Hello Games says goodbye to PCs, monitors and more after office flood

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Massive flooding across areas of the UK has struck a productivity blow to indie developer Hello Games. Yesterday, via Twitter, the house that birthed Joe Danger announced its Guildford office had been swallowed by rushing water. "A river broke its bank nearby yesterday, and a lot of water flooded in really quickly. A biblical amount. It was coming in the windows!"

"We've lost most things - PCs, monitors, furniture, a door, a wall. You'd think the massive water cooled mega PC would be ok? It was not," a follow-up Tweet revealed.

Hello Games is currently working on the gorgeous No Man's Sky, a standout announcement at the VGX Awards earlier this month.

Despite the loss, Hello Games is in good spirits. "We're taking stock today, but already I know we'll come back stronger," the dev's Twitter account promised. "All we'll need is a place to work and a machine to work on."

Joystiq has contacted Hello Games to learn if the flooding has resulted in permanent data loss and its altered timetable for No Man's Sky, but have yet to hear back at the time of publishing.

Hello Games says goodbye to PCs, monitors and more after office flood originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 26 Dec 2013 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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