Closure on the Mythos Debacle

[Deadfyre]

Still no rangible news yet on Hellgate: Londons fate as of late. But this explains a bit.

Runic Games Press Release - Hellgate Guru Forums

Seattle, Washington - August 8th, 2008 - The former Flagship Studios Seattle team is proud to announce their reformation as Runic Games (Runic Games Inc). As the team responsible for the highly-anticipated Mythos at Flagship Studios, Runic Games intends to continue to use their expertise in the Action-RPG MMO genre to create the best games in this market.


The studio is headed by Travis Baldree and Max Schaefer. Travis served as Project Director for Mythos at Flagship Seattle, and previously created the bestselling Action-RPG FATE. Max was the Executive Producer for Mythos, and one of the original founders of Blizzard North, the creators of the bestselling Diablo franchise. He was also one of the founding members of Flagship Studios.


Announcements about Runic Games’ forthcoming projects will be made in the coming days.


For more information about Runic Games, or for inquiries about potential partnerships, please contact us at press@runicgames.com.


News: http://blizzardguru.com/2008/08/runi...press-release/

edit: Runic Games was founding on 8.8.2008.

Thoughts?

Discuss.

[Reoh]

08/08/08... lucky!

I suppose that makes it easier to remember for interviews... haha.

[Kriv]

So was the fall of Flagship and the demise of HGL just a "restructure" to get out from under all the money they owed people?

[Deadfyre]

Its such a headache, the lawyers dont even know.

[Keddle]

I got this email today:

Dear $Account{AccountName},

Please be advised that NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. will continue to support customers of Hellgate: London with online server support and play through January 31, 2009. In a further gesture of support, we will provide this server support free of charge to all fans and players of the game up until the shut down date.

All of us at NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. appreciate your enthusiasm for Hellgate: London and look forward to providing you with future entertainment products.

For questions regarding the shut down or additional information about Hellgate: London, please visit the game’s official website at www.hellgatelondon.com.

Thanks you,
Namco Bandai Games America Inc.

That seems to be the latest on Hellgate that I've seen.

[Drac]

Yeah, I got one of those emails today too.

[Bonkman]

Still no news about Mythos, though. Which, I still think, had more potential than HgL.

Most of the former FSS personnel are off in different teams in different companies now, as stated above.

...but poor, helpless Mythos...

I don't know whether to call it VaporWare (gone forever like it never was), AbandonWare (stuck in limbo, though I still have the data on my hard drive), or ZombieWare (dead...but could rise again in the future)...