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Interview with Flagship's Max Schaefer
On their latest video podcast, the folks at 1UP had a chat with Flagship Studios' COO and executive producer of Mythos, Max Schaefer. He talks a little about Mythos' raison d'être as a sort of technology demo for last year's action MMO, Hellg...
Flagship Studios' founder finally speaks
If you've been wondering just exactly what happened with Flagship Studios over the past year or so, then you should really give a listen to the thoughts of Bill Roper, founder of Flagship. The poor guy pretty much spills his guts to 1up.com's Jeff ...
Flagship holds forth on lessons learned
Max Schaefer, operations chief and co-founder of Flagship Studios, is forthright about the mistakes made on Hellgate: London. In a lengthy interview with eurogamer.net he explains how that game tried to be too many things to too many people, and ende...
Flagship's other MMO - Mythos nearing release
With all the buzz about Flagship Studios' upcoming game, Hellgate: London, it hasn't been difficult to forget their subsidiary studio Flagship Seattle, who are currently beta-testing their own new MMO, Mythos. Mythos, due to ship later this year, i...
HanbitSoft barbs Flagship Studios
A few days ago, Bill Roper exclaimed Flagship Studios still has a pulse, but only the founders and core management remain employed. There was no official word on what role the company will encompass now but a focus on casual games is rumored. The sta...
The Game Archaeologist: How Hellgate survived being Flagshipped
It seems that it really wasn't too long ago that I was filling in the time between night classes by boning up on video game news. I was drinking up all of the hot up-and-comers, such as Age of Conan and Warhammer Online, when I caught word that the ...
New way to talk to Flagship Studios: YouTube comments
Do you want to communicate with a representative of Flagship Studios with all of your Hellgate: London or Mythos related questions? Are you tired of not getting a response on the forums? Well, the unlikely place of YouTube may be the answer for you. ...
Flagship Studios confirms staff layoffs
Flagship Studios, developer of Hellgate: London and Mythos, has confirmed that it has handed out the dreaded pink slip to an undisclosed number of employees from both the development team as well as from Ping0, an online services subsidiary. While th...
Flagship addresses the subscription issue, finally
Yesterday all hell broke loose in the billing department at Flagship Studios. Now they are responding to the subscription debacle with Hellgate: London and trying their best to calm everyone down. According to the Flagship, the issue arose with 3% of...
SOE hiring lead designer for new 'flagship' project
Sony Online Entertainment is in the market for a new lead game designer according to this Jobseeker post. The interesting thing about this particular job is that it's for a "New Flagship Project" Now, call us crazy but it's been a little while sinc...
Flagship founder Bill Roper joins Cryptic Studios
With the future of Hellgate: London on thin ice, it should be no surprise that Flagship Studios co-founder and CEO, Bill Roper, has sought greener pastures. As was just announced, Roper has joined Cryptic Studios as their new Design Director for Ch...
Bill Roper of Flagship on the sci fi trend in gaming
Hellgate: London is coming, and it is only one game in a recent trend that shifts from the fantasy to the sci-fi. Tabula Rasa, Halo 3, Bioshock, and even Super Mario Galaxy are all games that reflect the public's change in desire. Bill Roper of Fla...
Flagship responds to the Hell Gate: London EULA-Adware debacle
Many Hellgate: London players are crying, "don't adware me bro" after finding out that real-world deodorant ads for zombie slayers flicker on posters and signs during their gaming experience. Various adverts are implemented into the game by Massive...
Flagship Studios: It's worse than that; he's dead, Jim
Although our previous coverage of Flagship Studios -- creators of Mythos and Hellgate: London -- mentioned that a large, undisclosed portion of the staff were laid off, it was only today that we discovered the true extent of the damage. Our mothers...
HanbitSoft CEO claims ownership rights to Hellgate:London and Mythos
We're still reeling over the news that Flagship Studios has met its demise. Seeing any hard working development studio with loads of potential go belly-up isn't easy considering all the real people affected from the fallout. Bill Roper hasn't made a ...
