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Video: Hellgate: London - Trailer
Original at iFilm
• Wed, Oct 29
In 2020 the Demons came to London. Do battle as a futuristic knight trying to reclaim the city in the face of blood thirsty demons. Developer: Flagship Studios Publisher: Namco. Runtime: 00 hrs 03 min 27 sec.
Video: Hellgate: london trailerOriginal at Google Video
• Wed, Dec 12
Unknown length - Dec 12, 2007 Hellgate: London is a game that is being published by Namco ,and is expected to come out in 2007. It has FPS and RPG elements so it is a mixture of Diablo and Doom or System Shock 2. It will use Directx10 and looks great in my opinion.
Hellgate London Fails to Relaunch in West
Original at Optimus.com
• Wed, Apr 8
PA The co-op friendly game requires official servers to play on, despite it not quite being an MMO. So what's the hold up? Namco Bandai, who owns the rights to the game, is refusing to let it relaunch. "There have been many inquiries from US and European ...
Hellgate: London wants to come back, it really does
Original at Massively
• Fri, Apr 3
By Shawn Schuster Maybe Kee Young Kim, CEO of HanbitSoft, can explain it better: "HanbitSoft does own the intellectual property of Hellgate: London and is interested in providing the game in the US and Europe, but is unable to do so at this time because Namco Bandai has the publishing rights for those regio...
HanbitSoft Confirms No More Hellgate For Western Gamers
Original at Escapist Magazine
• Wed, Mar 4
NC Korean publisher HanbitSoft has confirmed that it has no intention of relaunching Hellgate: London in Western markets, where the rights to the game are still held by Namco Bandai. Hellgate: London was shut down on February 1 on this year after a ...
Hellgate western servers closed down
Original at Zergwatch
• Tue, Feb 3
NJ Namco Bandai and Flagship Studios' Hellgate: London slips from view in the West today - the publisher confirming that game's servers will finally go off-line following Flagship's 2008 demise. We've known that the servers were set to shut down since ...
Hellgate western servers closed down
Original at Play.tm
• Tue, Feb 3
UK - Namco Bandai and Flagship Studios' Hellgate: London slips from view in the West today - the publisher confirming that game's servers will finally go ...
Weekly News Recap: Feb. 1, 2009
Original at Allakhazam
• Sun, Feb 1
CA Hellgate: London Goes Free Starting February : Namco Bandai Games will make the game available without a monthly fee for at least the next year. EVE to Get New NPC Race : Apocrypha, EVE Online's 10th free expansion, will bring a lot of new content to ...
Free-to-play for Hellgate London
Original at Fudzilla
• Tue, Jan 27
Bosnia and Herzegovina - As we reported previously, Namco-Bandai published titles distributed through EA’s partners program and Flagship Studios-developed Hellgate London were set ...
Hellgate: London will continue to run as free-to-play game
Original at qj/mmo (Feedburner)
• Mon, Jan 26
By Mabie A. Even as Namco Bandai tried to salvage the little that was left of Hellgate: London, it will still be closing down on the 31st of this month, sadly. However, not all is lost forever as HanbitSoft, Korean publisher and developer, reassured that it will remain to be a free-to-play game.
Namco Bandai Is Launching Surge
Original at Softpedia
• Mon, Dec 8
Romania - Dec 8, 2008 Namco Bandai also had the misfortune of co-publishing Hellgate: London, the MMO from Flagship Studio which didn't really manage to take off and is now set ...
Namco Commits To Western Front With Surge
Original at Gamasutra
• Thu, Dec 4
CA - Dec 4, 2008 In recent years, it released Black Hole's Warhammer games Mark of Chaos and Battle March, and co-published Flagship Studios' Hellgate: London, among others. ...
WarCry Network : Latest News: Namco Bandai: No Hellgate For US or ...
Original at VirginWorlds MMO
• Wed, Nov 5
• 13 related articles
In a reply to HanbitSoft's Hellgate:London relaunch news, Namco Bandai representative said that their company still retains the publishing rights for US and Europe and no plans exist beyond shutting down the servers in January 2009. ...
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No Hellgate Expansion in US, EU
Original at DigitalBattle
• Wed, Nov 5
• 9 related articles
By Rajiv Ashrafi Following word than an expansion to Hellgate: London is in the works at HanbitSoft, Namco Bandai announced that gamers in North America and EU won’t be able to play the expansion as they own publishing rights in these regions. ...
