Hellgate: London Will Return May 21, 2011

Hellgate: London was a game that at release tried to be too much too fast. It was a full paid and free MMORPG along with a full Single Player game. There were paperback novels, manga and a full collectors edition which released with the game. This was planned to be one of the new major PC franchises…only it wasn’t.

The game suffered from poor initial reviews and while a lot of its problems were fixed after launch and content was being released on a steady basis, the costs to keep it operating did not match up with the income from the paid MMO component and sales of the game. Because of that, Hellgate: London was shut down some time ago.

Publishing rights in North America were in limbo for some time while the game was being maintained in other territories. Now the company who bought its rights plans to bring it back online for free in North America. Beta testing will be happening between June 3rd and June 5th.

Dust off your copies guys. I’m going to London!