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Bill Rper on Hellgate Demise

Bill Roper gave a lengthy interview with 1UP where he spoke about the fall of Flagship. Here's Bill on who actually owns the Hellgate Intellectual Property at this point:

Right now, Comerica does. It's basically held by the bank. If Flagship could come up with the money to pay back the loan, it's ours again. But we don't have that money. We've been working with Comerica to provide them with anything and everything they've requested to be able to properly represent the IP, represent what's being held in escrow, and working with them to try to identify people that might be interested in that. Even if this means that we can't work on it anymore, which is pretty painful. You spend four years working on a game and then to not even be able to do anything with it -- it's pretty rough.

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- koboldkiller <2008-08-18 22:08:18>

Introducing Runic Games

While this may not be of much consolation to Hellgate fans, this came off the press wire today...

Seattle, Washington - August 8th, 2008 - The former Flagship Studios Seattle team is proud to announce their reformation as Runic Games (www.runicgames.com). As the team responsible for the highly-anticipated Mythos at Flagship Studios, Runic Games intends to continue to use their expertise in the Action-RPG MMO genre to create the best games in this market.

The studio is headed by Travis Baldree and Max Schaefer. Travis served as Project Director for Mythos at Flagship Seattle, and previously created the bestselling Action-RPG FATE. Max was the Executive Producer for Mythos, and one of the original founders of Blizzard North, the creators of the bestselling Diablo franchise. He was also one of the founding members of Flagship Studios.

Announcements about Runic Games’ forthcoming projects will be made in the coming days.

For more information about Runic Games, or for inquiries about potential partnerships, please contact us at press@runicgames.com.

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- koboldkiller <2008-08-12 00:08:21>

NPC Updates

Updated Bestiary (4): Steven Patrick, Arphaun, Goodall, Pratch

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- koboldkiller <2008-08-07 00:08:10>

Hold Your Horses

Just when it seemed like Namco was a sure thing, a new Gamasutra Article mentinos T3 Entertainment as being a possibility to take over Hellgate and Mythos. We'll have to see how this progresses.


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- koboldkiller <2008-08-02 00:08:34>

Test Center Closed

Tiggs, now sporting a NAMCO BANDAI tag, created this thread on the official forums to announce the closing of the Test Center for the time being. Here's what he had to say...

At this time we have decided to keep Test Center out of service and encourage all players to return to our "Live" servers. We will ensure that Publish 2.0 is kept safe should Test Center return to service in the future.

Thank you for all your testing and bug reporting.

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- koboldkiller <2008-07-31 00:07:49>

Item Update

Updated Items (2): Gulkar's Demonic Shredder, Wurm's Multitude

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- koboldkiller <2008-07-30 00:07:10>

Sunday

Updated Quests (2): Death to Order, Safety's On

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- koboldkiller <2008-07-27 21:07:55>

Namco to Save Hellgate?

Namco Bandai's Zack Karisson posted this at the official forums, which seems to indicate that Namco could be stepping in...

Hello Hellgaters,

I know everyone is looking for an announcement, and we'd love to make one -- but right now, many things are in flux and we don't have all the information yet. As soon as we do, we'll post here on the forums, on the website, and anywhere else we can find you.

In the short term, please do not worry. The game is up, the servers are not going away in the short term and any major changes to status will be communicated in advance.

I'd like to ask for your patience as we try to figure it all out and chart a new course. We value your community, your commitment, and your passion for Hellgate and we will make sure that any solution that we architect will support all of you as best as we are able.

Thanks again. We hope to have a real announcement shortly.

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- koboldkiller <2008-07-23 23:07:40>

Data Updates

Updated Quests (2): The Bone Hunters, Transfusion

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- koboldkiller <2008-07-21 00:07:47>

Official Forums Shutting Down

Here's the official word on the forum closures...

On Friday, July 18th at 11:59 PM(CST) the forums will be shutting down. We would like to thank everyone for being a part of this wonderful community and we hope to see you all again soon.

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- koboldkiller <2008-07-17 23:07:17>