The Stonehenge patch for Hellgate: London, possibly the content that will bring salvation to Flagship Studios, who has made significant updates to the game that originally got mediocre reviews. The Stonehenge addition might be what the game needs to regain positive opinions of action RPG gamers. This preview is made by the Korean distributor Hanbitsoft.
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.
The question is... Is there any salvation to be had? =)
I think they might be able to gain some players as they improve and add, but it sucks SO hard that Bill Roper and the boys had to screw up the release of their first game by releasing too early.
Oh well, perhaps they survive to have a new try. The game hasn't been released in Korea yet, and by the time it is, it will work as intended.