GrE writes, "It's been a long hard journey for Mythos. Announced back in 2007, the free to play action RPG was in development by Flagship Studios, the good people behind the terrible game Hellgate London. Mythos had a rabid fan base eager to get their hands on the game as soon as possible. Hellgate London didn't have fans – and that's why Flagship Studios went under, leaving poor Mythos orphaned, and alone in the world. Korean publisher T3 Entertainment picked the game up after Flagship sank, and continued development..."
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.
Hanbitsoft and T3Fun have announced that the open beta for their online action role-playing game, Mythos Global is now live. European fans can once again join in the action after Mythos Europe was closed down last year. Mythos is set in the land of Uld, a fantasy world arisen from the ashes of a dark and terrible war. Uld is a place where many different races live and where gods try their best to gain more power and influence among their followers.
DSOGaming writes: "Sad news for fans of MYTHOS, as Frogster’s community manager announced that MYTHOS Europe will be closing its doors on October 27th at 12:00 CEST (11am UK). According to the team, MYTHOS enjoyed great popularity with the launch in April and the numerous registered users ensured a good start. The desired long-term success unfortunately did not follow and under these circumstances, they have made the difficult decision to discontinue the operation of MYTHOS."
About damn time they started talking about this again...
Maybe the remnants of Flagship will finally be able to make something worth buying, unlike Hellgate: London
I have been waiting for this to launch for ages now ever since Alec Meer mentioned it in the now-defunct MMO supplement in UK PC Gamer.
They certainly are taking their sweet time with it, but there's potential here.
That game was doomed from the beginning. Combining FPS and Diablo gameplay was a horrible idea.