Hellgate London Now Free to play!

[sheomad]

"According to the comments from Korean publisher and developer HanbitSoft, multiplayer online title Hellgate: London will continue in unspecified territories as a free-to-play game, despite it has been announced to stop operating in the West at the end of the month.

Hellgate: London

As we know, Hellgate: London got a body blow on its sales in the last year,and forced the closing of developer Flagship Studios. Namco-Bandai, which co-published the game through an agreement with Electronic Arts' EA Partners had to make the decision to terminate the game's western servers and support.

The re-born Hellgate: London will be clearly aimed at the English-speaking market according to HanbitSoft's official weblog statement. However, it is unclear whether the company is formally allowed to operate the game in the U.S. or Europe.

Good for HabinSoft! Good luck to Hellgate: London!

Source: Gamasutra & MMOsite"

 

[DangerChimp]

There's a reason it's free to play -- it's awful. You know what's not free? Your time. I'm most def not going to spend mine on this game.

 

[Siris]

Well, I still won't play it

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

I pretty sure the food scraps in people's garbage cans are free.. but that doesn't mean I'll eat it.

 

[Signa]

My friend gave me a copy because a friend of his bought him two. He forced me to play it and it was so ridiculously bland. It's a shame because some of the previews had caught my eye pre-release.

 

[Valiance]

You still have to pay for the game, right?

Like, they just dropped the online fee?

I recently saw a friend of mine playing GW which (honestly I don't know how people compare it to WoW) like a much-improved and re-vamped version of Diablo 2, and for some reason I find it more appealing.

Fans of the series may like it more too, but I'm not here to derail the thread.

Hellgate London sounded very promising to me because it was by the makers of diablo, sort of a "diablo in the future" -ish type of thing, and it didn't seem to deliver well at all.

 

[NXMT]

Too bad. I remember the huge marketing campaign they had complete with cars and shit.

 

[sheomad]

You still have to pay for the game, right?

Like, they just dropped the online fee?

I recently saw a friend of mine playing GW which (honestly I don't know how people compare it to WoW) like a much-improved and re-vamped version of Diablo 2, and for some reason I find it more appealing.

Fans of the series may like it more too, but I'm not here to derail the thread.

Hellgate London sounded very promising to me because it was by the makers of diablo, sort of a "diablo in the future" -ish type of thing, and it didn't seem to deliver well at all.

You don't have to go buy it anymore hanbitsoft is going to turn it into a F2P with online store and updates.

 

[Valiance]

You still have to pay for the game, right?

Like, they just dropped the online fee?

I recently saw a friend of mine playing GW which (honestly I don't know how people compare it to WoW) like a much-improved and re-vamped version of Diablo 2, and for some reason I find it more appealing.

Fans of the series may like it more too, but I'm not here to derail the thread.

Hellgate London sounded very promising to me because it was by the makers of diablo, sort of a "diablo in the future" -ish type of thing, and it didn't seem to deliver well at all.

You don't have to go buy it anymore hanbitsoft is going to turn it into a F2P with online store and updates.

Oh. Awesome.

Hell, I might give it a shot then. Everyone I know who's tried it said it was terrible, though. Granted, most of the people I found who tried it are terrible themselves and probably wouldn't appreciate that kind of game.

 

[Ace of Spades]

Just like what happened to Tabula Rasa. Soon it will fade completely away, never to be heard from again.

 

[Zankabo]

Really sad though for those people who bought the lifetime updates thing from them.. and I know there were people who did. Such high hopes for that game some people had.. personally I didn't like their business model and therefor avoided the game entirely.

 

[cainx10a]

You still have to pay for the game, right?

Like, they just dropped the online fee?

I recently saw a friend of mine playing GW which (honestly I don't know how people compare it to WoW) like a much-improved and re-vamped version of Diablo 2, and for some reason I find it more appealing.

Fans of the series may like it more too, but I'm not here to derail the thread.

Hellgate London sounded very promising to me because it was by the makers of diablo, sort of a "diablo in the future" -ish type of thing, and it didn't seem to deliver well at all.

You don't have to go buy it anymore hanbitsoft is going to turn it into a F2P with online store and updates.

Oh. Awesome.

Hell, I might give it a shot then. Everyone I know who's tried it said it was terrible, though. Granted, most of the people I found who tried it are terrible themselves and probably wouldn't appreciate that kind of game.

Hold your horses. If I were you, I would wait till hanbitSoft takes over completely and an official announcement is made, before even considering to buy the game. There is still a lot of confusion surrounding whether or not HGL Online component will get the shaft this coming 31st of January 2009.