Colourful space simulator thingywotsit No Man's Sky has been tantalising the community for a couple of years with its awesome looking universe.

And finally, the endless tease is coming to an end – No Man's Sky has gone gold.

The creator of No Man's Sky, Sean Murray, tweeted a celebratory image of the development team standing behind a disc of the finished code.

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. It's happened. No Man's Sky just went gold. I'm so incredibly proud of this tiny team. 4 years of emotions pic.twitter.com/YJoI6JVgxq — Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) July 7, 2016

It must have been an emotional moment for Hello Games, a modestly-sized studio whose ambitious project has attracted the right kind of attention from all corners of the globe.

The game is set in a massive procedurally generated universe in which every planet is unique. Elite Dangerous plays a similar trick with its gargantuan galaxy map, but the worlds of No Man's Sky have stolen hearts because they're just so damned beautiful.

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You too can chart a course to uncharted planets on August 10 when No Man's Sky will be crash landing on PS4 and PC.

It was originally scheduled for a June release, but was pushed back to allow for some more time for developmental polish.

Or maybe it was because of that legal battle over the use of the word 'Sky'. Either way, bring on August 10.

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