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Highly anticipated space exploration game No Man’s Sky has revealed it has settled a legal challenge that threatened the game’s name.
Sean Murray, head of HelloGames – the studio behind the game – revealed on Twitter that broadcaster Sky TV had raised concerns over the use of the word ‘Sky’ in the name.
The game had been due to launch at the end of this month, but has now been delayed until August. Murray tweeted the news that the legal issues have now been resolved.
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
This is the same folks who made Microsoft change Skydrive to Onedrive… so it was pretty serious
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) June 17, 2016
On the plus side perhaps this is the real reason Skynet never happened…
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) June 18, 2016
The game has been eagerly anticipated because of its huge scale – set in a universe that is technically infinite, with the game housing an algorithm that can keep spawning new worlds for players to explore.
Sky has not commented on the dispute.
No Man’s Sky is due for release on August 10 on PlayStation 4 and Windows.
