Last week it seemed that Hellgate London, at least for its US customers, was pretty much doomed. The developer, Flagship Studios, had already shut down, and last week the game's co-publisher Namco Bandai announced that the multiplayer servers for the action-RPG would be shut down after Jan. 31.

But wait! All is not lost. A fan site called Hellforge spotted a note on the Korean Hellgate London web site which run by the game's Korean publisher HanbitSoft. We've reproduced part of that note that hints that the game could have a life beyond Jan. 31. The note comes from Redbana USA, a new San Francisco developer that seems to have been established in the last couple of months. Our quick check of our sources turned up word that some former Flagship team members are among its employees. While its not definitive, it certainly sounds hopeful.

[Via Blue's News]