Holy crap! Bill and the other founders are facing a lawsuit! HanbitSoft is suing them because...
...According to HanbitSoft, they offered several methods and the means to keep Flagship alive in consideration of the users, but Flagship majorly lacked in effort. Hanbitsoft already has offered large amounts of investments but Flagship replied with ridiculous counter-offers and the negotiations went south. Even so, HanbitSoft continued to make investment offers which were all rejected, leading to the lay-offs of all of the Flagship employees.
HanbitSoft also stated, "Flagship not only lacked effort, but were only looking for personal gain. Firing all of the Flagship employees in order to protect the personal interests of its founding members only shows how selfish and irresponsible they are."
http://www.flagshipped.com/2008/07/17/strap-yourselves-in-boys-and-girls
Even better news is that...
...HanbitSoft stated that they will be devising a plan to continue work on the games with local (Korean) game developers in order to see the game through.
HanbitSoft's CEO Kim Ki-Young stated, "Hellgate: London has a strong possibility of being 'reborn' into an excellent game with an outstanding product life," he continued to say that "With more than 500 people at its disposal, both in-house and outsourced contracts who are veteran developers of every genre ranging from casual games to hardcore MMORPGs, we are ready to recreate Hellgate: London into an excellent game."
He continued, "We don't have to recruit existing developers, however if we could do so, we could shorten the time for analysis and developing for users. Although we are trying our best, since Flagship Studios doesn't want to cooperate, we have no choice."
And they also try to secure the rights to Mythos!
Awesome, perhaps they'll repair the trainwreck that is Hellgate, and Mythos might be eventually launched!
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