No Man's Sky
2016 video game
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| November 2024 | PlayStation 5 Pro support added with cross-platform save testing. |
| 2023 | Won the Still Playing Award at the Golden Joystick Awards. |
| June 2023 | The game is released for macOS, completing its availability across multiple gaming platforms. |
| June 1 2023 | macOS and iPadOS version released, utilizing Apple's Metal framework with MetalFX enhancement. |
| February 2023 | PlayStation VR2 support released with the 'Fractal' update. |
| October 2022 | No Man's Sky is released for Nintendo Switch, further expanding its platform reach. |
| May 2022 | Launch of the seventh expedition 'Leviathan', which introduced 'space whale' organic frigates that players can recruit into their fleet. |
| February 2022 | Release of the 'Sentinel' update, with Sean Murray stating that Hello Games considers No Man's Sky an ongoing project with continuous development. |
| October 2021 | Released an Expedition that introduced giant worms to the game's fauna, coinciding with Halloween and the Dune movie adaptation. |
| May 2021 | VR version added support for NVIDIA's Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology for VR games. |
| March 2021 | Introduction of time-limited Expeditions update, offering curated gameplay experiences with unique rewards, including a special Normandy spacecraft from Mass Effect. |
| 2020 | Won 'XR Game of the Year' at the SXSW Gaming Awards. |
| 2020 | Won 'Best Ongoing Game' at The Game Awards. |
| 2020 | The patent for the superformula used by Dr. Johan Gielis expired, potentially resolving intellectual property concerns raised by Genicap regarding No Man's Sky's potential use of the mathematical formula. |
| November 2020 | The game is released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S consoles, bringing enhanced next-generation console support. |
| July 2020 | Hello Games enabled cross-platform play for No Man's Sky, unifying server infrastructure across all supported platforms. |
| July 2020 | Cross-platform play is enabled for all supported platforms, allowing players from different gaming systems to interact in the game. |
| June 2020 | After being added to Xbox Game Pass, Hello Games reported over one million new players within a month. |
| June 2020 | Cross-platform play introduced between all released versions, excluding the Nintendo Switch. |
| 2019 | Nominated for 'Best VR/AR Game' at The Game Awards. |
| 2019 | Won 'Most Evolved Game' at the SXSW Gaming Awards. |
| August 2019 | Virtual reality support was added for HTC Vive, Steam VR, and PlayStation VR through the 'Beyond' update. |
| June 2019 | Hello Games announced virtual reality (VR) support for No Man's Sky as part of the free 'Beyond' update, fulfilling Murray's earlier vision of VR being a good fit for the game's immersive experience. |
| April 2019 | Windows version updated with a complete graphics API overhaul, replacing OpenGL with Vulkan, bringing performance improvements and enhanced graphics settings. |
| 2018 | Nominated for 'Best Co-operative Game' and 'Xbox Game of the Year' with No Man's Sky Next at the Golden Joystick Awards. |
| 2018 | Nominated for 'Best Ongoing Game' at The Game Awards. |
| July 2018 | Murray revealed the post-launch period was extremely difficult, with the studio receiving death and bomb threats that required constant contact with Scotland Yard. |
| July 2018 | No Man's Sky is released for Xbox One, expanding its platform availability. |
| 2017 | At the Game Developers Conference, Sean Murray admitted Hello Games severely underestimated player numbers, with over 500,000 players instead of the expected 10,000 concurrent players. |
| 2017 | Hello Games launched 'Hello Labs', a support programme to fund and support developers working on procedurally generated or experimental gameplay games. |
| 2017 | Nominated for Outstanding Technical Achievement at the 20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards. |
| 2017 | Shacknews considered it the Best Comeback, praising its updates since launch. |
| 2017 | PC Gamer named No Man's Sky its Best Ongoing Game. |
| 2017 | No Man's Sky won the Innovation Award at the Game Developers Choice Awards and was nominated for the Best Technology Award. |
| 2017 | Nominated for the British Game award at the 13th British Academy Games Awards. |
| 2017 | Nominated for Excellence in Technical Achievement at the SXSW Gaming Awards. |
| 2016 | Steam Spy estimated over 823,000 copies sold, generating more than $43 million in gross revenue. |
| November 2016 | Release of the Foundation update, the first major post-launch update for No Man's Sky that began expanding the game's features. |
| October 2016 | Hello Games' Twitter account was hacked, with a message 'No Man's Sky was a mistake' posted, causing additional community drama. |
| August 2016 | The game became the second-highest selling game in North America by revenue for the month, according to NPD Group. |
| August 2016 | No Man's Sky is released worldwide for PlayStation 4 and Windows, initially receiving mixed reviews and criticism for lacking promised features, particularly multiplayer capabilities. |
| June 2016 | Hello Games settled legal negotiations with Sky Group over the trademark for the name 'No Man's Sky', allowing the game to continue using its original title. |
| 2014 | Hello Games' Sean Murray first suggested the possibility of releasing limited modding tools for Windows players, acknowledging that these tools would not allow creation of new planets. |
| 2013 | Hello Games begins early planning for No Man's Sky updates, with former Sony executive Shahid Ahmad confirming they had a planned update schedule as early as this year. |
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