No Man’s Sky’s funky fauna: Unicorn dogs, hissing crabs, and space dinos

With No Man’s Sky, everyone gets to be an intergalactic wildlife expert.

Out now for PlayStation 4 today (and August 12 for PC), indie developer Hello Games’s No Man’s Sky is one of the most anticipated games of the year. It’s an ambitious take on open-ended exploration set in a universe that has over 18 quintillion planets. The tech behind that eye-popping scale is why Sony’s been treating the console exclusive like a triple-A release. No Man’s Sky is the first big game of the fall, an important time in the industry where all the major publishers release their high-profile games and franchises.