{"id":120805,"date":"2020-11-17T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/hyper_light_drifter_dev_abylight_slams_twitters_dangerous_and_careless_attitude_after_surprise_ban"},"modified":"2020-11-17T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T16:45:00","slug":"hyper-light-drifter-dev-abylight-slams-twitters-dangerous-and-careless-attitude-after-surprise-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/11\/17\/hyper-light-drifter-dev-abylight-slams-twitters-dangerous-and-careless-attitude-after-surprise-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyper Light Drifter Dev Abylight Slams Twitter&#8217;s &#8216;Dangerous And Careless Attitude&#8217; After Surprise Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ff6f22334021e\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ff6f22334021e\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Hyper Light Drifter\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ff6f22334021e\/hyper-light-drifter.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ff6f22334021e\/hyper-light-drifter.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Hyper Light Drifter\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Abylight Studios, the publisher behind Switch games like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/hyper_light_drifter_special_edition\"><strong>Hyper Light Drifter: Special Edition<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/cursed_castilla_ex\"><strong>Cursed Castilla EX<\/strong><\/a>, has hit out at social media giant Twitter after having its account suspended.<\/p>\n<p>The Barcelona-based team says that <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abylight\">its account<\/a> has been shut down &#8220;without warning or explanation&#8221;, noting that the studio has been cut off from speaking to its 7,400-strong following consisting of media and fans alike. Abylight says that it immediately reached out to Twitter for support, but hasn&#8217;t received any response.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is no small matter,&#8221; says Eva Gaspar, Abylight&#8217;s CEO. &#8220;Losing this account affects the work of many people, jobs depend on this working out fast. This attitude is incredibly dangerous and careless from such a big company, especially given the current state of affairs worldwide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The studio describes Twitter as being a &#8220;vital part&#8221; of its business, and a platform which helps it to communicate with gamers, developers, and an extended network of games industry professionals. The reasoning behind the suspension isn&#8217;t clear, although Abylight believes that it hasn&#8217;t violated any of Twitter&#8217;s rules.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the company is trying to kickstart a #freeAbylight campaign in an attempt to get Twitter&#8217;s attention.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Abylight\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c707d7d8e7283\/abylight.original.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c707d7d8e7283\/abylight.original.png\" alt=\"Abylight\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Gaspar adds, &#8220;When things like this happen, they should at least respond to our plight.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abylight Studios, the publisher behind Switch games like Hyper Light Drifter: Special Edition and Cursed Castilla EX, has hit out at social media giant Twitter after having its account suspended. The Barcelona-based team says that its account has been shut down &#8220;without warning or explanation&#8221;, noting that the studio has been cut off from speaking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}