<![CDATA[Kotaku: Hellgate]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Hellgate]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/hellgate http://kotaku.com/tag/hellgate <![CDATA[Hellgate Open Beta Welcomes Careful Demon Slayers]]> T3 Entertainment's relaunch of the online multiplayer demon hunting PC game Hellgatekicks off its open beta phase today, inviting players in North America do help rid the world of the hellish hordes starting tonight at 7:30PM Eastern. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5817038&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Grab Your Hellgate Beta Keys While They're Hot]]> The closed beta test for the soon-to-be-revived Hellgate kicks off next month, and T3 Entertainment has your closed beta keys. Hit up the Hellgate website to secure one for yourself and relive the horror. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5804814&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Hellgate Reopens over North America in June]]> Korean publisher HanbitSoft is finally ready to reopen Hellgate, Flagship Studios' online multiplayer tale of demonic invasion, in North America. Closed beta for the free-to-play game launches in early June, with a full release coming later this year. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5803507&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hey, Hellgate Is Back!]]> Proving you can't keep an ill-conceived MMO down, the Hellgate series is back. And it's moved on from London. And the English language. And now finds itself in Japan. Speaking Korean. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5417638&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[As You Were, Hellgate Not Reopening In US/EU]]> I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you this. Contrary to recent reports, Hellgate: London will only be clawing its way out of the abyss in Asia. Fans of the game in the US and Europe will be bidding the game farewell at the end of January, as expected. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5076430&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hellgate To Relaunch? Flying Pigs Not Pictured]]> It seems you just can't keep a good game down. The same may also apply to Hellgate: London - previously announced as shutting up shop for good at the end of January. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5075443&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Cryptic Hires Flagship Co-Founder]]> Cryptic Studios hired Bill Roper, former Director of Blizzard Entertainment and co-founder of Flagship Studios , as the company’s Design Director, they announced today. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5074847&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hellgate: London Slamming Shut On January 31st]]> Will the last Templar Guardian please turn off the lights and do whatever it is that you do to auras that makes them stop glowing - Hellgate: London is shutting down. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5068506&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[EA Partners: DeMartini on the 'Renaissance']]> Gamasutra has a nice five page interview up with David DeMartini of EA Partners, the Electronic Arts division that has released games like Rock Band, Crysis, The Orange Box, and, uh, Hellgate: London in the past year. It's a pretty wide ranging chat, from discussions of the challenges the come with working with Japanese studios, to acquiring new titles, to the relative disaster of Hellgate: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5041070&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Flagship Seattle Alums Form Runic Games]]> You might recall the demise of Hellgate developer Flagship Studios from last month, and the subsequent shutdown of Mythos and IP fight over Hellgate. Now Flagship's former Seattle team has reconstituted itself as Runic Games, continuing its focus on action-MMORPG games. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5035260&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hellgate, Mythos Development Picked Up By Korean Publisher]]> So Flagship (and Hellgate) are sunk, and Mythos has been canned along with them, right? Not necessarily! According to some job postings over on Gamasutra and DICE.com, Korean publisher T3 is opening a development studio in San Francisco, and will continue work on both titles. Seems random, but T3 own a controlling stake in HanbitSoft, Hellgate's Korean publisher, and the company at the centre of a tussle over ownership of the game as Flagship was going down. A tussle they seem to be well on the way to winning. The news probably won't matter to Hellgate players since, outside of Korea, there really aren't any left, but it's good news for Mythos fans. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5031827&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Namco-Bandai Rescuing Hellgate From Sinking Flagship?]]> Namco-Bandai may be stepping in to rescue Hellgate: London from embattled Flagship Studios, who recently suspended private testing for Mythos in the wake of widespread reports that the studio was shutting down. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5028206&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Flagship Sunk, Who's In Charge of Hellgate?]]>
Word started passing yesterday that Flagship Studios went caput, and now multiple sites are reporting that the Hellgate developer is indeed no more. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5024558&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Interview: Flagship Studios On Life After Hellgate Launch]]> What happens at the studio when a game doesn't sell as well as was hoped? Imagine being at Flagship Studios after Hellgate: London's launch stumbles, which 1UP identified as "one of the top 5 worst PC game launches of all time." Angry PC gamers even invented a special term, "Flagshipped," to refer to when a company overpromises and doesn't deliver. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5014976&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Worst PC Game Launches Ever]]> A PC game having a bad launch isn't as rare an occurrence as it should be, especially in these days of readily available internet patches, so it takes something special to be called a truly botched PC game launch. 1UP takes a look at five of the worst first days ever in their feature, "Top 5 Botched PC Game Launches." For the most part they've chosen the ones you'd expect. Hellgate: London, with its greedy payment system and near character wipe in Asia; Vanguard, which just plain wasn't finished when they launched it, and of course Half-Life 2, which completely ate the newly launched Steam service's servers. I can think of a few they missed - Anarchy Online, which lost most of its subscriber base thanks to a buggy launch, only to evolve into a damn fine care once half their audience had stopped caring, or Dungeon Lords, which was the only PC game I have EVER returned. Hit the link to see their full list, and be sure to add your own in the handy dandy comment section. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=371659&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Diablo 3 Talk From Blizzard's Ex]]> In an 'If I Did It' type of hypothetical exploration, ex-Blizzard ex-Diablo designer Bill Roper drops his focus on Hellgate: London and talks about the difficulties in designing Diablo 3 to be everything the fans dream it will be.
I think with Diablo, for example, the camera angle is a big part of it. I think with the Diablo series there is a level of expectation about only using the mouse to move.
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=308209&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Hellishly Fugly Hellgate VW]]> Ack! That's the night-mare inducing Hellgate: London Volkswagen. We're easy and usually pretty excited about game mobiles, but this car is bad-idea-throw-up on wheels. Confused, we're unable to figure out which is worse: the shape of the car or that decal job. The Hellgate Korean cars were more better and less crappy. Brian Ashcraft More »
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