Light No Fire is going to be one of the biggest games ever made. And I don’t just mean that from an anticipation perspective, because this new title from Hello Games is looking to render an entire planet to scale. I know, it doesn’t sounds possible – but if the meticulous expansion of No Man’s Sky has taught us anything it’s that you should never underestimate Hello Games. Light No Fire is an adventure set across one procedurally-generated multiplayer Earth, a true open world where all players work to explore the space together. It’s wildly ambitious, built to capture the sort of fantasy adventures that helped propel The Lord of the Rings into legend. So what you’ll want to do is keep on reading to find everything you need to know about Light No Fire, just don’t be surprised if your mind starts to unravel with all of the possibilities. After getting through it myself, I’m really hoping that it’s one of the new games for 2025. Light No Fire release date speculation Hello Games is yet to set a firm Light No Fire release date, although there is a chance that it could launch sooner than expected. The title has already been in active development for around five years, from a small incubation team working outside of the ongoing evolution of No Man’s Sky. Hello Games has indicated that it isn’t interested in repeating the lengthy marketing campaign it undertook with its space-sim, which existed in the public sphere for about three years from announcement through to release. Whether Light No Fire will release as a new games of 2025 remains to be seen, but don’t expect it to be something that’s teased for years.Light No Fire platformsThe Light No Fire platforms remain unconfirmed, although a Steam page for the upcoming co-op game is already live. A PC release seems certain then, as for whether it’ll launch simultaneously on PS5 and Xbox Series X is still up in the air. No Man’s Sky originally launched on PC and PS4, later arriving on Xbox One two years later – and it has maintained parity with updates and expansions ever since. Expect more details on where Light No Fire will be playable in the future. Light No Fire trailer
Light No Fire Announcement Trailer – YouTube
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You can watch the first trailer for Light No Fire above. This was captured in-engine, from real play sessions hosted by the Hello Games development team. It’s only two-minutes long, but works to quickly give you a sense of the scope of this massive procedurally-generated, persistently-shared planet. It’s a really effective teaser, and one of the best reveals from 2023’s Game Awards. Light No Fire setting Where No Man’s Sky procedurally-generated an entire universe, Light No Fire is generating a single planet to scale in a fantasy environment. Hello Games is trying to create a multiplayer earth, a space that’s large enough to conceivably accommodate the 7.8 billion people that currently inhabit our planet. The oceans on this literal open world are as dark and deep as our own, its mountains taller and more imposing, and the traversable space just as wide and varied. You’ve played in open worlds before, but nothing quite like this – literally hundreds of millions of square miles of space that you’ll be able to explore, discover, and build upon with your friends. Light No Fire story Hello Games says that it wants to “bring the depth of a role-playing game to the freedom of a survival sandbox” with Light No Fire. While the focus of the reveal centers on the scope of the generated planet, the final game will have some tentpoles of the RPG – from character creation through to a sprawling fantasy story. You’ll be able to create a custom avatar in a range of species, including human, rabbit, fox, badger, bear, wolf and otter, and should expect to encounter small outposts full of characters to meet (just like in No Man’s Sky) who will hand out quests. Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter