In No Man’s Sky, the developers are already working on the first update.
For a few days now, No Man’s Sky is “gold”: The ambitious space simulation is complete. Now nothing stands in the way of the release in August on PS4 and PC. The game can be burned onto the disks.
Via Twitter, the founder of Hello Games, Sean Murray, has now shared some further information about No Man’s Sky. He tweets that the team is already working on “Update 1”. More information about it is not yet available:
No Man’s Sky is not that big – in terms of GB on the disk
Moreover, Murray announced how much space No Man’s Sky will take up on the disks. And surprise: It is only 6 GB. Some of that consists of audio files.
This seems extremely little at first glance – as the space simulation wants to provide an almost limitless galaxy. In some games, like The Division, the patches are already significantly larger.
However, there is a simple answer to the question of how No Man’s Sky can manage with so few GB: Most content is procedurally generated. Therefore, entire worlds, stars, and solar systems do not have to be crammed onto the disk.
Another piece of news Murray has for us: No Man’s Sky has passed certification in Europe, the USA, and Asia on the first attempt. In Japan, a submission is still pending.
So nothing stands in the way of the launch. The release date of No Man’s Sky in Europe is August 10th. It will be released on PlayStation 4 and PC.
No Man's Sky is a space open-world game with survival influences, where planets are procedurally generated. Players explore the galaxy and can choose whether to...
