# Flagship Studios

> former American game development studio

**Wikidata**: [Q784330](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q784330)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship_Studios)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/flagship-studios

## Summary
Flagship Studios was a privately held American video game developer founded in 2003 and dissolved in 2008. The San Francisco–based studio was created by industry veterans Bill Roper, Max Schaefer, Erich Schaefer, and David Brevik and produced the game Hellgate: London.

## Key Facts
- Flagship Studios was a privately held video game developer headquartered in San Francisco, United States.  
- The company was founded (inception) in 2003.  
- Flagship Studios was dissolved in 2008.  
- Founders: Bill Roper, Max Schaefer, Erich Schaefer, and David Brevik.  
- Industry: video game industry; instance_of: video game developer.  
- Product listed: Hellgate: London.  
- Key people / director-manager: Bill Roper; David Brevik is listed among the studio’s key people.  
- Official website (English): http://www.flagshipstudios.com/  
- Identifiers: VIAF ID 137666680; Freebase ID /m/02kff6; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID 15580960q.  
- Wikidata metadata: sitelink_count 12; available Wikipedia language pages include de, en, es, fa, fr, hy, ko, pl, ru, uk.

## FAQs
### Q: What was Flagship Studios?
A: Flagship Studios was a privately held American video game developer founded in 2003 and dissolved in 2008, headquartered in San Francisco.

### Q: Who founded Flagship Studios?
A: The studio was founded by Bill Roper, Max Schaefer, Erich Schaefer, and David Brevik.

### Q: What games did Flagship Studios produce?
A: Flagship Studios is credited with producing the game Hellgate: London.

### Q: Where was Flagship Studios based?
A: The company’s headquarters were located in San Francisco, United States.

### Q: When did Flagship Studios cease operations?
A: The company is recorded as having been dissolved in 2008.

## Why It Matters
Flagship Studios represents a short-lived but notable example of a game development studio formed by established industry figures. Founded in 2003 by veteran developers including Bill Roper and David Brevik, the studio concentrated on developing commercial video game products and is credited with producing Hellgate: London. Its existence illustrates industry patterns in which experienced designers form independent studios to pursue new projects outside larger publishers. As a privately held U.S. developer headquartered in San Francisco, Flagship’s lifecycle—from inception to dissolution in 2008—provides a compact case study of studio formation, product focus, and the commercial realities of mid-2000s video game development.

## Notable For
- Producing the game Hellgate: London.  
- Being founded by well-known industry figures: Bill Roper, Max Schaefer, Erich Schaefer, and David Brevik.  
- Operating as a privately held U.S. video game developer headquartered in San Francisco.  
- Having a concise operational window: founded in 2003 and dissolved in 2008.

## Body

### Overview
- Instance: video game developer.  
- Legal form: privately held company.  
- Country: United States.  
- Headquarters: San Francisco.  
- Industry: video game industry.  
- Wikidata description: former American game development studio.

### Founders and Key People
- Founders: Bill Roper; Max Schaefer; Erich Schaefer; David Brevik.  
- Noted key people include Bill Roper (also recorded as director/manager) and David Brevik.

### Timeline
- Inception (founding year): 2003.  
- Dissolved/abolished date (year): 2008.

### Products
- Product or material produced: Hellgate: London (listed as the company’s product).

### Corporate and Public Identifiers
- Official website (English): http://www.flagshipstudios.com/  
- VIAF ID: 137666680.  
- Freebase ID: /m/02kff6 (reference noted).  
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 15580960q.  
- lastdodo_area_id: 519681.  
- Wikidata sitelink_count: 12; Wikipedia pages exist in multiple languages (de, en, es, fa, fr, hy, ko, pl, ru, uk).

### Classification and Metadata
- Instance_of: video game developer.  
- Industry classification: video game industry.  
- Legal form classification: privately held company.  
- Director/manager entry: Bill Roper (recorded in available references).

(All statements above are drawn from the provided structured source material.)

## References

1. LastDodo
2. Virtual International Authority File
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013