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Korean outfit picks up the IP and source code for Flagship Studios' MMOs; confirms a new expansion is coming...
In a surprising move, Korean studio/publisher HanbitSoft has confirmed that it has acquired the IP and source code for Flagship Studios' Hellgate: London and Mythos. Flagship shut its doors earlier in the year, with Hellgate publisher Namco recently confirming that the servers will be shutting down at the end of January next year.
But before fans in North America and Europe get too excited, HanbitSoft are so far only guaranteeing the future of the two games within Asia. In a statement, the outfit announced:
“Hellgate: London is now HanbitSoft’s game, and we have already formed a team. They are doing hard work for updates and patches. Service in Asia including Korea is in good hands” said Gi-Young Kim, CEO of HanbitSoft, and added “I believe Mythos is a very attractive MMORPG, just gaining large fans from [a] couple of beta tests. It has a lot of potential and it will also be developed at [a] studio in San Francisco with Hellgate: London. Both titles will be presented soon with upgraded features.”
One of HanbitSoft's backers, T3 Entertainment has opened up the San Francisco studio, called Redbana, which is being made up from some of the original developers from Flagship Studios. Confirmation over the future of Hellgate and Mythos comes just a day after former Flagship founder Bill Roper joined Cryptic Studios.
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| Out Now | Online (1-MMO) |
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| Flagship Studios | 18 |
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Added:Tue 19th May 2009 15:02, Post No: 31
The decision to shut servers has nothign to do with EA. They merely distributed the game. The decision was Namco-Bandai's to shut the game as they owned publishing rights. They sold the Asian rights to Hanbitsoft, who are currently running Hellgate: London in that territory - but have no rights to run the game anywhere else.
Added:Tue 19th May 2009 12:16, Post No: 30
the srvs has been shut down beacuse EA order it.the hellgate london gains to much fans and it was a possible threat for ea games.so the hellgaters like me must not give up and continue to fight for our beloved game:HELLGATE LONDON.
Added:Wed 05th Nov 2008 16:53, Post No: 29
Is there exspansion pack for single player hellgate london game? handle is ZOMBIEKILLER!
Added:Wed 05th Nov 2008 16:18, Post No: 28
like it.
Added:Mon 27th Oct 2008 10:27, Post No: 27
Bye bye Hellgate, I'd like to say it was fun whilst it lasted, but seems you can't take too many risks when it comes to MMO business models.
Added:Thu 08th Nov 2007 02:01, Post No: 26
i understand the creators perspectives completely, they dont seem to be in it for the money, they should be commended for allowing free gameplay, good job guyz!
Added:Mon 05th Nov 2007 22:05, Post No: 25
as it is optional there is no real reason to complain...
Added:Tue 30th Oct 2007 01:00, Post No: 24
i hate the idea of pay to play personally i don't have the money to pay a fee of 9,99$ a month, witch ends up being 119.88$ a year.
Added:Wed 10th Oct 2007 08:20, Post No: 23
150 dollars for founders offer + 50 for the game = $200 Are you willing to pay for eternal greatness? I am this is a classic and will be alive long after Diablo is in the dirt.
Added:Tue 09th Oct 2007 16:49, Post No: 22
founders offer for me just about every game I have played like this has been for more than a year so might as well have it constantly changing for one lump sum up front and no buying expansion packs like those Greedy whores at blizzard