A reference to the sorry state of Hellgate: London as originally released by Flagship. “To have been flagshipped” is to have been screwed over by the studio in some way.
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The Daily Grind: What MMOs did you test that never released?
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Star Citizen alpha 3.9 Locked Up & Loaded is live with survival effects, new mission, and prison (!)
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Interview: Saga of Lucimia on themepark design, SWG inspiration, and the MMO genre
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The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v3.0
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Warsong Gulch, Alterac Valley, and plugin nerfs are live in WoW Classic
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BBC tech program Click promises investigation into Star Citizen’s delays
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