Hellgate: London Open Beta Launched!

Though far from perfect, I always thought that Hellgate:  London was a fun game.  It took the elements that made Diablo 2 great and mitigated them into a  first person shooter.  I was always upset that Flagship studios did not spend a little more time with the game prior to launch to clean up its problems, which ultimately lead to the game failing; and Flagship closing its doors.

Well, luckily for Hellgate fans, Korean company Hanbitsoft has brought the game back as a free-to-play MMO.  These are the same guys who brought back Mythos,  another old Flagship game, in free-to-play MMO form.

I've spent a little bit of time with the game, and have so far been please.  Bizarrely, there seems to be a couple graphical glitches that have survived since the original, but everything else - thus far - seems to have been greatly improved.

I will be sure to provide more updates as I play more and will also, eventually, release a review.  Being that this is an MMO, I won't release a full review until I have spent a lot of time the game.