This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies. Really sorry - we'll get this sorted- Sean Murray August 8, 2016 Discussing with Sony now," Hello Games tweeted. "To anyone who is having their old NMS vids taken down accidentally, we're working on it.
The problem became so widespread that No Man's Sky developer Hello Games publicly apologised for this error and said it's working with Sony on fixing this. The problem was that it also issued strikes against videos that only discussed the game, even if they didn't show any leaked footage or reveal any information attained from the unofficial release. Naturally, the game's publisher, Sony Computer Entertainment, wasn't happy about this and went about issuing copyright strikes to remove videos showing unauthorised content. ORIGINAL STORY 5.44pm: No Man's Sky's launch has been a bit of an odd one in that the game was leaked early and loads of footage was easily accessible to anyone who knew where to look for it. Thomas' previous videos that were removed are back up, and the video where he pleads with Sony to get this sorted has been removed - something he said he would do once this got fixed. "I can livestream again via youtube tonight!" he added. I might be able to get the other video cleared and if so I can livestream again," Thomas said on Twitter. "I just woke up and talking with a rep right now.
UPDATE 9.47pm: Steven Thomas' wrongly flagged YouTube account will be back up and running in time for his 24-hour livestream for charity.