Hellgate: London Not Coming Back

05 Nov 2008 at 11:01:24 by

Yesterday saw reports that Hellgate: London was to return after Namco Bandai announced its closure on the last day of January 2009.

The reports yesterday claimed that HanbitSoft, the IP owners for everywhere other than the EU and the US, are working on an expansion for the game. This expansion however, will not be available to the west.

As Namco Bandai own the rights for the EU and US, they’ve confirmed the servers will be closing on the last day of January.

In a post on the official Hellgate forum, a representative from Namco Bandai said that after speculation he didn’t want anyone shocked on January 31, 2009 when the server and forums shut down and there is nothing."

Namco also emailed all registered users with the following statement:

"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.

So what does this mean for players that are already online and playing in the North American and European regions?

“Players in these regions will no longer be able to play the online portion of Hellgate: London. The single player offline mode will remain available for everyone.”

We hope this helps clear a few things up.

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