No Mans Sky Dev Announces Funding Initiative Hello Labs

The studio is also at work on an update to No Man's Sky.

By Alex Osborn

No Man's Sky developer Hello Games has launched a new initiative called Hello Labs, which will help support other smaller developers who are creating games that use procedural generation or are "experimental focused."

Studio founder Sean Murray shared the news today during his session at GDC, titled "Building Worlds Using Math(s)." Hello Labs will provide funding and support to one or two projects at a time, and Murray confirmed that one project is already in active development.

More details about Hello Labs will be shared in the future.

During the talk, Murray briefly mentioned what he's been up to at Hello Games, saying he's been "busy working on a current update to No Man's Sky." He also took a minute to reflect on the game, saying, "No Man's Sky started as a hobby to me, and in some ways, it still is."

For our thoughts on the ambitious space exploration game, which generated quite a bit of controversy when it released last year, read IGN's No Man's Sky review.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his YouTube channel.

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