Update: A post on the PlayStation Blog has confirmed the news. No Man’s Sky will launch in North America on 9 August, in Europe on 10 August, and in the UK on 12 August.
“As we approached our final deadlines, we realized that some key moments needed extra polish to bring them up to our standards,” wrote Sean Murray from Hello Games. “I have had to make the tough choice to delay the game for a few weeks to allow us to deliver something special.”
Our original story follows below…
No Man’s Sky has been delayed, but it’s unclear how much by. The news was first reported to Kotaku and confirmed by two independent sources to TechRadar.
Hello Games’ title was set to arrive on June 21 in the US and June 24 in the UK. Kotaku’s sources believe the game may have been pushed back to July or August, but the extent of the delay is uncertain.
Our own source, who is familiar with the matter, confirmed that discussions about delaying the game had taken place, but was not privy to how far the game has been pushed back.
We also contacted UK retailer Game, who informed us that its system had been updated to inform staff that the game had been delayed.
Coming soon…
One of Kotaku’s sources was an employee at US retailer Gamestop who said stores has been informed that the June 21 release date was no longer correct, and that the date should be covered with a “Coming Soon” label.
It’s possible that, even after all this, the game will still release on June 21. However, a delay is looking highly likely.
We’ve contacted Sony for comment. If a delay is indeed going ahead, we expect Hello Games or Sony to make an official statement very soon.
Source: techradar.com
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Lol. I just hope that this delay isn't because they're adding VR support or some rubbish like that.
there is no delay, according to GOG representives , and Gamestop management has denied release date push saying no communication or memo has been published as of yet, only that some marketing material had incorrect information when it was printed, im sure hello games would have publically stated of a release date push, under a month before release.
I'm not worried. I'm just not buying into this until there's an official confirmation.
“Dovetail `Flight School“` announced a `Delay of One month` very shortly before that was to be released.
It arrived buggy as a bugged bug even after the delay (and is still worse graphically than the modded MS FlightX the game is based on [and it runs worse]).
I have higher hopes for No Mans Sky but will not be surprised by anything.
"how far back the game has been pushed back" – there's at least 1 too many backs in there.
Biggest flop in 2016 gaming?
Obviously a typo.
This is GOOD news. It means they won't be releasing a horribly buggy game like some other companies I could mention. Take as long as you need Hello Games. Just get it right please.
You mixed the US en UK dates around.it's 21st for US and 24th for UK. Typo or are you just making stuff up?
Thank you so much for saying that it still could be released on the current date and these are just rumors. Was getting kinda tired of people saying that it's delayed because of TWO unimportant sources lol
Yeah, it will be re-listed once the official delay news drops, don't worry! 😀
Well, i, and a fckload more gamers, would welcome vr support.
rubbish….lol
This is bogus 2 day old info. Why is everyone taking Kota ku serious. No one delays a game a month out. Everything would be done by now printing units for shipping.
It's rumoured that the PS4 NEO is going to be released in August, this is another pointer maybe
please explain to me what were the other release dates since it was DELAYED AGAIN ??…for all i know the only release date was June 21 Hugh Langley ??…lol
Game still has it listed as June 24…
There are so many flops this past 12 months; and this year is not halfway through… so lets not be so premature 😉