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Hellgate London Code Stolen?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hl2-all-over-again dept.

The Gamers With Jobs Press Pass is reporting on a rumour that the code for Hellgate:London has been stolen. 'Reliable sources' indicate that Flagship Studios' servers have been taken down (and hopefully secured) in the wake of the incident. From the article: "My source indicates that the virtual break-in was conducted by a Chinese individual who is currently attempting to sell the code from a personal website. For those of you who don't know, Hellgate: London is the first project by ex-Blizzard developer Bill Roper and his new studio, the game has been at the last two E3's and looks to be shaping up very nicely."

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  1. Useless? by Aladrin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So... The source code for an FPS that isn't even close enough to release to set a release date was stolen.

    Why not just download Quake's source and be done?? An engine with no data is nearly useless in today's FPS scene. The only possible use it could have would be to crack the game before it even comes out, but as it is so unfinished, even that is pointless.

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  2. HL2 by RalphSleigh · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought Don't Connect Your Development Enviroment To The Internet was in game design 101 since Half-life 2?

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