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Hanbitsoft admits their Hellgate rights don't extend to US/EU
Original at Massively
• Wed, Nov 5
By Michael Zenke WarCry is reporting based on a press release from Namco specifically stating that they own the IP for publishing here in the states and over in Europe. Gamecyte follows that announcement up with a more detailed look, noting that Hanbitsoft would like to run the game and do some profitshari...
Hellgate: London Shutting Down in US Despite Upcoming Expansion
Original at Shacknews
• Tue, Nov 4
Despite the best efforts of Korean publisher HanbitSoft to save the now-defunct Flagship Studios' Hellgate: London (PC), Western rights holder Namco Bandai has put the kibosh on plans to bring HanbitSoft's upcoming expansion over to the United States.
Hellgate: London server soon to shut down
Original at PALGN
• Tue, Nov 4
• 13 related articles
By Matt admin@palgn.com.au PC Gaming News Namco saving online multiplayer for now.
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Video Game News - Hellgate: London Servers Closing Down
Original at GameZone
• Tue, Nov 4
• 13 related articles
NAMCO Bandai have announced that the servers for their troubled action RPG game, Hellgate: London, will be closing permanently on January 31, 2009. They have also announced that server support will be provided free of charge until the ...
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Gaming Nexus - Vigilante 8: Arcade Busting up XBLA this week - by ...
Original at GamingNexus
• Mon, Nov 3
Mr. Roper's most recent project Hellgate:London is the large tire fire that's keeping people at Namco up late at night but he was a mainstay at Blizzard where he worked on Warcraft, Starcraft, and the Diablo games. ...
HanbitSoft Planning Hellgate Relaunch
Original at Gamasutra
• Mon, Nov 3
Korean publisher and developer HanbitSoft has officially announced that it owns the IPs for Flagship Studios' Hellgate: London and Mythos and is actively working on a Hellgate expansion, despite the scheduled termination of Hellgate's servers by operator Namco Bandai. Hellgate gen...
WarCry Network : Latest News: Hellgate: London Closing January 31 ...
Original at VirginWorlds MMO
• Mon, Oct 27
• 13 related articles
Bandai Namco announced that Flagship Studios' Hellgate: London MMO will remain free and operating till January 31, 2009 and confirmed to Gamasutra that the servers will go offline following that date. Details after the jump.
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Hellgate: London to shut down
Original at GamesIndustry.biz
• Mon, Oct 27
Namco Bandai has announced that it is set to shut down the servers for the much maligned MMO, Hellgate: London. The publisher will continue to support the ... Hellgate: London closure dated bit-tech.net Hellgate: London servers set to close Play.tm
Hellgate Closes on January 31
Original at Softpedia
• Sun, Oct 26
By Softpedia News Flagship Studios went down at the end of July and are in no way involved in running the game. Namco Bandai, which co-published the MMO w... (read more) Namco Bandai, who now own the MMO, are saying that they plan to shut down Hellgate: London on January 31, 2009 because the Flagship Studios deve...
Hellgate: London servers set to close - News - play.tm
Original at Play.tm
• Sun, Oct 26
Namco Bandai support starts to wane. The servers supporting Hellgate: London, the debut (and only) title from Bill Roper's Flagship Studios start-up, are set to close according to reports emerging over the weekend. ...
WanderingGoblin.com: So...Does This Mean The Demons Win?
Original at VirginWorlds MMO
• Sat, Oct 25
As you are probably already well aware, Flagship studios closed down, simply because they weren't turning a profit. This left their biggest investor, Namco Bandai, as the owners of Hellgate: London. The problem is that Hellgate still ...
News: Hellgate: London servers close Jan 31st
Original at Fragland.net
• Sat, Oct 25
By Speed Namco has issued a statement that as a "further gesture of support" they'll continue supporting the online multiplayer servers for [FLURL=@game_detail?name=Hellgate-London&id=2072]Hellgate: London[/FLURL] until January 31st, 2009, ...
Namco Bandai Saves London; Closes Hellgate
Original at Cinema Blend
• Fri, Oct 24
It's a shame to see that Hellgate: London was a mess, littered with issues from day one, because the team behind it is so talanted. The founders of Flagship were ex-Blizzard employees who designed the original Diablo, which even today ...
Hellgate: London Shutting Down (Really) - Ten Ton Hammer
Original at Ten Ton Hammer Headlines
• Fri, Oct 24
• 13 related articles
By Medeor NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced that they will continue to support customers of PC game Hellgate™: London with online server support and play through January 31, 2009 despite the closure of Flagship Studios. ...
