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К сожалению, вести об увольнениях сотрудников Flagship Studios сегодня дополнились официальными подробностями всего произошедшего. Если раньше мы еще лелеяли надежду на то, что увольнения будут не такими массовыми и студия продолжит свое беспечное существование, то сегодня крест на судьбе студии Flagship Studios поставило руководство компании собственной персоной.
Оказывается, увольнения коснулись абсолютно всех сотрудников. И, да, студия Flagship, подарившая миру неоднозначного «убийцу Diablo» под названием Hellgatе: London, официально закрыла свои двери. Ее можно считать официально покойной.
Признаки жизни Flagship Studios перестала подавать уже довольно давно. Как рапортуют сотрудники сайта Voodoo Extreme, корейская компания HanbitSoft (В Корее Hellgate чертовски популярен – Прим. авт.) пыталась в последние несколько месяцев финансово подпитывать Flagship. Но та, в силу своей гордости и независимости, отказалась от этого жеста доброй воли, который бы мог продлить ей жизнь. Результат перед вашими глазами. Зато у сотрудников HanbitSoft праздник - эксклюзивная лицензия на игру Hellgate у них осталась. Вдобавок, им же отошли права на так и не вышедший проект Mythos, который они честно обещают доделать и выпустить в свет.
Вся команда распущена, права на интеллектуальную собственность потеряны, студия официально мертва. Аминь.
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An official statement from Flagship Studios with regards to recent news follows:

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I would like to respond to some of the recent coverage that Flagship Studios has received as a result of the publication of Guy Somberg's blog.

Everyone has good days and bad days. Guy was having a bad day. It was his friend's last day of internship and he found out another friend was thinking of leaving. He vented, exaggerated, and posted information that was inaccurate.

We will be the first to admit that Hellgate: London did launch with some problems. The game would certainly have benefited from a couple more months in the oven, but as an independent developer we didn't have the ability to delay our ship date. It can be difficult to stand by and see something that you put your heart and soul into, week in and week out, get the initial reception Hellgate got. It can put a strain on any developer and some days it can get to you. Thankfully, after some very hard work by all the people here, including Guy, the game is much better now and we believe in the future of Hellgate.

Both our studios are currently fully staffed, with our San Francisco studio working on ongoing content for Hellgate: London and our Seattle studio working on our free-to-play MMORPG, Mythos, which should go into open beta within the next couple months. In total, we have over 100 employees working for both studios. As is typical in the industry, after a game is released some people naturally want to work on something else and they leave the company to do so. But in total we have had less than 10% turn-over and have rehired for all needed positions.

All our Directors and Founders are still working at Flagship, and all of them are working on Hellgate: London or Mythos. The team size for Hellgate is as big now as when we shipped. We are putting all of our efforts into these projects and I think it will show in the upcoming Hellgate Abyss Chronicles.

Sincerely,
David Brevik
CVO
Flagship Studios

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Честно говоря... мне пох!

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студия Flagship, подарившая миру неоднозначного «убийцу Diablo» под названием Hellgatе: London, официально закрыла свои двери.