Following significant layoffs at Flagship Studios, new job listings posted by Korean publisher T3 Entertainment seem to indicate that the company has picked up Flagship's Hellgate: London and Mythos properties, Gamasutra reports.
With the fate of Hellgate: London (PC) uncertain following significant layoffs at developer Flagship and the halting of the game's subscription service, publisher Namco Bandai appears to be stepping in to continue support of the online action-RPG
"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," Namco Bandai senior business development director Zack Karlsson wrote on the game's official forum.
translation of article at http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?id=179015&category=101
"HanbitSoft has lashed out against Flagship Studios in the Korean press, in the wake of the recent turbulence at the San Francisco-based game development studio calling them “selfish and irresponsible”. Details are as follows:"
Flagship Studios today denied recent stories that is has closed, saying that it is still in business - though it did have to lay off most of its employees.
I am sorry. I forgot to post the fact that the Flagship studios version is an older news than your article.
I posted that info just to provide some info from the "other side". It does not mean that I didn't believe your articles, or that your article is problematic.
Personally, I always listen to stories from both sides, which are usually interesting (especially in what they didn't mention). I forgot to put a note on my post that provide background info on why I posted that post.
If for whatever reason you got downbid because of my post, I am sorry. I upbid some of your post to compensate for it.
@apujanata, I know, I'm a forum regular there, but you should check the date and time of the story. The link you provide is older than mine and is before the most recent developments.
If you'll refer to http://www.shacknews.com/tag.x/Hellgate%3A+London you'll see that the story you linked to is the first of three and mine is the latest.
Following up on word of significant layoffs at Hellgate: London (PC) developer Flagship Studios, reports are now circulating that the studio has shut down and all employees have been let go.
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