Hellgate London 2038 Will "Never Cost Money" According To Multiplayer Team

By QuintLyn Bowers, News Editor Posted: December 28, 2016

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Just in case you've been wondering if you'll have to dish out money -- any money at all -- to play Hellgate London 2038, the answer is apparently "NO". According to the most recent developer diary, in which the team discusses the game's progress over the last several weeks, there are literally no plans for monetization. In fact, the developers are rather emphatic on that point.

Something to note: London 2038 will NEVER cost money, will NEVER have anything for purchase, will NEVER have a subscription, will NEVER have a cash shop or money transactions of any kind, PERIOD. This is a passion project for fans, by fans, and has 0 money involved. We are all volunteers, and we want everyone to enjoy the game we remember with out any cost EVER. No one will EVER make money off of this project.

Given how pointed they are about this, it will be interesting to see what the developers do intend to do to at least support the game financially should it warrant things like increased server sizes and the like. That said, it's a really nice idea and one I hope they can support in the future.

If you'd like to read the full dev diary, including notes on the most recent update, head over to the Hellgate site.

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QuintLyn Bowers, News Editor

QuintLyn is a long-time lover of all things video game related will happily talk about them to anyone that will listen. She began writing about games for various gaming sites a little over ten years ago and has taken on various roles in the games community.

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DEmodeboom 8 years ago

I remember playing this game back in the day.... It was awful and very buggy... They never even bothered upgrading the graphics and just let it die off..

Sorry doing a private server may not be a thing at this point its just way to old now.

Dreadlox 8 years ago

Fanmade = Good potential. I hope the original owners wont come and destroy this friendly revival project. I hope the best. One my favorite games.

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Dilyan2014 8 years ago

i know it will be a stupid question but how can i get multyplayer version of hellgate because it's boring to be alone and for some missions i need help

The Walking Derp 8 years ago

Just chiming in for some clarification after reading through the comments:

Firstly the point that we won't charge for the game has been emphasised from the get go, not only in the last dev diary.
Secondly, this is a fan project, we're not a game studio and not game developers and any development is done voluntarily, that's why we won't need to ask for money at all. And no there won't be microtransactions at all, in any way.
The only costs we'll have to cover are servers, which we haven't finally decided on how we'll do that - but again we won't ask for money to access the game or any content.

Schnellor 8 years ago

Did any of you even read the project page? This is a fan-made private server effort not a studio or anything. They can't and shouldn't take money except maybe donations for keeping the servers going. You guys are so damn cynical and bitter it's disgusting

Curst 8 years ago

A policy like that actually makes me more reluctant to even consider playing. If they say they aren't charging for anything, it means they are either outright lying or the game won't last more than a couple of months.

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trionisshit 8 years ago

Played original, was good !And good news!

Jokul 8 years ago

Would the game be relevant or good enough to even bother, I've played hellgatw way back when but there are better games now.

Hellsworth 8 years ago

The only thing I have to say to these kinds of stuff is "Don't say it, DO IT!"

Kandy 8 years ago

If this is legit then it would be worth the occasional donation to foot the bills. Toes crossed!

I'll believe it when I see it 8 years ago

I'm gonna lmfao if they ask for a dime through micro currency or cash shops or dress up shops or VIP membership/subsubscription services. Almost every MMO that flooded the market has said this then decided to go against what they said because they realized it's not possible.

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Hantzie 8 years ago

I really liked Hellgate when i played it while ago. But the business model, killed it for me. With this i'm willing to play it again.