The upcoming video game "No Man's Sky" has been one of the most talked about IPs in the past couple of years due to the sheer largeness of its open world map. Now, "No Man's Sky" and its developers are in the news because it has recently been revealed that they have just completed a lengthy and "stupid" legal battle with the TV network Sky over the name of their soon to be released video game.
"No Man's Sky" developer Sean Murray has recently released a statement on his official Twitter account saying, "Yay! We finally settled with Sky (they own the word 'Sky'). We can call our game No Man's Sky. 3 years of secret stupid legal nonsense over." Video game news site Polygon has also reported on the incident and has reached out to Sky for comment, but has not responded so far.
Fans were left clamoring for the game after it was announced that its release would be delayed two months from its original release in June and will be launcehd in August instead. Developers of the game said that the delay was caused by their want to improve the game's quality, but nothing was said about any legal disputes. It is now set to be released on the Windows PC and the Sony PlayStation 4 on August 9.
Murray's tweet has been shared over 1,000 times on Twitter at the time of reporting. He also joked that Sky's tight hold on their trademark is probably the reason why "SkyNet" from the "Terminator" series never came into fruition.
Microsoft also previously found itself in a legal dispute against the United Kingdom-based broadcasting company Sky. In 2013, Microsoft's cloud storage platform SkyDrive had to change its name to OneDrive after an English court agreed that the technology giant was infringing on the trademark of Sky.
