Former Flagshipers form Gravity Bear

by Jason Dobson { Dec 2nd 2008 at 6:58PM }

Phil Shenk has become the latest to row ashore following the sinking of Flagship Studios, announcing the launch of a new development studio awesomely named Gravity Bear. Shenk will serve as the CEO, while according to Shacknews another Flagship survivor, former Hellgate: London senior software engineer Kevin Klemmick, has climbed aboard the dense grizzly as technical director.

The studio is the third to emerge from Flagship's splintered remains, following the founding of Runic Games and Turbine's new Redwood City, CA branch in recent months. Nothing yet has been revealed regarding Gravity Bear's focus or future projects, though we have to wonder if the experience of being sucked into Flagship's financial hellgate was enough to sour the company on dabbling once more in anything remotely MMO.

Tags: flagship, flagship-studios, flagshipstudios, gravity-bear, gravitybear, hellgate, hellgate-london, hellgatelondon

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Raiden104 @ Dec 2nd 2008 7:01PM

Nice pun with financial hellgate

Wiinterfang @ Dec 2nd 2008 7:05PM

This pic is so Awesome.

j.howlett @ Dec 2nd 2008 7:33PM

awesome doesn't seem sufficient enough a word

Brucie B @ Dec 2nd 2008 7:46PM

How about TOTALLY AWESOME!

Wiinterfang @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:00PM

TOTALLY FREAKING AWESOME?

JoeTheBlow @ Dec 3rd 2008 5:50AM

Shame about the cameraman though.
Oh well, great last shot he took.

mr mobius @ Dec 2nd 2008 7:20PM

Awesome name should mean awesome game. Unfortunately not always.

Demaar @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:42PM

I dunno, Flagship is kind of a lame name. Maybe Gravity Bear will make an awesome game?

mr mobius @ Dec 4th 2008 3:25PM

I meant Gravity Bear.

Metkis @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:12PM

Can't we all just have Mythos back?

D_Average @ Dec 2nd 2008 7:42PM

No laser shark?

Henry @ Dec 2nd 2008 7:42PM

Do a bearell roll!!

Wiinterfang @ Dec 2nd 2008 7:46PM

That pun was so lame it's unBEARable.

Cubfan786 @ Dec 3rd 2008 5:50AM

Youre so wrong you BEARly scratched the surface.

jumpshot @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:15AM

You've caused me to lose my BEARings

time @ Dec 2nd 2008 7:49PM

GRAVITY BEEEAAAARRR

ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR

mr bean @ Dec 2nd 2008 7:55PM

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......what??

Wiinterfang @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:26PM

Something about hellsgatzzzzzZZZZZZZZ.

Paulmichael @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:04PM

That is pretty cool. I hope the bear in the picture got what he was jumping for.

rokobungi @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:29PM

Gravity bear? is there a new Megaman X coming out soon or something?

Strategy_Panda (the artist formally known as Titanium_Orchid) @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:45PM

stupid polar bears get all the attention...

Markez @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:08AM

The bear is actually leaping out in fury AT YOU. You bastard. Taking down your polar bear picture. You selfish, selfish bastard. Try to think of others for once in your life.

eskimo @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:28PM

This. Is. Their. DENSITY!

chispito @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:36PM

Thank you Crispin Glover.

Bass Masterson @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:21PM

Hopefully they'll team up with GRiN, so we can GRiN and Bear it.

And anybody else love how career paths work in the game industry? I'm an artist! My company folded! I'M AN ART DIRECTOR!

Riley @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:08PM

If games could become succesful entirely based on the awesomeness of the developer's name, thier first game would be the best game ever

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:16PM

I wonder what Colbert would have to say about it.

Courtney @ Dec 3rd 2008 1:26AM

Wouldn't it be Flagshippers? Flagshipmen? Oh, that might be sexist...umm...Flagship People? People of the company formerly known as Flagship? That doesn't really fit in the headline very well though.

I'm gonna stick with Flagshippers, as weird as that looks.