Hello Games Breaks Silence to Announce Important No Man’s Sky Update

Following weeks of silence in the face of overwhelming criticism, Hello Games has announced that it is set to release a significant new update for its much-maligned game, No Man’s Sky. Prior to its release, No Man’s Sky was swathed in frenzied hype, fuelled by the honeyed words of lead developer, Sean Murray. When the game was finally released, after two delays, back in August, players were left bereft by its failure to live up to the grand promises made by Murray.

While Murray and the rest of the Hello Games team have kept a low profile since No Man’s Sky’s release, publisher Sony has assured gamers that the game is effectively still in development. This new update, dubbed the Foundation Update, is our first proof of this. According to a new blog post on the Hello Games website, the Foundation Update will prepare the game for some big future changes:

“This week Hello Games will be releasing an update to No Man’s Sky. We’re calling it The Foundation Update, because we have added the foundations of base building, and also because this is putting in place a foundation for things to come.

Detailed patch notes will follow, and release will be soon.

Coming from five years of intense development, immediately after No Man’s Sky released the team spent six weeks updating the game with 7 patches across both platforms (the last of these was 1.09 on Sept 24th which you can read about here http://www.no-mans-sky.com/log/). These fixed many of the most common or critical bugs and issues post-release.

In the nine weeks since then our small team has been hard at work on development, testing and certification for the Foundation Update. It won’t be our biggest update, but it is the start of something.”

Hello Games goes on to acknowledge the fervently negative response to No Man’s Sky and assures disgruntled owner that, while it may have been silent, it has been listening:

“The discussion around No Man’s Sky since release has been intense and dramatic. We have been quiet, but we are listening and focusing on improving the game that our team loves and feels so passionately about.

Positive or negative feedback, you have been heard and that will truly help to make this a better game for everyone.

This update will be the first small step in a longer journey. We hope you can join us.”