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Feature: 10 games that didn't rise above the hype

TEST Filed under: Features, Screenshots, Spore The folks who write about games for a living can be very guilty at times for hyping a game before its release. Sometimes theymake ...

  • Type: Feature
  • Posted: 01/12/2009

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Flagship lost Bill Roper friends and loved ones

Every day we ponder if now is the time to stuff our credibility into a rocket, shoot it into the sun and become the world's most irreverent and depressingly unqualified develop...

  • Type: Feature
  • Posted: 05/18/2009

  • Written By: Joystiq
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Hellgate: London staying open as free-to-play game

Filed under: PC, Online, RPGs Hellgate: London will apparently continue on as a free-to-play title according to IP owner HanbitSoft, reports Gamasutra. Namco Bandai planned to p...

  • Type: Feature
  • Posted: 01/26/2009

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Former Flagship exec swims back into law to defend games

Filed under: MMO, Business When former Flagshiper Steve Goldstein came up for air, his lungs weren't filled with the dank stink of failed game design. Leaving behind his role as...

  • Type: Feature
  • Posted: 01/22/2009

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Former Flagshipers form Gravity Bear

Filed under: Business Phil Shenk has become the latest to row ashore following the sinking of Flagship Studios, announcing the launch of a new development studio awesomely named...

  • Type: Feature
  • Posted: 12/02/2008

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Blizzard veteran Bill Roper joins Cryptic Studios

Filed under: PC, Online, MMO, Business Former Blizzard director Bill Roper, whose most recent stint was co-founder and CEO of the now-defunct Flagship Studios (Hellgate: London)...

  • Type: Feature
  • Posted: 11/03/2008

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Namco closing Hellgate on Jan. 31

Filed under: PC, Online, RPGs Namco Bandai has issued a statement saying that, come Jan. 31, the servers for Flagship Studios' stillborn online RPG, Hellgate: London, will, like...

  • Type: Feature
  • Posted: 10/24/2008

  • Written By: Joystiq
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Anatomy of a disaster: Flagship Studios founder speaks

Filed under: Business Flagship Studios' founder Bill Roper recently spoke with 1Up about how the Hellgate London developer ended up becoming another cautionary tale for young de...

  • Type: Feature
  • Posted: 08/19/2008

  • Written By: Joystiq
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Just to be clear: Flagship Studios is dead

Filed under: Culture, PC, Business Despite playing along like nothing was wrong not too long ago (making the image above more than appropriate), Flagship Studio's co-founder Max...

  • Type: Feature
  • Posted: 08/15/2008

  • Written By: Joystiq
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Former Flagship Studios Seattle team becomes Runic Games

Filed under: PC, MMO, Business Since the very first word was uttered concerning the firing of nearly all of Flagship Studios' staff, the story has unfolded into a twisted brambl...

  • Type: Feature
  • Posted: 08/10/2008

  • Written By: Joystiq
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