HanbitSoft Acquires Rights to Hellgate: London

18 Jan 2010 at 11:04:11 by Bill Vaughan

HanbitSoft, the company that runs Hellgate: London in Asia, has announced that is has acquired the publishing rights for the game in Japan, Europe and North America.

Hellgate: London was launched by Flagship Studios in 2007, but failed to make a mark and the game's servers were closed down indefinitely in Europe and NA. Namco Bandai, who obtained the rights to the game after Flagship's demise, stated at the time that there were no plans to re-open the game in the west, although HanbitSoft would be continuing the game in Korea.

Since that time, HanbitSoft has rebuilt and expanded the existing game, and the next instalment, Hellgate: Resurrection, was announced last month.

It now looks like players in the west will be getting back in on the Hellgate action later this year, following the announcement this morning. The company plans to re-launch the game in China, Taiwan, South East Asia, followed by Europe, NA and Japan.

“We would like to thank NAMCO BANDAI Games America for allowing us to acquire the Hellgate publishing rights and are thrilled to have eager gamers worldwide return and enjoy the franchise,” said Kee-Young Kim, CEO of HanbitSoft, and added “Hellgate: Resurrection is heading towards success in Korea such that we decided to push ahead with launching the game overseas next year. We will do our best to get the game to the fans as soon as possible.”

If you'd like to see more about the revamped Hellgate, see our previous article on Resurrection which includes the trailer.

Were you a Hellgate player before it was closed down, and what do you think of the revival?

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