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Hellgate: London Going Free-to-Play in U.S.?

by Chris Faylor, Jan 26, 2009 11:10am PST

Related Topics – Hellgate: London, PC

Troubled PC action-RPG Hellgate: London will soon be entirely free-to-play in Asia, Korean publisher HanbitSoft has confirmed, with the game's international fate unknown.

Gamasutra claims the that game "will continue on here [in the West]", though HanbitSoft's official blog does not specify territories for the forthcoming updates.

North American and European publisher Namco Bandai previously said that it would shut down the multiplayer servers in those territories on January 31, 2009, adding that "the servers will never exist in the US and EU again" as Hanbit does not have the rights.

According to Namco, HanbitSoft "owns the IP and rights to publish anywhere other then the US and EU." Following the closure of Hellgate developer Flagship, Hanbit described itself as "the publisher and distributor of Hellgate: London in Asia."

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This whole thing is such a shame. If they had fired their writer early on and spent another 8 months polishing it, it would have been a really fun game.

That said, assuming they've patched the shit out of it and it's truly free to play (ad supported I suppose) I'd definitely give it another shot.

At least until Diablo 3 comes out.

Jan 26, 2009 11:38am PST

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This whole thing is such a shame. If they had fired their writer early on and spent another 8 months poli... : Dynotaku
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  I still enjoy it. The whole premise is cool. Execution sucked. : Sylvanus
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    I really enjoyed the elite hardcore mode even more than hardcore in Diablo 2. : Wombat Woo
    - I really enjoyed that too -- until my hardcore dude got killed by a stupid bug they never fixed ( somethi... : kevgspiesses

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It was free to play already except for those poor muthas that paid for the add on content. That won't make the problems go away.

Jan 26, 2009 11:42am PST

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It was free to play already except for those poor muthas that paid for the add on content. That won't ma... : jonin
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  yeah but now it sounds like it'll be free, as in, don't have to pay for the game in the first place. : Chris Faylor
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    Hellgate is the only game I have ever purchased that makes me angry for wasting the $55 bucks... : menar003
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      The bummer part is it could have been a really good game if they had more time. I enjoyed playing it, bu... : jonin
      
      If only they would have had some variety, it wouldn't of been as boring. : menar003
      
      Hellgate was a classic case of being released too early. Game needed another 6 months, maybe 8. I guess t... : kevgspiesses

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omfg i swear this game is like a freaking vampire. every time i think this abortion of a game has finally faded into much-deserved obscurity, it pops it head up again. would someone please just drive a stake through its heart and kill it once and for all?

Jan 26, 2009 11:22am PST

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omfg i swear this game is like a freaking vampire. every time i think this abortion of a game has finally... : radio_babylon
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- I feel the same. It just won't die. I spent too much time in the hype, the demo and the news and too litt... : umegastar
- NOOOO! my precioussss : Sylvanus

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This is so confusing that there has to be some kind of sinister plot or scheme behind it.

Lifetime subscribers probably ended up funding a massive Space Ark that'll take a select group of 20 players to a safe haven on the moon while something - be it natural, man-made, or sociological - consumes the rest of humanity.

Just a hunch.

Jan 26, 2009 11:27am PST

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This is so confusing that there has to be some kind of sinister plot or scheme behind it. Lifetime sub... : Shadsy
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  until they realize that one of the 20 was a vampire and then our last chance for humanity is lost forever : hillemania
  - SAVING THROW I DO A SAVING THROW : DewFuel

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I'm confused.

Jan 26, 2009 11:16am PST

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I'm confused. : Syrek
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- Same. : Confrustrating