Hellgate: London - Development History

Development History

Flagship Studios had proposed regular additions to Hellgate: London throughout the life of the game.

• October 31, 2007 - Hellgate: London is released in the USA on Halloween.
• January 21, 2008 - The first major content update 'The Stonehenge Chronicles' was scheduled for release but postponed.
• January 22, 2008 - The first major content update 'The Stonehenge Chronicles' was released (MP patch 1.0).
• January 24, 2008 - Flagship Studios recruits players for their team advocate program.
• January 27, 2008 - MP patch 1.1 released mostly addressing patch 1.0 issues.
• February 10, 2008 - In an IRC chat conference with Hellgate London developers, it was revealed that promised subscriber holiday event development would be halted.
• February 17, 2008 - The client function /who was disabled. It returned the present number of players online.
• February 20, 2008 - HanbitSoft announces Hellgate: Londons next update major content update 'The Abyss Chronicles'.
• March 17, 2008 - MP patch 1.2 released. Contains new boss 'Desiccator', functional pets and dye kits.
• March 26, 2008 - It was announced that Comerica Bank would provide game funding assistance, using Hellgate: London as collateral, for Flagship Studios so that they would not "rely upon a publisher's investment" to support ongoing development of their games.
• April 4, 2008 - SP patch 1.2 released.
• February 1, 2009 - US/EU online play and support halted.
• June 3, 2011 - US/EU Players Gain temporary access to new Free to Play Hellgate: London Closed Beta Published by T3 Entertainment. The closed beta ended on June 5, 2011.
• June 30, 2011 - US/EU Players gain permanent access to Hellgate through T3 Entertainment.