Sean Murray Breaks Light No Fire's 2-Year Silence, Admitting the Radio Blackout Wasn't the Original Plan and Confirming the Ambition

Sean Murray has broken a two-year silence on Light No Fire, admitting that the radio blackout wasn't the original plan and confirming the ambition. It's been nearly three years since Hello Games announced Light No Fire at The Game Awards 2023, and we famously didn't get any further trailers or real info. It's been so bad for fans that they have been happy just to read a brief mention of the project in Sean Murray's No Man's Sky 10th-anniversary letter. Thankfully, Murray did just talk a little more about Light No Fire in an interview with Kotaku. To begin with, he revealed that the original marketing plan didn't involve a long radio silence at all. I thought we would have chatted about it more by now. We dropped a trailer like two years ago, two and a half years ago, and I had a plan of like, 'OK, we'll do this. We'll tease it. Right?' It's how I saw that 90-second trailer. And then I was like, 'OK, and now I know what we'll show next. We'll really explain the game. I had actually intended that we were going to show it six months later, but, you know, we've like shot up the Steam wishlist charts; we're like number two on there. And I was just like, 'OK, that's enough. You know, we don't need to say any more. Why? Why do any marketing?' Even if Murray doesn't say it outright, it seems an obvious reaction to what happened with No Man's Sky, which was damaged by the pre-launch hype for a long time. Clearly, Hello Games has learned from that mistake and wishes to underpromise and overdeliver. Anyway, with regard to Light No Fire, the studio's Managing Director suggested that the game is ready to be shown again, though that doesn't necessarily mean it will happen soon. He also doubled down on its massive ambition. I don't think people realize just how ambitious it is and how crazy it is. And I look forward to people finding that out and to showing them. But I'm very happy right now just working on it in my own little cave and not having to worry about anything, trying to pretend the outside world doesn't exist right now. While No Man's Sky focused on creating a massive, nearly infinite universe, Light No Fire flips that premise: focusing on a single planet, but one that is actually even bigger than real-life Earth, and also completely seamless. Beyond that, the developer previously described it as a survival-sandbox RPG world, where players will create a life, connect with each other, explore lasting structures and communities. Personally, I can't wait to see. Sounds like it'll be right up there. What do you guys think about this? Are you excited for the game or forgot about it? Let me know in the comments below.