Gamasutra announced today that HanbitSoft, the owners of Hellgate: London and Mythos IPs, are already working on Hellgate: London expansion in a newly formed U.S. studio and planning for a relaunch soon:

According to a HanbitSoft blog maintained by global PR manager Julie Ha, the Korean company acquired the IPs for both games, including their engines and source codes. HanbitSoft previously only managed Hellgate's operation in Korea.

Additionally, T3 Entertainment, which is also based in Korea and has a controlling stake in HanbitSoft, formed a new U.S. studio comprised of former Flagship and Blizzard employees to work on updating the two games. The studio is believed to be called Redbana U.S. Corporation and is based in San Francisco. "They will be carrying on where the last crew left off," says HanbitSoft's site.

A posted letter from a Hellgate product manager at Hanbitsoft says that the new studio is working on an expansion that will "surpass The Abyss Chronicles," a Hellgate content patch released earlier this year. It also notes that the update will be available online.

Gamasutra also confirmed that HanbitSoft will be developing Mythos MMOPRG as well, and will be relaunched when ready!