Hello Games, the developer behindNo Man’s Skyis no stranger to overly ambitious projects in relation to the size of its studio. After developing a trilogy of mobile games named Joe Danger,Hello Gamesannounced in 2013 that it was developing a massively ambitious procedural space exploration game which would become 2016’sNo Man’s Sky.
Hello Games’ lofty ambitions forNo Man’s Skywere sold a little too well to the public however, and the game ended up being placed on a pedicle which the actual product couldn’t reach. This led to one of the most tumultuous releases ever, with the backlash ranging from sound arguments over the misrepresentation of products in marketing todeath threats sent to Hello Games over butterflies.
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It wouldn’t be surprising then, if after a game release likeNo Man’s Sky, that a studio could have its ambitions tempered for future products. This appears not to be the case at Hello Games however, as the studio’s Managing Director Sean Murray spoke to IGN aboutthe new game being developed by Hello Games, and said “it’s the kind of project that even if we had a thousand people working on it, it’d still seem impossible.”
Speaking about the team working on the ambitious new project, Sean Murray said “it’s a small team, but we like it that way.” Apparently, the new game is being developed in the background by this smaller dedicated team, which could indicate the studio is in no rush to finish the project and will only reveal it to the public when it is ready.
Murray previously stated thatHello Games had learned its lesson from theNo Man’s Skyrelease, and would not be discussing its future games too early before launch. So far, the studio has stayed true to this promise, as very little is known about the upcoming project. The only things players do know is that it is not a sequel toNo Man’s Sky, but it is apparently going to be equally ambitious in scale.
Hello Games has done a lot of work onNo Man’s Skysince its rocky first release. Among its players the game is now known as one of the great comeback stories for games, after adding a lot the content that was originally promised before release, andHello Games say it is not done with updates forNo Man’s Sky. However, some players who never returned to theNo Man’s Skyafter launch may still feel scorned by the promises made and then not delivered on.
No Man’s Skyis available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X, with a Nintendo Switch port scheduled for mid 2022.
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