GamersCrib
08-18-2008, 10:25 AM
Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/) came out and finally made it official (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=19864) that Flagship's roleplaying games Hellgate London and Mythos are closing up shop. Lets check out the statement by the co-founder of Flagship: Max Schaefer:
"It’s a little bit of a new experience for all of us. We don’t exactly know the 'proper' way to close down a company."
"First and foremost, we’re just trying to take care of the debts and the employees in an orderly fashion, so [Flagship CEO Bill Roper] and one or two other people have stuck around and are doing their best to get that done before we move on in different directions."
Founded in 2003 by Blizzard North executives and the original developers behind Blizzard's Diablo series, Flagship reportedly cut a significant portion of its development team and laid off its staff at online services subsidiary Ping0 early last month.
Shortly afterwards, the studio announced its intentions to shut down its servers for MMORPG Mythos, which was undergoing private beta testing at the time. The rights for both Mythos and Hellgate: London have apparently since passed to Asian publisher T3 Entertainment.
Stay tuned to GamersCrib (http://gamerscrib.net) for updates on this developing news!
"It’s a little bit of a new experience for all of us. We don’t exactly know the 'proper' way to close down a company."
"First and foremost, we’re just trying to take care of the debts and the employees in an orderly fashion, so [Flagship CEO Bill Roper] and one or two other people have stuck around and are doing their best to get that done before we move on in different directions."
Founded in 2003 by Blizzard North executives and the original developers behind Blizzard's Diablo series, Flagship reportedly cut a significant portion of its development team and laid off its staff at online services subsidiary Ping0 early last month.
Shortly afterwards, the studio announced its intentions to shut down its servers for MMORPG Mythos, which was undergoing private beta testing at the time. The rights for both Mythos and Hellgate: London have apparently since passed to Asian publisher T3 Entertainment.
Stay tuned to GamersCrib (http://gamerscrib.net) for updates on this developing news!