Hello Games has confirmed on Twitter that production on No Man’s Sky, the ambitious space exploration title for PlayStation 4 and PC, has finally wrapped after four years of development.
The game’s creator, Sean Murray, posted a snapshot on the social media platform of himself and the team celebrating as the title finally hit gold status. Check it out below.
It’s happened. No Man’s Sky just went gold. I’m so incredibly proud of this tiny team. 4 years of emotions pic.twitter.com/YJoI6JVgxq
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) July 7, 2016
No Man’s Sky is one of the most ambitious projects to date for Sony’s flagship console. The game features a sprawling open-world galaxy for players to explore, where players can visit planets and scan them for resources and points of interest, before uploading them to a database known as The Atlas.
Each planet typically includes procedurally-generated flora and fauna for players to observe, although your efforts won’t go unnoticed. If you harvest too many resources, then you’ll have entities known as The Sentinels hunting you down—think of them as No Man’s Sky’s take on Grand Theft Auto’s ‘Wanted’ system.
No Man’s Sky will finally touch down on PS4 in mid-August.