Dutch Company Claims It Owns No Man’s Sky World Generation “Superformula”

Hello Games has found itself at the center of another potential legal issue as a Dutch company claims that the No Man’s Sky world generation “superformula” is patented, and the developer needs to return its calls.

Without getting too technical, a company called Genicap believes that the formula being used for the game’s procedurally-generated world was published in 2003 by its founder, plant geneticist Johan Gielis.…

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