Report: T3 to Develop Hellgate, Mythos at New Studio
by Aaron Linde, Aug 01, 2008 2:31pm PDTFollowing 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.
"T3 Entertainment is searching for creative minds to passionately continue development of Hellgate: London and Mythos, along with other new games, which are being published by HanbitSoft Inc," the
job posting reads. The listing further notes that the publisher is staffing up a newly opened studio in San Francisco, California.
According to the report, T3 Entertainment recently acquired a controlling stake in Hellgate's Korean publisher HanbitSoft, which claimed rights to Flagship's properties following the massive layoffs at the studio.
The job listing further complicates the fates of Hellgate: London and Mythos, which have been mired in contradictory information. Though the company has denied rumors that it shut down, Flagship appears to have ceased all internal development.
The studio maintains that it still holds rightful ownership of the Hellgate and Mythos properties. HanbitSoft, meanwhile, claims that it is owed the Mythos property while Comerica Bank owns the Hellgate rights per a past loan agreement with Flagship,
HanbitSoft had since reiterated its interest in continuing the development and support of both Hellgate and Mythos.
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I can't think of anything that's happened in the industry in recent times that even comes close to this level of incompetence from all parties involved - whether it be the poor management at Flagship or the poor legal conduct on the part of HanbitSoft. Regardless of how high-profile these games were, things should not have gone the way they did and I don't think I'm alone in saying that some of the people involved or directly at fault need to seriously reconsider their line of work.
These events should serve as a stark warning to companies that in the future, they really need to batten down the hatches when it comes to what information is available to the public when your studio is in the process of shutting down or liquidating assets.
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