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HanbitSoft übernimmt die Rechte an Hellgate: London

Geschrieben am 27.10. 2008 - 23:05 von Bob_ROss

Wie wir bereits berichteten, scheinen die Rechte an Hellgate: London und Mythos endgültig an den koreanischen Publisher HanbitSoft übertragen worden zu sein. Eine erste Information diesbezüglich hatten wir bereits am Wochenende zur Ankündigung der Serverabschaltung von Tiggs via eMail erhalten.

Jetzt verfestigen sich die Gerüchte und die Übernahme scheint abgeschlossen zu sein. Laut Berichten Hellgate London Link eines HanbitSoft nahen Blogs habe HanbitSoft ein Entwicklerstudio in den USA gegründet, in welchem "die besten Mitarbeiter Flagships und Blizzards an Hellgate: London und Mythos arbeiten".

" HanbitSoft now owns both Hellgate: London, online action RPG and Mythos, casual MMORPG, once used to be developed by Flagship Studios. HanbitSoft now acquires IP (Intellectual Property) including the engines and source codes of both well made titles.

This means that HanbitSoft is now the owner of all the titles that Flagship Studios had been working on, and both titles will be developed in newly established studio in the U.S. HanbitSoft expects that full possession of these titles will not only bring them larger portion of the earnings but also upgrade the quality of contents fit for online games.

HanbitSoft had constantly tried to gain the IP of two titles after Flagship Studios shutdown. The company announced recently that the regarding issues are now all settled, and only thing left is to focus on developing the titles the best way possible.

“Hellgate: London is now HanbitSoft’s game, and we have already formed a team. They are doing hard work for updates and patches. Service in Asia including Korea is in good hands” said Gi-Young Kim, CEO of HanbitSoft, and added “I believe Mythos is a very attractive MMORPG, just gaining large fans from couple of beta tests. It has a lot of potential and it will also be developed at studio in San Francisco with Hellgate: London. Both titles will be presented soon with upgraded features.”"

Laut dieser Mitteilung wird die Entwicklung an Hellgate: London für den koreanischen Raum unter der Flagge von HanbitSoft fortgeführt. Ob diese Entwicklung auch für uns Europäer gilt, ist unklar. Ebenso ist nicht näher erwähnt worden, welche Mitarbeiter im neuen Studio in San Francisco arbeiten sollen.

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