Hello Games greets the limelight again following their mysterious hiatus after allegedly delivering a bizarre tweet on their official account concerning their notorious title No Man's Sky. The England-based indie game studio first said that the "No Man's Sky was a mistake" tweet was a hack. But later on, they admitted that it was an employee who posted the tweet.
'Disgruntled Employee' Blamed For The Shocking Tweet
The tweet was taken down in less than a dozen minutes after its unexpected appearance at 5:48 a.m. PT. In a report by Forbes, a person claiming to be a Hello Games representative said that a "disgruntled employee" wrote the tweet. Mashable apparently received the same response as the representative reassured that the company is currently sorting out the issue.
Hello Games Founder Takes Credit For 'Mistake' Tweet
In the rolling chain of events, Sean Murray, the founder of Hello Games, surprisingly confessed to Polygon that he was the one behind the No Man's Sky tweet. "The tweet is from me, but somebody from the team took it down. We have not been coping well," the message reads.
Another email by Murray was sent to Kotaku in which he said that he wanted to apologize for not delivering their intended "artistic vision" to the game. This email was also received by two Polygon staff members who never attempted to email the Hello Games founder directly, completely stirring up everyone in shocked confusion.
'Server Hacked' Later Claims By Hello Games Founder
Nearly five hours after the deletion of the controversial tweet, Murray was seen on Twitter backing up Hello Games' on their hacking blame with a series of tweets such as: "Server hacked. We're binging Mr Robot Episodes as quickly as we can looking for answers. Ep05 is a cracker."
Was Hack Finally Resolved?
Later on, an exchange between Sean Murray and the official Twitter account of Hello Games confirmed that the hack is fixed. Hello Games replied to Murray that they are now 100 percent hack-free and is back to business as usual. This was the first time that both accounts have become active to social media after having disappeared for almost three months. The last recorded twitter activity of Hello Games was on Sept. 23, while Murray remained inactive since Aug. 18.
No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival video game developed and published by the indie studio Hello Games for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows. The game was released on Aug. 9 for PS4 and Aug. 12 for PC. The PC debut was later reported to be plagued by issues, which caused a significant decrease of players within its first two weeks.
