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The shut down of Flagship Studios over a year also caused their in-development free MMO Mythos to be sold off to Korean publisher Habitsoft. At the time it looked unlikely that the publisher would allow Mythos to be accessed by US players. That changed today with the announcement that the game's new developer, Redbana USA, is prepping the game for a US launch.

The announcement today also comes with the launch of the new US-based Mythos web site which at the moment features a YouTube teaser video with gameplay footage. At the end of the video it shows a "2010" release date (you can check out the video after the jump). At the moment the game is in closed beta in Korea but there's no word on when that will happen for the US release. In the meantime you can check out a brief Q&A on the game's relaunch at our sister site Massively.

As a reminder, Mythos' original development team at Flagship Studios are not in charge of this new version; they have since gotten back together as Runic Games. They have already released the successful single player action-RPG Torchlight with an MMO based on that game now in the works.

The best gaming franchises never die. They just get new development teams! Fans lamented after Hellgate: London and Mythos went down due to Flagship closing its doors. They should lament no more! T3 Entertainment, an asian publisher that recently acquired HanbitSoft (who, as we all know, took a look at taking over development themselves), recently started posting job search requests on sites such as DICE.com and Gamasutra, looking for developers to work on the franchises. An excerpt:

"T3 Entertainment is searching for creative minds to passionately continue development of Hellgate: London and Mythos, along with other new games, which are being published by HanbitSoft Inc."

The studio will be in San Francisco, and they are currently looking for programmers. You can find the job requests on Gamasutra.