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Year 2008

 

Rate Video: Hellgate: London - Trailer

Original at iFilm external link    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.

Year 2007

 

Rate Video: Hellgate: london trailerVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Google Video external link    Wed, Dec 12

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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.

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Year 2009

 

Rate Hellgate London Fails to Relaunch in West

Original at Optimus.com external link    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 ...

Rate Hellgate: London wants to come back, it really does

Original at Massively external link    Fri, Apr 3

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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...

Rate HanbitSoft Confirms No More Hellgate For Western Gamers

Original at Escapist Magazine external link    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 ...

Rate Hellgate western servers closed down

Original at Zergwatch external link    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 ...

Rate Hellgate western servers closed down

Original at Play.tm external link    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 ...

Rate Weekly News Recap: Feb. 1, 2009

Original at Allakhazam external link    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 ...

Rate Free-to-play for Hellgate London

Original at Fudzilla external link    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 ...

Rate Hellgate: London will continue to run as free-to-play game

Original at qj/mmo (Feedburner) external link    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.

Rate Namco Bandai Is Launching Surge

Original at Softpedia external link    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 ...

Rate Namco Commits To Western Front With Surge

Original at Gamasutra external link    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. ...

Rate WarCry Network : Latest News: Namco Bandai: No Hellgate For US or ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    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. ...

Rate No Hellgate Expansion in US, EU

Original at DigitalBattle external link    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. ...

Rate Hanbitsoft admits their Hellgate rights don't extend to US/EU

Original at Massively external link    Wed, Nov 5

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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...

Rate Hellgate: London Shutting Down in US Despite Upcoming Expansion

Original at Shacknews external link    Tue, Nov 4

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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.

Rate Hellgate: London server soon to shut down

Original at PALGN external link    Tue, Nov 4    13 related articles

By Matt admin@palgn.com.au PC Gaming News Namco saving online multiplayer for now.

Rate Video Game News - Hellgate: London Servers Closing Down

Original at GameZone external link    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 ...

Rate Gaming Nexus - Vigilante 8: Arcade Busting up XBLA this week - by ...

Original at GamingNexus external link    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. ...

Rate HanbitSoft Planning Hellgate Relaunch

Original at Gamasutra external link    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...

Rate WarCry Network : Latest News: Hellgate: London Closing January 31 ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    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.

Rate Hellgate: London to shut down

Original at GamesIndustry.biz external link    Mon, Oct 27

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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

Rate Hellgate Closes on January 31

Original at Softpedia external link    Sun, Oct 26

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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...

Rate Hellgate: London servers set to close - News - play.tm

Original at Play.tm external link    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. ...

Rate WanderingGoblin.com: So...Does This Mean The Demons Win?

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    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 ...

Rate News: Hellgate: London servers close Jan 31st

Original at Fragland.net external link    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, ...

Rate Namco Bandai Saves London; Closes Hellgate

Original at Cinema Blend external link    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 ...

Rate Hellgate: London Shutting Down (Really) - Ten Ton Hammer

Original at Ten Ton Hammer Headlines external link    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. ...

Rate Hellgate: London Closing in January

Original at Wired News external link    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

Rate Namco Bandai Games Announces Free Server Support Into 2009 For ...

Original at GameZone external link    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.

Rate Hellgate Swinging Shut

Original at Next Generation external link    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 ...

Rate Namco Bandai Games Announces Free Server Support into 2009 for ...

Original at IGN external link    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. ...

Rate Hellgate: London closing January 31

Original at GameSpot external link    Fri, Oct 24

Namco Bandai confirms it will shutter Flagship Studios' maligned MMOG; game will remain free to play up until servers brought offline.

Rate Hellgate Servers To Shut In January News - TotalVideoGames.com

Original at Total Video Games external link    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. ...

Rate Hellgate: London to close in February News // MMO /// Eurogamer ...

Original at Eurogamer external link    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 ...

Rate Hellgate: London Comic To Debut At E3 News - TotalVideoGames.com

Original at Total Video Games external link    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. ...

Rate EA's DeMartini Talks Hellgate London Failure, Mitigation

Original at Gamasutra external link    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

Rate MMORPG Weekend Warrior: pre-patch notes, Mythos on hold ...

Original at MMORPG blog external link    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 ...

Rate Namco-Bandai keeping Hellgate open?

Original at GameSpot external link    Wed, Jul 23

 - Hellgate: London developer Flagship Studios receiving support from Japanese publisher amid job losses and subscriber uncertainty. By Guy Cocker, GameSpot UK ...

Rate Hellgate: London Saved by Namco Bandai?

Original at Shacknews external link    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, ...

Rate Hellgate: London saved by Namco-Bandai

Original at Massively external link    Wed, Jul 23

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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...

Year 2006

 

Rate Namco Unveils E3 Games [Namco Bandai]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, May 2

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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...

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