It's been over 9 years since Flagship Studios launched Hellgate: London, 7 years since the original game was taken offline, 4 years since T3Fun re-released the game as Hellgate Global, and a month since the latest iteration was officially shuttered.
And yet, the drama continues.
Before Flagship Studios, there was Blizzard North. Originally known as Condor, the Redwood-based studio was acquired in 1997 by Blizzard Entertainment. At the time, Blizzard North was hard at work on the development of the game that would be the cornerstone of everything that came after: Diablo.
IGN : Remember Hellgate: London? The dark fantasy action role-playing game came out in 2007 for PC, a year before developer Flagship Studios went bankrupt. Since then, various free-to-play and online revivals have come and gone. Now, 17 years after the release of Hellgate: London, it’s back.
I remember some friends and I all bought Hellgate: London day one because it was made by some original Diablo devs. We had fun playing it, good memories.
PC Invasion: Hellgate: London is back on Steam, but it's not what you expect it to be. It's a single-player game in the vein of Asian MMOs.
Bring to console.
I completely forgot about that game. What a disappointment it was.
It's a shame to see a game made by the guys behind Diablo 2 do so badly.