Lunacy Games has announced that they have struck an agreement with HanbitSoft to create a new Hellgate franchise codenamed Hellgate: Redemption. Lunacy Games is a studio founded by Hellgate: London creator Bill Roper in September 2022. For those who don’t remember, Hellgate: London is a first-person looter shooter set in a demon-apocalypse world.
“I’ve dreamed of returning to the franchise we created back in 2007 for many, many years. I’ve always felt I had unfinished business with the Hellgate IP, which is why our codename for the project is Hellgate: Redemption.”
“By using Unreal Engine 5, cloud-based game servers, as many off-the-shelf solutions as possible, and great co-development partnerships, we’re putting every development dollar toward gameplay and innovation. We’re keeping core gameplay and lore elements of Hellgate: London in our current design, but our intent is to build an exciting new experience that takes advantage of the numerous advances the industry has seen over the past 17 years since the original game launched.”
-Lunacy Games CEO and co-founder Bill Roper
There is no release window currently revealed but fans of the original game like me will be keeping an eye on Hellgate: Redemption updates.
