However, Hellgate publisher Namco Bandai America said Friday that it would finally be shutting down the game's servers at the end of January 2009.
From here until the game's official axing, server support will be free of charge for players.
Hellgate was a promising PC title from Flagship Studios, a development house founded by ex-Blizzard North VP Bill Roper. But a botched launch for Hellgate prevented the title from gaining any traction, eventually leading to the shutdown of Flagship Studios in August.