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Hellgate: London Closing in January
Original at Wired News
• Fri, Oct 24
• 4 related articles
By Earnest Cavalli October 24, 2008 | 5:55:20 PMCategories: MMO Gaming Until that time, the firm will offer "server support free of charge to all fans and ... Namco Bandai Saves London; Closes Hellgate Cinema Blend Hellgate: London Shutting Down RPGamer.com
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Namco Bandai Games Announces Free Server Support Into 2009 For ...
Original at GameZone
• Fri, Oct 24
• 13 related articles
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced that they will continue to support customers of PC game Hellgate™: London.
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Hellgate Swinging Shut
Original at Next Generation
• Fri, Oct 24
• 1 related articles
By Kris Graft Hellgate: London developer Flagship Studios died in August, but its first and only game has limped along. However, Hellgate publisher Namco Bandai America said Friday that it would finally be shutting down the game's servers at the end ...
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Namco Bandai Games Announces Free Server Support into 2009 for ...
Original at IGN
• Fri, Oct 24
• 13 related articles
CA - Namco Bandai Games appreciates the enthusiasm of all the Hellgate: London players and looks forward to providing them with future entertainment products. ...
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Hellgate: London closing January 31
Original at GameSpot
• Fri, Oct 24
Namco Bandai confirms it will shutter Flagship Studios' maligned MMOG; game will remain free to play up until servers brought offline.
Hellgate Servers To Shut In January News - TotalVideoGames.com
Original at Total Video Games
• Fri, Oct 24
The end of stillbirth title Hellgate: London has been on the horizon since the demise of Flagship Studios back in the summer, but Namco Bandai has now revealed the hybrid MMORPG/FPS' servers will be shut down early 2009. ...
Hellgate: London to close in February News // MMO /// Eurogamer ...
Original at Eurogamer
• Thu, Oct 23
• 13 related articles
Namco Bandai has announced that it will close all servers for Hellgate: London, the online RPG from doomed studio Flagship, on 31st January 2009. In a "further gesture of support", Namco is providing the servers free of charge until the ...
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Hellgate: London Comic To Debut At E3 News - TotalVideoGames.com
Original at Total Video Games
• Fri, Oct 17
By editor@totalvideogames.com Namco-Bandai and Flagship Studios have today announced a deal with Dark Horse to produce a series of comics based on the forthcoming MMO, Hellgate: London, with the first issue "0" set to be distributed at E3 2006. ...
EA's DeMartini Talks Hellgate London Failure, Mitigation
Original at Gamasutra
• Fri, Aug 22
• 1 related articles
CA - The EA Partners label of Electronic Arts announced in late 2006 that it would co-publish the much-heralded PC MMO title with Namco Bandai Games. ... David DeMartini on the Renaissance of EA Partners Gamasutra all 3 news articles
MMORPG Weekend Warrior: pre-patch notes, Mythos on hold ...
Original at MMORPG blog
• Mon, Jul 28
By Enrico S. Speaking of Flagship Studios, it was also revealed that one of their IPs, Hellgate: London, was picked up by Namco Bandai. It looks like they're going full blast with this and have already opened a webpage specifically for the game on ...
Namco-Bandai keeping Hellgate open?
Original at GameSpot
• Wed, Jul 23
- Hellgate: London developer Flagship Studios receiving support from Japanese publisher amid job losses and subscriber uncertainty. By Guy Cocker, GameSpot UK ...
Hellgate: London Saved by Namco Bandai?
Original at Shacknews
• Wed, Jul 23
- The recent happenings at Flagship Studios have been mired by confusion and contradictory information. The company denies rumors that it has shut down, ...
Hellgate: London saved by Namco-Bandai
Original at Massively
• Wed, Jul 23
By Michael Zenke Filed under: Sci-fi, Hellgate: London, MMOFPSDidn't really think we'd be talking about this game ever again, but it's nice to be wrong. Tipster Matt let us know that a Senior Director for Business development has posted to the official Hellgate:London forums letting everyone know that...
Namco Unveils E3 Games [Namco Bandai]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, May 2
By Brian Crecente HELLGATE: LONDON (PC) HELLGATE: LONDON combines the depth of role-playing games and action of first-person titles, while offering infinite playability with randomly created levels, items and events. The player creates a heroic character and then, completes quests and battles thro...