

Sony has revealed that No Man’s Sky has been officially delayed by a few months. It was originally slated for release on June 21, but that date has since shifted to August 9, 2016.

The delay was previously rumored without any official confirmations from either the game’s publisher Sony or its creators at Hello Games.

Today, developer Sean Murray officially announced the delay on the PlayStation blog. He wrote:

The game really has come together, and it’s such an incredible relief. As we sit an play it now, and as I watch playtesters every day, I can finally let myself get excited. We’re actually doing this. However, as we approached our final deadlines, we realized that some key moments needed extra polish to bring them up to our standards. I have had to make the tough choice to delay the game for a few weeks to allow us to deliver something special. After a short delay, No Man’s Sky will launch in North America on August 9, in Europe August 10, and in the UK August 12.

Long story short, No Man’s Sky has been delayed for polish. As Shigeru Miyamoto famously said, “A delayed game is eventually good. A bad game is bad forever.”