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Hello,
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

Quote (Kulith @ Sat, Jul 12 2008, 11:34pm)

An official statement from Flagship Studios directly from their site:



Like I said.... RUMORS

you guys don't even know what you are talking about, so stop spreading bullshit rumors that fss is going to "sink" or die or whatever its stupid and unfounded, like I said to begin with.

Quote (gamon @ Sat, 12 Jul 2008, 20:40)

That's from another incident a month ago. All this is happening right now.

Quote (gamon @ Sat, Jul 12 2008, 06:40pm)

That's from another incident a month ago. All this is happening right now.

Quote (IrishGoddess69 @ Sat, Jul 12 2008, 05:52pm)

Check the Donor Forum if you have access - they have a discussion going on there about it. Looks like it isn't a rumor about them being let go, but it IS a rumor that the game itself will get "owned" as WESTBERLIN said on another thread. Nobody can know that yet, and some company will probably pick the game up & keep it going for the US &  Euro markets.

Quote (Icelord700 @ Sat, 12 Jul 2008, 21:23)

lol blizzard comes and gets it hahahah

GIBE ME MORE MONIES!!!!! <- thats blizzard talking

Quote (deadhXc @ Sat, 12 Jul 2008, 23:23)

I love how fast bullshit rumors spread...
I would not be surprised if FSS rakes in some money from this crap getting started. On multiple sites they have been quoted as taking legal action on whomever started the statements and made up outright lies about the company.

Quote (deadhXc @ Sun, 13 Jul 2008, 00:18)

I have talked to 3 aqdvocates and 2 FSS employees TaylorBalbi  for one whose "comments" were said to be the start of this. All of them deny this