Developer Hello Games has quietly delayed the PC release date of its highly anticipated open-world space game "No Man's Sky."

According to Eurogamer, the PC version of "No Man's sky" has been pushed back three days, and now has a listed release date of August 12 on the official website.

The game is also slated for release on August 13, according to its Steam page, instead of its previously announced date of August 9.

The PS4 version is still slated for the original August 9 release date for North America and August 10 in Europe, although fans fear that this might be affected by the delay as well.

Playstation Lifestyle reported that the delay may have a connection with the recent issue about Hello Games and a Dutch research company Genicap.

In a report by Telegraaf, via Eurogamer, a Belgian geneticist named Johan Gielis claimed that Hello Games' Sean Murray used his patented superformula for to generate the vast galaxy of "No Man's Sky."

Jeroen Sparrow, from Genicap, claims that the formula needs to be licensed as it is protected by a patent.

While Gielis and Sparrow, and Genicap as a whole, did not threaten legal action, Eurogamer reported that the company seems to expect some sort of monetary compensation in exchange.

"If Hello Games used our technology," Sparrow said, "at some stage we will have to get to the table."

Hello Games' Sean Murray has spoken about the issue, calling it a non-story, and assuring fans that this has no impact on the release of "No Man's Sky." Murray also reportedly invited Gielis and Sparrow over for a cup of coffee to meet and "chat maths" once the game is out.

Despite this, Sparrow is still insisting that the Superformula has been used.

"There have been several sources and people (Sean Murray himself, among others) who have indicated more or less directly that the Superformula has been used," Sparrow said.

"Yesterday Sean Murray invited us for a cup of coffee at Hello Games in order for him to clarify things. We will certainly do that."