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Hellgate: London Receives Additional Financing; Flagship Uses Sales Rights As Loan Collatoral

by Aaron Linde Mar 26, 2008 1:43pm CST tags: Hellgate: London, Flagship Studios
Flagship Studios, creators of Mythos (PC) and Hellgate: London (PC), announced today that it has secured financing with Texas-based Comerica Bank to support the continuing development of its franchises.

Comerica Bank stated that it is using an independent film financing model as the basis for a multi-million dollar financing package, which is backed by the sale and distribution rights for Hellgate: London.

"By following a model similar to independent film financing, we are able to directly finance ongoing content for our online games without relying upon a publisher's investment," said Flagship business development director Steve Goldstein.

He added, "As the PC game business makes the transition from the boxed retail model to the online model, alternative financing will become a cornerstone of expanding the industry."

"I also really love the game now after the couple of last patches (1.1/1.2), but there's still so ..."45 Comments

Flagship Studios Peeps Q&As

by Maarten Goldstein Mar 18, 2007 1:34pm CST tags: Industry News: PC & Console, Flagship Studios
Not the most exciting reading on this Sunday afternoon, but Know Your Devs: Interviews with Flagship Studios on Hellgate Guru asks Brent Shinn and Brennan Ieyoub about their work.
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Work @ Flagship Studios

by Maarten Goldstein Jul 05, 2006 6:35am CST tags: Industry News: PC & Console, Flagship Studios
The Hellgate: London news page notes that Flagship Studios is hiring, with the company looking for a software testing engineer and a customer service manager. Thanks Voodoo Extreme.
"I'd love to apply, but getting the wife to move to CA is like pulling teeth out of a camel."3 Comments

Flagship Studios @ Comic Con

by Maarten Goldstein Jul 31, 2005 9:50am CST tags: Hellgate: London, Flagship Studios
HellgateRPG Planet has a dev blog from Bill Roper, who writes about Flagship Studios' presence at the recent San Diego Comic Con.
"Popularity makes you fat. Just look at Gabe Newell. He was in such a good shape before Half-Life ..."7 Comments

Flagship Studios Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Mar 08, 2005 6:55am CST tags: Namco, Games: PC, Flagship Studios
New at Computer Games Magazine this morning is this Q&A with Bill Roper, asking the co-founder of Flagship Studios about the company. Flagship is currently working on an RPG to be published by Namco, with actual info on the game coming "in the next few months".
"At the end of this months PCGamer they state they will have an exclusive on this game in next mon..."2 Comments

Flagship Studios Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 15, 2004 10:10am CST tags: Namco, RPG News, Flagship Studios
German site GameVision has a new Q&A with Bill Roper, who's asked about his new company Flagship Studios. Though it has not yet been revealed what Flagship is working on, Namco will be publishing.
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Flagship Studios Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Mar 20, 2004 11:40am CST tags: Namco, RPG News, Flagship Studios
PC.IGN has a Q&A with Namco's Robert Ennis & Flagship's Bill Roper, asking them about the recent announcement that Namco's new PC division will publish the first Flagship Studios game.
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Namco & Flagship Studios

by Maarten Goldstein Mar 18, 2004 10:28am CST tags: Namco, Blizzard, Games: PC, Flagship Studios
Namco sent out a press release announcing that they have signed a publishing agreement with Flagship Studios, the company founded by Bill Roper and several other ex-Blizzard folks. Certainly an unexpected name when it comes to publishing, the announcement "marks Namco's official entry into the PC games publishing business". No details were released on the first project from Flagship Studios.
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Flagship Studios Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 26, 2004 10:20am CST tags: Blizzard, Games: PC, Flagship Studios
Gaming Eye is the latest site to feature a Q&A with Bill Roper, asking the ex-Blizzard employee more about his new company Flagship Studios and the games they will develop. Thanks HomeLAN Fed.
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Flagship Studios Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 04, 2003 10:25am CST tags: Blizzard, RPG News, Flagship Studios
Pixel Rage is the latest site to post a Q&A with Bill Roper, asking him about the upstart Flagship Studios. As always there are questions about leaving Blizzard, starting the new company, and the first game they are working on.
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Flagship Studios Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 29, 2003 5:11pm CST tags: RPG News, Flagship Studios
The latest Flagship Studios Q&A can be found at GameZone. Once again Bill Roper is the one answering questions about the upstart company and the gaming industry. Thanks HLF. Update: there's another Q&A with Roper at Game Club Central.
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Flagship Studios Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 27, 2003 6:22pm CST tags: RPG News, Flagship Studios
We hadn't seen enough Flagship Studios/Bill Roper Q&As just yet so Voodoo Extreme has posted a new one. Roper is asked about game genres the company is interested it, plans for console games, funding, and a few other things.
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Flagship Studios Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 24, 2003 8:25am CST tags: Blizzard, RPG News, Flagship Studios
HomeLAN Fed has a new Q&A with Bill Roper, asking him about his new company Flagship Studios. The company, formed by several ex-Blizzard folks, is working on its first game, which Bill says will have a 3 year development schedule.
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Flagship Studios Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 23, 2003 10:13am CST tags: Blizzard, RPG News, Flagship Studios
The guys at PC.IGN have posted their own Q&A with Bill Roper, asking him about his new company Flagship Studios which he started with several other ex-Blizzard people.
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Flagship Studios Announced

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 21, 2003 8:05pm CST tags: Blizzard, Industry News: PC & Console, Flagship Studios
The group of ex-Blizzard guys (Bill Roper, David Brevik, Max and Erich Schaefer) today announced the name of their new company, Flagship Studios, and launched a website. GameSpot has a new Q&A with Bill Roper about the company and its first game.
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