Release of No Man's Sky game delayed, apparently

Fans anticipating the new No Man's Sky game are going to be kept waiting a few more months, reports suggest.

Originally given a June release date, the space exploration game - which will be available on PlayStation 4 and Steam - is now expected to come out in either July or August at the earliest.

No Man's Sky has been the subject of a lot of hype since it was first announced in 2013.

The makers, Hello Games, have yet to confirm news of the delay.

Watch Newsbeat take a sneak peak at the planets created in No Man's Sky.

Gaming site Kokatu says a "reliable" source first informed them of the setback.

A GameStop employee also told them they had received marketing materials for No Man's Sky with the original 21 June release date.

They were also given a message to cover the signs with a label saying "coming soon".

In No Man's Sky players get to explore a vast universe made up of 18 quintillion planets

Expectations for the game have been running high, with experts saying it "stole the show" at E3 in 2014.

The buzz has come, in part, from the fact the game has been created, not by hundreds of people for millions of pounds but by a small UK-based company.

It's not unusual for games to be delayed - this week's release of Total War: Warhammer was a reschedule for example.

H tweeted: "People moaning that No Man's Sky has been delayed. So long as it arrives bug free, I don't mind when it arrives."

Earlier this year, No Man's Sky developer Sean Murray told Newsbeat the games industry has been less innovative in recent years.

The developers of No Man's Sky themselves don't even know what most of the planets in the game look like

"I think games started to become a big business before we were really ready," he said.

"In the first ten years of gaming, in the 1980s, there was a huge amount of innovation.

"Then it kind of went away because gaming became a big business."

Tony Sibley tweeted: "Pretty upset to hear No Man's Sky delayed - was really looking forward to that next month."

Built on a maths formula, the inter-planetary No Man's Sky adventure promises near endless possibilities of game play.

"It really started off as a crazy pipe dream experiment, we're doing something that's never been done before and that's what's interesting," said Sean.

Newsbeat has contacted Sony for a comment but has yet to receive a reply.

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