screen flickers for half a second and I'm right back on my desktop

I second that.

Yeah it crashes for me after showing the Hello Games logo for a second. No dice...

im getting the same thing. no mans sky pops up in task manager for half a second.

I get as far as the animated "No Man's Sky" title, then a plain white screen for a second or two before crashing back to desktop.

-- Steve

Saw the logo after first start when the game suddenly crashed to a blue screen which forced to restart the PC. Now not even a screen flicker, just nothing happens.

Ok, so it's not just me. I came here wondering if anybody else has been able to start it. So not just me.

But yeah, Hello Games a 1/2 a sec, then it just is dropped from memory. I have tried launching in Admin. Still attempting a few other ideas.

How lovely to read this at 64% :C

Same here. After launching it shows a black screen for a second and then it just closes...

Same problem here ;(

Yep, I get the initialization screen and that's it. Where do you get support?

It's the same for me... No man's sky logo shows up a brief flythrough of a universe than the white screen and right back to my desktop

A magnificent opening day of the galaxy!

same here, after install the NMS initial screen locked up(with stars on it) . After 5 mins I rebooted PC. Now whenever I run NMS I get hello logo for half a second and I am back in Gog Galaxy. Very shabby.

Add me to the list. See intro animation, title, then crash on the white screen with no details...