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11-04-2008, 07:15 AM
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Yesterday (http://evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69060) there was word that Korean publisher HanbitSoft now owned the IP and would be supporting Hellgate London, which meant even creating a new expansion for it. Today however, Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20936) is reporting that Namco Bandai has come out and asserted that they still own publishing rights to the game in the US and UK, basically making the news about expansions moot.
The company also revealed that parent company T3 Entertainment formed a new studio, possibly called Redbana U.S. Corporation, in San Francisco with the express purpose of updating the two games, "carrying on where the last crew left off."
But Namco Bandai community manager Diane “Tiggs” Migliaccio says that HanbitSoft's updates and promised Hellgate expansion won't see a stateside release, posting on Hellgate's official forum, "Let me explain things a bit to see if it clears up any issues for you. Hanbit owns the IP and rights to publish anywhere other [than] the US and EU, and I think the other territory is Japan. Namco owns the rights to publish in the US and EU."
Srry, all of you London Lovers may be SOL.
Yesterday (http://evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69060) there was word that Korean publisher HanbitSoft now owned the IP and would be supporting Hellgate London, which meant even creating a new expansion for it. Today however, Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20936) is reporting that Namco Bandai has come out and asserted that they still own publishing rights to the game in the US and UK, basically making the news about expansions moot.
The company also revealed that parent company T3 Entertainment formed a new studio, possibly called Redbana U.S. Corporation, in San Francisco with the express purpose of updating the two games, "carrying on where the last crew left off."
But Namco Bandai community manager Diane “Tiggs” Migliaccio says that HanbitSoft's updates and promised Hellgate expansion won't see a stateside release, posting on Hellgate's official forum, "Let me explain things a bit to see if it clears up any issues for you. Hanbit owns the IP and rights to publish anywhere other [than] the US and EU, and I think the other territory is Japan. Namco owns the rights to publish in the US and EU."
Srry, all of you London Lovers may be SOL.