The Final Nail in the Coffin?
Hellgate London is dead and it's not coming back, according to games website GameCyte. They've spoken to Asian publishers HanbitSoft, who say that while they'll keep their own servers open, they're unable to operate a similar service in North America or Europe. Publishing rights for these areas are still held by Namco Bandai, who shut their own servers down at the end of January.
It seems that while updates for Hellgate will continue to be produced in the US, it won't be playable online outside of Asia.