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G4TV’s Adam Sessler Tackles Diablo 3 Haters
G4TV’s outspoken host, Adam Sessler has taken it upon himself to tackle the haters of Diablo 3’s art direction with some very harsh words of his own.
The video can be watched at Hellforge.
His vitriolic words are aimed towards those with ‘unreasonable’ complaints against Diablo 3’s art direction, and each of the player complaints are […]
EA Says: “We thought (Hellgate) would have been slightly higher quality than it turned out to be”
Electronic Arts’ David DeMartini has granted an interview to GamaSutra about his plans with EA Partners, and he also touches upon the subject of the failure of Hellgate: London, a game that EA heavily invested in.
“We’re certainly sad with the results for Flagship and what’s happened with Hellgate, because at the time we signed it, […]
Hellforge Interviews Travis Baldree
A new studio called Runic Games has arisen from the ashes of Flagship Studios’ demise. I managed to get a hold of Travis Baldree, founder and president of Runic Games and formerly the creator of Mythos, to ask him a few things about his new studio and the plans he has in store for it.
Check […]
BlizzardGuru Becomes Hellforge
What was once Blizzard Guru is now Hellforge.
Hellforge is not your average Diablo III fansite.
We offer a more fully featured way for you to discuss Diablo III. Look, to us it’s all about the community. Any old fan site can post news, content… the typical stuff. But there are not a lot of sites out […]
Shipment of Fail: Bill Roper Talks About Flagship
Flagship Studios CEO Bill Roper has finally come out of hiding to grant an interview to 1up.com regarding the immenent closure of the aforementioned company, and a breakdown of the events that transpired during all these recent months, from the rumors that the company was in trouble, the fiasco over the Hellgate: London IP, and […]
Runic Games’ Max Schaefer and Travis Baldree
While not strictly related to Blizzard, we’ve been following the progress of the former Flagship Studios’ developers, so this is relevant.
GameCyte has a new interview up with two of them who have started a new studio, Runic Games, who are Max Schaeferand Travis Baldree. The interview delves deep into why the company moved, why they […]
Google Ads Appear on Hellgate Forums
With Hellgate’s subscriptions in flux and darkness looming on Flagship Studios’ horizon, new interspatial Google ads have appeared on the official Hellgate: London forums.
Tigole has weighed in on the issue, with the following statement:
Heya Folks,
My guess is it is a test to see how things go. I put a call in to find out […]
WarCry Network with Travis Baldree
WarCry network has posted up a new interview with Runic Games founder, Travis Baldree. He talks of the new studio, talks a little bit about Diablo 3 which may be their direct competition later, the sorts of games they want to make as well as what payment systems they are thinking of doing.
What is the […]
Runic Games Press Release
Seattle, Washington - August 8th, 2008 - The former Flagship Studios Seattle team is proud to announce their reformation as Runic Games (www.runicgames.com). As the team responsible for the highly-anticipated Mythos at Flagship Studios, Runic Games intends to continue to use their expertise in the Action-RPG MMO genre to create the best games in this […]
T3 To Continue Hellgate, Mythos Development In SF Office
GamaSutra has the following report:
According to new job posting-related information, Asian publisher T3 Entertainment is setting up a San Francisco development studio to carry on work on Hellgate: London and Mythos, following developer Flagship’s recent layoffs.
The postings, which have appeared on multiple sites including DICE.com and Gamasutra, reveal: “T3 Entertainment is searching for creative minds […]
