sky, Murray tweeted that he and Hello Game's David Ream were working from laptops temporarily because the studio lost power. This is the same company that nearly lost its most ambitious game ever, No Man's Sky, due to flooding in the studio.
Despite all of the trouble the studio has had, it appears No Man's Sky is still on track for its latest release date: Aug. 9. The game was originally slated to release near the end of May, but it would seem the studio is set on launching a stable release with as few bugs as possible, gasp.
Fans have been so enthused about this game, that some threw tantrums when Hello Game's pulled the game just shy of its May 27 release date. Some fans directed death threat at Murray, who tweeted a response joking that the studio had been booby trapped to look like the house from Home Alone.
"Tell me when its safe to remove the marbles and oil from the stairs," Murray stated in the tweet. "It's getting really cumbersome, and I need the toilet."
The studio didn't cite an exact cause for the game's delay, but it would seem the legal battle with Sky had little impact, if any, on No Man's Sky release.
Yay! We finally settled with Sky (they own the word "Sky"). We can call our game No Man's Sky. 3 years of secret stupid legal nonsense over
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) June 17, 2016
