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Read More »Hello Games announces Hello Labs to support indie game projects
No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games has announced a new program designed to help fund and support indie projects from other studios. VentureBeat reports that Hello Labs will focus on procedurally generated titles – a method it employed to create the huge galaxy that featured in No Man’s Sky. For …
Read More »ASA rule that No Man’s Sky didn’t mislead consumers
No Man's Sky steam page ruled as not misleading
Read More »ASA dismisses No Man’s Sky complaint
Hello Games has no case to answer regarding the marketing of No Man’s Sky. That’s according to the Advertising Standards Authority, which has dismissed a complaint raised regarding the controversial space title in September. The developer told the organisation that due to No Man’s Sky’s procedural generation, which means every …
Read More »Hello Games breaks 3 month silence with new No Man’s Sky patch
Foundation Update hopes to win over vocal fanbase
Read More »Hello Games delivers massive update for No Man’s Sky
After months of radio silence, developer Hello Games has announced a sizeable new update for No Man’s Sky. Called the Foundation Update, this was revealed via the studio’s blog, and it promises some considerable improvements to the sci-fi survival title. According the post, this is’a foundation for things to come’ …
Read More »Sony says Hello Games is still working to improve No Man’s Sky
Development of No Man’s Sky continues, with Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Shawn Layden becoming one of the few to provide official post-launch comment on the game. Speaking on Live with YouTube Gaming, the executive VP and COO of Sony’s gaming arm said: Hello Games, Sean Murry and his team, had an …
Read More »Valve cracks down on Steam ‘bullshots’
"We haven’t been super crisp on guidelines for screenshots in the past, so we’d like to take this opportunity to clarify some rules in this space,"
Read More »/r/NoMansSky is shut down, deleting months of content
Moderator shuts subreddit down, claiming it's become a "hate filled wastehole"
Read More »Pokémon Go and No Man’s Sky boost digital revenue to $6.1 billion in August
With two massive digital releases dominating August’s charts it is no surprise that this was a big month for digital spending. According to SuperData Research sales of digital games and microtransactions hit a total of $6.1 billion in August, which is an increase of 11 percent compared to August 2015. …
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