No Man's Sky fans can rejoice as the much anticipated game is complete and just went gold, meaning that gamers are looking at a great space exploration summer.
Sean Murray, the man at the helm of Hello Games, recently sent a tweet announcing the news from what looks like a celebration of the game's completion.
It's happened. No Man's Sky just went gold. I'm so incredibly proud of this tiny team. 4 years of emotions pic.twitter.com/YJoI6JVgxq
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) July 7, 2016
No Man's Sky was supposed to come out on June 21, and the postponed rollout caused some disturbance for retail stores that had previously received marketing materials. However, workarounds were easy to find. At some GameStop locations, employees simply added a sticker over the launch date with a mysterious "coming soon" replacement.
After it missed its scheduled release date, Hello Games promised that the release will happen in August.
Toward the end of May, Hello stated that Aug. 9 will be the common release date for PC and PS4 and it is good to see that the gaming company is keeping to its word.
As the delay was announced, Murray explained the reasons behind it. He stated that the game is very ambitious and is probably the most difficult task he ever set to do. Murray added that his team had to take a few "tough choices" to get everything right.
"Some key moments needed extra polish to bring them up to our standards," Murray noted.
Another issue with the game resided in the legal clash between Sky TV and Hello Games, as the former was urging the gaming company to change the "Sky" portion of the game's name. Hello ended up winning the legal issue and managed to keep the intended title. According to Murray, that marked the end of a three-year long discrete legal horn-locking.
As a reminder, No Man's Sky is a supremely ambitious survival game that sends its players to explore an uncharted galaxy of unseen scale and magnitude. The game was crafted with huge scale in mind, featuring a total of 18 quintillion planets for players to explore. Some estimates show that if a player were to spend only a second visiting each planet, the total time spent exploring them all would rank up to 5 billion years.
The goal of the game is to simply get to the center of the galaxy. However, gamers will have a challenging and immersive journey ahead. Among the highlights of the game is the ability to decipher alien languages to better understand the worlds you are exploring.
Earning cash to make tweaks and upgrades to the spaceship and equipment is another goal that space adventurers could achieve. Those who are more attracted to piloting a starfighter ship will have their share of engaging encounters, as well.
One of the biggest selling points of the title is its open-world nature, meaning that players can choose their path to the center of the galaxy with maximum flexibility.
No Man's Sky will be officially launched on Aug. 9 for PC and PlayStation 4 in the United States. European gamers will see it on Aug. 10, while the UK gets it on Aug. 12.
