When Flagship Studios imploded last year, the gaming community let loose a great collective sigh of regret, since it meant that another MMO was doomed to failure. Now Gamasutra is reporting that Hanbitsoft, the company that purchased Hellgate: Londonis going to keep the game alive, but as a free-to-play MMO. You've heard me discuss my feelings on the future of online gaming, and here is just another piece of evidence that proves that I am right: if you can't be Blizzard, you best go free-to-play if you want to survive. This particular bit of news has me so excited, I am going to reinstall Hellgate: London and give the game a second shot. After all, it's Diablo light, right? And I love me some Diablo. Ultimately this is good news but weird news. Expect a patch to be released soon that will give players two modes to choose from, and a new lease on life for the title itself.
