'No Man's Sky' Gameplay Trailer Reveals Space And Surface Combat; Dutch Company Accuse Hello Games Of Using Its Superformula Without Permission!
BySony and Hello Games rolled out the new game trailer for "No Man's Sky" giving players a sneak peek at what to anticipate from the upcoming science fiction title.
The trailer features gamers travelling to space and squaring off against enemy units across the galaxy. Gamers should prep up to use various blasters on the ground against antagonistic robots and extraterrestrials as they must live through the imminent invasion on the planet.
But that's not all. Players might have to go toe-to-toe with hostile computer-controlled groups of star ships determined to destroy them as well. Player's space craft will boast an array of weapons including laser beams, plasma cannons, et al.
Hello Games will unveil in-game features for "No Man's Sky" as the studio will explain the facets of trading and survival within the impending action-adventure survival game, Gamerant reported.
In other news, Dutch company Genicap has claimed that it owns the license on No Man's Sky's "Superformula."
Genicap's spokesperson Jeroen Sparrow affirmed that they have not permitted Hello Games to make use of the Superformula features in the making of "No Man's Sky," but they will not stop the game from releasing. However, if the studio uses the formula anyway, then they will have to give a valid explanation for not paying heed to their advice.
Although Sparrow has been ceaselessly trying to get in touch with Hello Games regarding the matter, but he hasn't yet received a response from the studio, IGN reported.
However, this is not the first instance when 'superformula' has been cited in connection to "No Man's Sky."
Hello Games' Sean Murray openly accepted that an equation published by Belgian plant geneticist Johan Gielis back in 2003 was extremely crucial to achieve the procedural generation in the game - Gielis dubbed this equation his 'superformula' - a tag which Murray used.
However, Gielis who is the Chief Research Officer at Genicap has had a patent on the formula since 2000.