Hellgate: London Shutting Down in February 2009

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  FSS got what they deserved for a) releasing such a steaming pile of shit and b) having the temerity to ch... : radio_babylon
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    You should look at the Bill Roper interview on 1up. It's a great read and might give you some on why "ste... : Syrek
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      i think ive read the interview youre referring to, although im not 100% sure. ill hunt it down at some po... : radio_babylon
      • I think it's pretty ignorant to expect that the same issues that FSS faced arent encountered by countless... : SigENeaT
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      Bill Roper burned through all his credibility with me already. : airmaus
      • He's still a great game developer in my opinion, but a very bad businessman. That's what broke FSS's neck... : Syrek
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      Link to Bill Roper interview? : Marrbe
      • http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3169356 : Baslim
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    Thankfully Dungeon Runners is trying to do the same thing, and so we're spared it happening again in the ... : famine101
    • dungeon runners is more than a little bit different... first and foremost, it actually WORKS. secondly, y... : radio_babylon
• I think the optional charge would have been okay if it provided value. I just don't think the features or... : Sturm08
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  If you ask me, it's because EA pushed an early release on an unfinished game. Have it not been so, you wo... : mizeriq
  • They should've looked at what happened to Vanguard :( : geneshifter
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  you can't really compare hellgate with Diablo... I would be glad to pay monthly for Diablo content. : mnok
  • Shhhhhh... they might be listening. : tKillbox
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    The only company that could dream of pulling this off would be Blizzard. They're unique in the industry,... : d3pr1ved
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      I agree. A monthly fee for any game is going to be a tough, tough sell. Subscription fees add up FAST and... : Dr_Cube
      • if they add content, fine by me! : mnok
      • Yeah, paying once for a set amount of content is very much different than paying a monthly subscription. ... : fffortune
  • Same! Still playing D2 =P : cosmicc

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  ahah, MOO 3 was horrid. : Miller_TYM
  • agreed : ShadowRam
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  I would like to add two candidates: Doom 3 - just nothing like Doom 1 & 2 Unreal 2 - What the hell? : cosmicc
  • no way was doom3 a disappointment. sure there are many out there who don't like it, but it was universall... : ShackFool
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  I'd say either Spore or Fable would do it for me. : Speedy8
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    You need to get off the hype train and start thinking for yourself then. If you listen to hype too muc... : kpxkrnjc
    • It's not even the hype, it's the game concepts. I didn't even care about Spore until I saw that video awh... : Speedy8
• black and white : neo69

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• I almost got it, but then i saw the Nancy Drew on the shelf below, and got that instead. : saturn96
• I had to go with Barbie Horse Adventures Riding Camp. But I *almost* bought it, honest. : IHATEDUST
• When it drops to $4.99 I'm going to pick it up as a conversation piece : Schnapple
• You still have the single player aspect of the game - which is identical to the online experience minus t... : Miller_TYM

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• There has been evidence that Blizzard veterans can go on to produce successful properties, however. Take... : tomahawk360

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• This doesn't mean your lifetime :), but the games, which "sadly" ends February 2009. : FTY
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  Well, it will have been online for 15 months, so that is 10/month which would have been the same if someo... : mtgDoofy
  • Perhaps but that subscription was supposed to get you regular content updates. I only ever remember read... : hiloopy
• it's not like everyone didn't warn them, and the demo wasn't lackluster... : thebigbeefsandwich
• Exactly what I was thinking... : IHATEDUST
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  *waves* Feel free to point and laugh. : LeeMon
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    Didn't demand your money back? : lightsam
    • Which bankrupt company will pay him back? =P : SigENeaT
    • When multi-month subscriptions get refunded, they're typically only refunded for the fraction of the subs... : LeeMon
• I was SO close to. But then I played the beta. : Rice-Rocketeer

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• So very true... I want my 50 bucks back.... along with the small amount of wasted time this game took up. : menar003

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• Ya the sad thing was this game just needed -6- more months. They did all the hard stuff (i.e the engine) ... : kevgspiesses
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  Namco has said to watch for future games based on the IP: "NAMCO BANDAI Games appreciate the enthusiasm : Sylvanus
  • Hm.... Well maybe not looking at it. Vaguely implied, but only with "future entertainment products", not... : Sylvanus

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• Sadly, this tends to not happen, for the obtuse reason that it's not a sound business decision to release... : LeeMon

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• I doubt it. No one's working on it anymore, right? : sevogajre
• It's amazing that Roper & Co where able to make such a big fuckup after Blizzard, but after all, you had ... : paketep
• At best they might let people run their own servers, but it doesn't seem likely. : blainn

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• Closest I can find is below, but it doesn't mention Feb 2009, and I'm not sure if this is the same thing... : jonin
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  http://www.shacknews.com/docs/press/20081024_hellgate.x : Chris Faylor
  • You have to love PR speak. They don't announce shutting down Hellgate, they announce supporting the game... : IHATEDUST

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• Agreed. I think it means they've been running it as a gesture of support since July to the shutdown date... : sevogajre
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  Maybe "Namco Bandai will continue to run those servers for free .." until Jan'09? : kilomike
  • Yes, this is it. Tweaked the nwws story to be more clear. : Chris Faylor
• Quiet you. : not work safe