Hellgate: London

It was a happy, carefree time, when Flagship Studios - made up of former Blizzard North staff - was about to release their first game, Hellgate: London. These were the same people who brought us Diablo II - what could go wrong? As it turned out, ...

 UK Hellgate: London is a dark post-apocalyptic MMO which was released on 31 October 2007. It was developed by a team that included former Blizzard employees, people that had been behind the successful Diablo series. Hellgate: London) Zergwatch

Phil Shenk, who co-founded Flagship Studios, has moved on to start up a new studio called Gravity Bear. The former Blizzard developer, also known to gamers as Shenk in his Diablo 2 game, will also serve as CEO of his company. Also joining Mr. Shenk, will be Kevin Klemmick, as GB's technical dir...

By Kris Pigna When Flagship Studios shut down earlier this year (following the unfortunate failure of Hellgate: London), some of the staff stuck together to form Runic Games. But what of company co-founder (and former Blizzard North head) Bill Roper? It turns out he's joined another high profile onl...

 NY - Designed by former Blizzard employees, the game was often billed as the Diablo clone from the guys who actually made Diablo -- not a bad pedigree to have in ... The Return of Hellgate and Mythos? Crispy Gamer all 2 news articles