No Man's Sky celebrates seventh birthday with (very) tiny tease for next update
Somewhat alarmingly, No Man's Sky is now seven years old, and developer Hello Games is celebrating the exploratory space sim's latest milestone with a brisk video retrospective and, probably of far more interest to fans, the tiniest of teases for the game's next update. Really, it's just the name they've announced, so don't get your hopes up.
No Man's Sky technically celebrated its birthday last Wednesday, 9th August, so I'm going to put Hello Games' delayed festivities down to too much jelly and ice cream; but regardless, studio boss Sean Murray has now popped up to briefly reflect on seven years of updates — which have taken No Man's Sky from its rocky beginnings to the staggeringly rich sci-fi opus is it now — while I silently scream at the imperceptible sprint of time.
«Seven years ago...we watched players all over the world begin to explore the universe we had created,» Murray writes in a short message shared to belatedly mark No Man's Sky's seventh anniversary. «I can't describe what that felt like. It was already the culmination of five previous years of very hard work for our tiny team.»
«We knew this was the start of a journey, but never expected what a wild ride it would be. I've been working on this game for nearly a third of my life, and it's been more successful than we ever planned or dreamed. It hasn't always been easy, but the thing that has been our guiding star throughout has been the players and the community. Behind every update, every video, every feature and line in a patch note is a team that cares so deeply for this game.»
The grand tally of named updates at this point, if you haven't been keeping tabs, is 27, introducing the likes of base building, bobbleheads, farming, cross-platform
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