Sony Promoting 'No Man's Sky' as Big Part of its Games' Lineup For 2015 Holiday Season

The upcoming game "No Man's Sky" is going to be a big part of Sony's lineup during the 2015 holiday season as the release of the other offering from the company, "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End," has been delayed until 2016.

The game's developer Hello Games recently revealed more details about "No Man's Sky," including its inclusion of over 18 quintillion planets, with each one different from the rest.

As the game's launch date nears, Sony has been advertising it as though it will be released exclusively for the PlayStation 4, treating it as a "first-party" offering. However, "No Man's Sky" is expected to come to the PC after it lands on the PS4 this holiday season.

The game is going to be a timed exclusive on the PlayStation 4. However, it could come to the Xbox One console at a later time.

At the moment, all eyes are on the creation and testing of the game. Earlier reports indicated that the developer was using a robot probe to check each world in the game for flaws. This probe goes into each world, captures videos and GIFs and they are then checked and the flaws, if found, rectified.

GameSpot said the universe covered in the game is so massive that a human being would take 5 billion years to explore each world for one second. Hello Games, the independent studio developing the game, has opted to procedurally generate each world, using 64 bit numbers in the creation process. This strategy allows the studio to create the game with a small team of about a dozen developers.

The New Yorker conducted an extensive interview with Sean Murray, the chief architect behind the game. He revealed that players will start off on a planet that exists on the outer edge of the galaxy. They will then be presented with a mystery that exists at the center of the galaxy and will have to head towards the location. Along the way, as players explore worlds they can also trade, mine and fight. Additionally as players discover a world in the game, their names will be taken and included in a galactic online map.