There was originally supposed to be a 'much bigger' reveal of Light No Fire: here's why Sean Murray changed his mind

Three years ago, we first saw the teaser for Light No Fire, the upcoming game from No Man's Sky developers Hello Games. During an interview with PC Gamer in conjunction with No Man's Sky's 10th anniversary, studio founder Sean Murray was asked if we might see more of Light No Fire before the end of the year. However, he revealed that he initially planned to tease the game with a 90-second clip at Summer Game Fest 2024 and then show a bigger reveal at the event.

Murray believed that the game's vision and ambition hadn't been fully explained, so he intended to reveal more at the festival. But the teaser was incredibly popular, garnering 20 million views and making it the number two game on Steam's wishlist. This popularity made them feel that they didn't need to say anything more at the time.

Murray also mentioned that the studio prefers to keep things under wraps and not spend time marketing or hyping the game to the press. When asked about the possibility of seeing more Light No Fire before the year's end, Murray emphasized that he'd learned the hard way not to talk about anything ahead of time and that the studio's general attitude is to avoid making any outward statements unless absolutely necessary.