Great news! Hellgate was vastly under rated and I feel poorly mis-marketed. The game shined in creature/weapon design and had a great combat engine. Not really an mmo, but a great multi player action game.

I know there are always a strong core fanbase for most games, but there is probably a reason why they were shutting down the servers. Unless that expansion can improve on the "fun" factor they should stay closed. I know I have never played the game, but it was obviously not fun for most people. Sometimes you just have to let a game die.

I hope hellgate somehow sees no life in the US...

To Evan Combs (2nd comment), I'd have to disagree with you. In principal, yeah you are right. But this game did not die because f "fun" factor. The basic gameplay is incredibly fun. It died because it was released FAR too early. As in 6 months to a year too early. If it could be polished up, it'd do fantastic. Well, I guess now that depends on how bad the stigma is that's now associated with the game ;). Also, ... Mythos was an Amazing game. It died because FSS died. It was in beta and (imo) far better than hellgate london.

Once the release date was locked in as Halloween, they wound up making too many sacrifices (quality & completion) to get HGL out on time. The subscription didn't offer much beyond the basics except for some expanded options and a little more content. In spite of its flaws though, it was a fun game and deserves a second chance.