The official No Man's Sky release date is not until Aug. 9, but some people, including us at iDigitalTimes, managed to get their dirty mittens on the game before its release and have already begun to play. However, Hello Games isn't having any of that and will make sure to completely wipe the servers and level the playing field for the game's launch on Tuesday.
Hello Games senior programmer Harry Denholm shared the server reset announcement on Twitter over the weekend, which accompanied a screenshot of a smug remark from Kotaku: "... There is also a Kotaku planet out there, which you'll be able to discover once No Man's Sky is officially out on Tuesday."
No there won't be, Kotaku. All planets, spaceships, any progess made in No Man's Sky multiplayer whatsoever, no longer exists. Redditor Daymeeuhn became internet famous last week after he had obtained a very early copy of No Man's Sky off eBay for the cool price of $1300, and shared approximately 30 hours of spoilers and details of the game on a No Man's Sky subreddit. He, too, will have to start all over from the very beginning.
But for the people that already have the game, it doesn't meant you're not allowed to play until Tuesday – No Man's Sky features an offline mode for players to learn more about the game and have a leg up on its mechanics before anyone else. Obviously, it's impossible to ask players to not play such a highly anticipated game. That said, Hello Games founder and No Man's Sky creative director Sean Murry urges players to at least suppress some excitement to avoid the abundance of spoiler footage available on YouTube.
Not only will there be a No Man's Sky server wipe, which will likely take place just before midnight, but a day-one patch will be available as well. The patch will require 824MB of storage and will feature three distinct story paths, each offering choices that will determine how No Man's Sky will unfold in your game. The patch also features a revised trading system, combat mechanics, as well as an expansion to personal and space vessel inventory.
According to the official No Man's Sky website, the first server reset took place on Sunday and it will undergo a second wipe on Monday, most likely late night, ahead of its Tuesday release. No Man's Sky arrives Aug. 9 for PS4 and will not require a PS Plus subscription to play online.
