Additionally, a demo for the single-player portion of the title will be released Thursday, giving players an offline taste of Hellgate's action. Two classes will be available for play in the demo: the sword-slinging Blademaster and gun-toting Marksman.

Though the offline demo won't reveal the plethora of bugs apparent in the game's online-enabled beta, Flagship has said it expects the retail version to play virtually bug-free at launch with the help of a release-day patch.