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official announcement from FSS
16th Jul 2008 02:34 AM GMT | superdave | 13 comments
San Francisco, CA (July 14, 2008) -- Flagship Studios has announced today that despite rumors to the contrary, the company is still operating.
“It is with deep regret that I must announce that Flagship Studios has laid off most employees. However, the core management and founding team members are still at Flagship.” said Bill Roper, CEO of Flagship Studios. “The past five years have been an incredible experience for us, but unfortunately, we couldn’t sustain the size of the company any longer.”
Flagship Studios owns the rights to all its technology and IP, including Hellgate: London and Mythos. Due to the current situation, Flagship will not be taking any new subscribers for Hellgate: London, and all current subscriptions will not be billed.
Flagship wishes to extend their heartfelt thanks to those that have supported the company and games over the past five years.
About Flagship Studios
Flagship Studios is a creator of innovative entertainment software, designing games that focused on ease of play, replayability, and fun. The studio was formed in 2003 by former executives and developers from Blizzard North® and represents the creators of the worldwide, best-selling Diablo® franchise. With members that are renowned within the gaming industry, Flagship Studios and its Flagship Seattle division embodies a team that has worked together for over a decade and have numerous #1-selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards to their credit.
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49 days ago
50 days ago
*sigh* WTF am I supposed to do when I want to game now?
50 days ago
Yep, that's probably the "best" way to do it, then they don't have to bother dealing with the fallout.
Guess we'll find out soon enough if that is the case.
Guess we'll find out soon enough if that is the case.
50 days ago
the fat lady is singing...i expect the servers to close soon after the forum goes down.
50 days ago
They're shutting down the forums as well.
Much as I'd love them to patch up as far as they could for singleplayer, it seems likely that won't happen. They didn't bother doing it when they had the developers available for it, how're they going to when they don't?
If they'd finished Patch 2 and made all the content available to SP they probably could have kept selling copies for quite some time...
Much as I'd love them to patch up as far as they could for singleplayer, it seems likely that won't happen. They didn't bother doing it when they had the developers available for it, how're they going to when they don't?
If they'd finished Patch 2 and made all the content available to SP they probably could have kept selling copies for quite some time...
51 days ago
I don't know what's so strange about this pres release. They are cutting back on expenses. They are hurting financially and need to either close or run on a very small budget. I am thinking that it will be the former.
Game development on HGL wil probably cease. Mythos will also probably close down. But I am also hoping that the goodies and characters on the servers get transferred so that we can continue to play SP, before they shut them down.
Game development on HGL wil probably cease. Mythos will also probably close down. But I am also hoping that the goodies and characters on the servers get transferred so that we can continue to play SP, before they shut them down.
52 days ago
I have to say this is a strange press release... They stopped accepting subscribers, are shrinking down and the product future is unclear at best.. I really wonder what they are going to do now: safe it or ditch it.
I may seem harsh but I find it unlikely that they are going to continue to support both Mythos and Hellgate unless there is a way to efficiently do both. A possibility would be that hellgate is going to work according to the same principle they are planning to use on Mythos. I would love to see all the more colorful and more complete content to be patched into the singleplayer game.
I may seem harsh but I find it unlikely that they are going to continue to support both Mythos and Hellgate unless there is a way to efficiently do both. A possibility would be that hellgate is going to work according to the same principle they are planning to use on Mythos. I would love to see all the more colorful and more complete content to be patched into the singleplayer game.
52 days ago
Press releases are usually sent to the fansites first. It's just part of the programme.
52 days ago
It's a sad day. This was a game I had so much fun with! I hope all works out in the end, for them and for us.
53 days ago
i forgot to mention that the first place i found the press release was at hellgateguru...they received the release from flagship studios’ tricia gray, director of global marcomm...it took tiggs another hour or two to post the press release in the official forums. 
also, Scapes the community manager at FSS had this to say...
also, Scapes the community manager at FSS had this to say...
53 days ago
There is little I can hope for now. That the multiplayer servers stay online, that 2.0 comes out, or at the very least singleplayer can be patched to 1.3d. Also hoping for mythos to not be dead since it had come such a long way and was planned as being free to play anyways.
In all honesty I'm not very optimistic about any of these things happening, I'm just going to have to make one more run to my death in hce and call it a game.
In all honesty I'm not very optimistic about any of these things happening, I'm just going to have to make one more run to my death in hce and call it a game.
53 days ago
ah shoot double post.
53 days ago
This is a post from Tiggs at the official forums.
http://forums.hellgatelondon.com/sho...d.php?t=107367
http://forums.hellgatelondon.com/sho...d.php?t=107367
