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Flagship Studios Going Under

Posted by kdawson on from the davy-jones-i-presume dept.

Lunatrik writes "In a not entirely unexpected turn of events, Flagship Studios, the producers of the bug-ridden (at release!) game Hellgate: London is going under, as reported by multiple sources. In addition, many current subscribers to the game are finding themselves unable to cancel their subscriptions due to 'technical errors.'"

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  1. Re:Another way to cancel. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    New York, NY, July 22nd, 2008

    In a surprise move, AOL announced today that it has successfully completed acquisition of Flagship Studios. Citing 'synergistic' account-cancellation policies in both companies, an AOL spokesperson verified that customer support services will be switched over immediately in order to preserve the customer base.

    When questioned about future support for the Hellgate: London online game, or the takeover of any other facet of the business, the spokesperson replied, "Huh?"

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  2. Re:Another way to cancel. by Anpheus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you sure that spokesperson wasn't one of the customer service representatives?

  3. Re:interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    insert game sucks compared to insert game.

    I might say the same about WoW.

    • WoW sucks compared to flamethrowing your cat.
    • WoW sucks compared to flamethrowing your ex-girlfriend's cat.
    • WoW sucks compared to flamethrowing Richard Stallman's beard.
    • WoW sucks compared to playing Bait the KDE Developer: 'OMG! Why did you call that a full release?!'
    • WoW sucks compared to Goatse Online - Revenge of the Receiver.
    • WoW sucks compared to seeing how many AC Slashdot trolls you can post in one night (bonus points for non-sensical first posts!).
    • WoW sucks compared to a Jolly Good Wank(tm).
  4. Re:Dupe by philspear · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this a metaphor for Hellgate? The first post is bug-ridden and then you're going to "go under?"

  5. Re:what next? by Jellybob · · Score: 4, Funny

    the likelihood of serious patching and new content is low

    Business as usual then?

  6. diablo 3 ... soon? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is blizzard we're waiting on. 'soon' isn't in their vocabulary.

    1. Re:diablo 3 ... soon? by PIBM · · Score: 1, Funny

      Soon(tm) is, as you just saw, one of their trademark, with it`s own definition.

  7. Obligatory Penny Arcade reference by denzacar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Disparities...

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  8. Re:interesting by kirbysuperstar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Both of you go to Digg, without any dinner.

  9. no i wont. i dont wanna. by unity100 · · Score: 1, Funny

    make me !

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    1. Re:no i wont. i dont wanna. by kirbysuperstar · · Score: 3, Funny

      Do it or I'll get the belt. Do you want the belt? Do you?

  10. Re:A Good Thing by negRo_slim · · Score: 2, Funny

    Daikatana HAD multiplayer.

    Don't tell me you were one of the 200,000 that bought that coaster? :(

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  11. Re:interesting by negRo_slim · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not really. It's not like you'll get sued for leaving

    I think that needs to be put to the test. Sue your guild leader for failed BT runs. I mean you have to repair, and repairing takes gold and gold takes time so you would be out of something tangible. You could claim mental angiush and suffering, hell sue that brat who called ya a nub in trade for libel... Just a coffee over dose induced thought.

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  12. Re:interesting by unity100 · · Score: 1, Funny

    your world view is quite limited. you apparently think the concept 'guild' is what you know in wow. it is not as such. there were guilds before wow, and there are functions that were present before teamspeak/ventrilo or raid duties or other shit wow brought to prominence.

    ours is a democratic guild in which many properties of democratically run legal social groups exist. there are important functions to perform for running of it. guild is going on since 2003 summer in this fashion, and apparently is going to continue into the future.

    sorry, but your understanding of gaming and gaming societies are as shallow as wow.

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