

HanbitSoft, a Korean firm, bought Hellgate off creators Flagship Studios in 2010. After a couple of years the game closed down, having struggled to crack the subscription model that World of Warcraft was dominating.

The game launched in 2007 but was beset with crippling bugs and memory leaks at launch. It’s not launching at the best time – in between Fallout 76 and Pokemon Let’s Go!.īut still, it’s nice to see Hellgate return. Spotted by Eurogamer, Hellgate: London will be available to play on Steam in three weeks. Multiplayer mayhem.Bet you weren’t expecting this to drop in November. as of now, but we're working with our publishing partners around the world to find an equally friendly price for access to the ongoing content. Players that want to subscribe to the game can get this additional service and ongoing content for USD 9.95. This requires us to maintain not only a robust online environment, but also a full team of developers to both tune and tweak the game, but to create that new content. We're excited to be able to bring gamers an amazing online experience which is included with their single player game.įor gamers that want more, we're committed to creating ongoing content and provide meaningful updates.

First off, it is really a misnomer to call the free version "limited", as it is the ability to play the entire game online in a secure environment for free! This is very much in line with what we did with Diablo II and is something that all of our fans wanted us to figure out how to make happen.
