No Man’s Sky Controversy Number Four… or Five… We Forget…
You can’t help but feel bad for Sean Murray and the team at Hello Games. It seems there is no shortage of No Man’s Sky controversy as yet another issue rears its ugly head. A Dutch company, Genicap is claiming that it owns and created the mathematical formula used in the game’s world generation formula. Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reports that Genicap gave no license to Hello Games for the formula according to company spokesperson Jeroen Sparrow.
Sparrow insists that the intention of Genicap is not to hold up the release of the game but to talk with Hello Games who have, up to this point not responded to any attempts made to contact the studio. “We have not licensed to Hello Games,” said Sparrow, “We certainly do not want to stop the launch, but if the formula is used, we will have to sit at the table at any given time.” (via Google Translate)
Johan Gielis, the founder of Genicap and apparent inventor of the super formula talks about its invention and use in this blog post that dates all the way back to May 23, 2005. If the date on this is true it could prove damning evidence to Sean Murray’s No Man’s Sky.
Should this new speed bump push an even further delay of No Man’s Sky it cold be a crippling blow to the development team at Hello Games. Delays and court proceedings with UK internet service provider Sky over usage of that same word have been a thorn in the side of Murray and company. Luckily the British court saw exactly how ridiculous it was to attempt to patent the word ‘sky’ but it did result in even further delays to the much-anticipated game.
Whether or not these claims have any truth to them still remains to be seen as Sony and Hello Games themselves are both yet to comment on the issue. Keep it locked to COGconnected for more information as we have it.