Aside from the numerous complaints because of the delays, "No Man's Sky" also faced a lawsuit for its title. The much-awaited game's developer, Hello Games, revealed that it dealt a three-year legal battle against British telecommunications company, Sky.
"No Man's Sky" creator, Sean Murray, surprised everyone with his tweet on Sunday, according to PlayStation Lifestyle.
"Yay! We finally settled with Sky (they own the word 'Sky')," Sean Murray shared on his Twitter page. "We can call our game No Man's Sky. 3 years of secret stupid legal nonsense over."
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
Although Sean Murray didn't further elaborate the news, it looked like the rest of "No Man's Sky" developer and creators went through a hard time.
"This is the same folks who made Microsoft change Skydrive to Onedrive... so it was pretty serious," Sean Murray went on. "On the plus side, perhaps this is the real reason Skynet never happened."
This is the same folks who made Microsoft change Skydrive to Onedrive... so it was pretty serious — Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) June 17, 2016
The Verge reported that facing a legal battle with Sky was a serious fight. Sky was known for being tough to protect its brand and so, anything that was using its name was being slammed with a lawsuit.
To recall, Sky confronted Microsoft in court over its SkyDrive title. Unfortunately, the U.K. court favored the pan-European satellite broadcasting over the tech giant that resulted in changing SkyDrive to OneDrive.
On the plus side perhaps this is the real reason Skynet never happened...
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) June 18, 2016
But, luckily, this time, Hello Games won the battle against Sky and "No Man's Sky" retains its name, which is, once again, expected to be out on Aug. 9.
Just a refresher, "No Man's Sky" was delayed from its assumed release in June to August, as per Polygon.
Sean Murray explained that "No Man's Sky" holdup was because of "some key moments needed extra polish to bring them up to our standards."
"No Man's Sky" has been so promising for being announced as the largest gameplay in the gaming word today.
In fact, Hello Games boasted that "No Man's Sky" is so big its players will have a hard time to meet each other in one place virtually.
