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Former Flagship CEO Bill Roper Now Designs Champions; Legal Champ Hanbitsoft Now Develops Hellgate

Two-and-a-half months after GameCyte confirmed the studio's closure, it seems that the last light at Hellgate: London developer Flagship Studios has finally been snuffed out. Cryptic Studios announced today that they've hired on former Flagship CEO Bill Roper as their design director for upcoming MMO Champions Online. But it also seems that Flagship's projects will live [...]

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Captaining The Lifeboat: Runic Games’ Max Schaefer and Travis Baldree

After Flagship Studios became embroiled in a legal controversy regarding the fate of its intellectual properties, it seemed nothing -- not Hellgate, not promising action-RPG Mythos, and not an explanation of any kind -- would escape. But today, the heads of the newly-established Runic Studios give GameCyte a glimpse of Flagship Studio's wreckage, and explain how their group of survivors is planning for the future.

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