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Hellgate: London Preview

Jul 28, 2007 6:30am CST tags: Hellgate: London
Over at GameSpy you can find a Hellgate: London preview, offering impressions based on playing the game in co-op mode for some three hours.

Hellgate: London Q&A

Jul 21, 2007 2:54am CST tags: Hellgate: London
There's a new Hellgate: London Q&A on GameSpot, asking Flagship Studios CEO Bill Roper about the game's setting and story.

E3 07: Hellgate: London Impressions & Interview

  Jul 16, 2007 9:30am CST tags: MMO, Hellgate: London, E3, E3 07, Interview
In the dungeon-like maze of E3's Barker Hanger, I spoke with former Diablo II: Lord of Destruction lead programmer Tyler Thompson, now the tech director on Flagship Studios' PC RPG shooter Hellgate: London. As he fired away at monsters, I verbally hacked and slashed my way into his mind, emerging with only the most elite looted info on topics ranging from out-of-game currency exchange to pricing models and content plans. Equip yourself with knowledge.

On MMO currency trade: It's definitely a sign of a healthy economy in a game when items have value and currency has value. If people are actually putting value on those things because they're putting value on their time, people are really enjoying and playing the game. As far as the actual economics of it, I'm not too concerned about it. Because we have instance play, you're not gonna be running into gold farmers that are going to be stealing all your stuff or taking all your kills. Read the rest....

Hellgate: London Preview

Jul 04, 2007 3:13pm CST tags: Hellgate: London
New at GameSpot today is this Hellgate: London preview. The article offers impressions of the engineer class and several high-level quests.

New Hellgate: London Screenshots

Jun 15, 2007 11:28am CST tags: Screenshots, Hellgate: London
A new set of Hellgate: London screenshots has been released, showing a variety of weapons, locations and enemies from Flagship's upcoming action RPG.

New Hellgate: London Footage

Jun 08, 2007 1:43pm CST tags: Hellgate: London, Trailer
A new Hellgate: London movie has surfaced, offering more than four minutes of high-def gameplay footage from the highly anticipated action role-playing game. Thanks Hellgate Guru.

Hellgate: London Preview

Jun 07, 2007 9:31am CST tags: Hellgate: London
IncGamers has an extensive Hellgate: London preview, reporting on the pre-alpha build shown at the recent Community Day 2007.

Hellgate: London Update Plans Surface

Jun 06, 2007 2:03pm CST tags: Hellgate: London
Timothy Gerritsen Ongoing updates to Hellgate: London will add new gameplay features and greatly expand the game's content according to information released at developer Flagship Studios' recent, oddly-titled Asia Launching Party in Seoul, Korea. Flagship has revealed that the content updates for its upcoming apocalyptic RPG will be released every 3-4 months, with special events occurring monthly.

The first four major updates will include new server types, such as "Hardcore," "PVP," and "Role-play." Auction house access, in-game email, auto-group ... Read more

Hellgate: London Q&A

May 22, 2007 9:52am CST tags: Hellgate: London
play.tm is where you can find the latest Hellgate: London Q&A. Bill Roper is asked about the London setting, comparisons to Diablo, character classes, combat, available weapons, and multiplayer support.

New Hellgate: London Movies

May 17, 2007 7:31pm CST tags: Hellgate: London
Three new Hellgate: London movies are now available, showing off class skills for the Templar Blademaster, Templar Guardian, and Hunter Marksman & Engineer. Thanks Hellgate Guru.

Hellgate: London Screenshots Released

May 16, 2007 1:26pm CST tags: Screenshots, Hellgate: London
During a recent community event, Flagship Studios released a new batch of screenshots from Hellgate: London as well as a few pieces of character art and some CG cutscene captures.

Hellgate: London Impressions

May 16, 2007 9:23am CST tags: Hellgate: London
Hellgate Incgamers was one of the several sites invited to a recent Hellgate: London Community Day, and they have posted a report detailing game skills, graphics and crafting.

Hellgate: London Q&A

May 11, 2007 11:49am CST tags: Hellgate: London
Eurogamer has been updated with a Hellgate: London Q&A. Bill Roper, who else, mostly answers questions about the tiered multiplayer support.

Hellgate: London Q&A

May 09, 2007 6:05pm CST tags: Hellgate: London
GameSpy has a Hellgate: London Q&A up, asking Bill Roper about the Elite subscription for the game revealed yesterday. There's also a bit about the subscription model on Eurogamer.

Hellgate: London Subscription Details Released

May 08, 2007 7:16pm CST tags: MMO, Electronic Arts, Hellgate: London
Flagship Studios' optional monthly subscription plan for Hellgate: London has been revealed in Games for Windows: The Official Magazine, claims fansite Hellgate Guru. The game's multiplayer model has remained clouded in a degree of mystery, though statements from Flagship personnel have indicated that some kind of paid service was in the works.

According to the details reprinted by Hellgate Guru, Hellgate: London online players will have the option of paying a $9.95 monthly fee for an Elite subscription, which confers a number of advantages over the standard free online membership. For their payment, Elite subscribers will receive 12 character slots rather than three, access to a Diablo II-esque Hardcore mode, the freedom to bypass server queues, account-wide storage for 40 items (as ... Read more

Hellgate: London Q&A

Apr 27, 2007 7:03am CST tags: Hellgate: London
New at 1UP this morning is this Hellgate: London interview. Flagship's Dave Brevik and Bill Roper about having fun while developing the game, the story arc, controls, the blend of genres, emerging gameplay, and developing characters among many other things. Says Roper about the game's awesomeness "Well, we've been working on specifically the awesomeness quotient, and we're looking for a meta-awesome of hopefully about a 90. So we're really pushing toward that. We've got a lot of pretty awesome stuff in there."

Hellgate: London Preview

Apr 24, 2007 7:47am CST tags: Hellgate: London
There's a Hellgate: London preview on 1UP, offering three pages of hands-on impressions. Includes several new screenshots.

Hellgate: London Screenshots

Apr 11, 2007 11:13am CST tags: Screenshots, Hellgate: London
Over at the The Unofficial Hellgate London Forums you can find three new Hellgate: London screenshots, showing the Hunter Marksman.

Hellgate: London Screenshots

Mar 19, 2007 6:58pm CST tags: Screenshots, Hellgate: London
Over at fan site Hellgate Guru you can find eight new Hellgate: London screenshots, showing a Templar Guardian character in action.

Hellgate: London Impressions

Mar 07, 2007 9:08pm CST tags: Hellgate: London
Also at GameSpot and IGN this evening, impressions of Hellgate: London which is also being shown at GDC. Don't forget to grab the new Hellgate: London gameplay movie.