HanbitSoft has told IncGamers that it has not yet decided the pricing model Hellgate will have when it makes a return to the west, as announced yesterday.
This opens up the possibility that gamers will see a free to play version, and maybe an option to subscribe as before.
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.
IGN : Remember Hellgate: London? The dark fantasy action role-playing game came out in 2007 for PC, a year before developer Flagship Studios went bankrupt. Since then, various free-to-play and online revivals have come and gone. Now, 17 years after the release of Hellgate: London, it’s back.
I remember some friends and I all bought Hellgate: London day one because it was made by some original Diablo devs. We had fun playing it, good memories.
PC Invasion: Hellgate: London is back on Steam, but it's not what you expect it to be. It's a single-player game in the vein of Asian MMOs.
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I'm following this with great interest as I really liked the original Hellgate, even though it was a bit buggy and repetitive.
I'm wondering what the lifetime subscribers will get, if anything.
I really enjoyed the original. Still play with the offline game from time to time.
I was very surprised to see this make it back into the west. Did anyone else see that happening?