The creators of Diablo are cracking open the Hellgate before Halloween.
San Francisco, CA (October 16, 2007) – Demons of London beware! Your reign of terror is officially coming to an end! Electronic Arts, Namco Bandai Games, and Flagship Studios are excited to announce that Hellgate™: London has gone to gold master and will be available exclusively for the PC on October 31st in North America.
“This has been an amazing journey for us and we couldn’t be more proud of what we’ve accomplished,” said Flagship Studios CEO, Bill Roper. “We’re anxious to get Hellgate: London into gamers’ hands and we can’t wait to play right along with them.”
And for gamers who can’t wait until Halloween to get their Demon-slaying on, Flagship Studios is releasing a singleplayer demo this Thursday, October 18th.
The singleplayer demo represents just a small taste of the Hellgate: London experience. Gamers can choose from two of the game’s six character classes: the Blademaster, a master of swordplay and action-packed melee combat, or the Marksman, a cool, calculating, long-range specialist.
In the demo, these heroes are able to battle through a small handful of storyline and side quests as they adventure through the streets and tunnels around London’s Holborn Station.
Hellgate: London combines the depth of role-playing games and the action of first-person shooter titles, while offering infinite playability with dynamically generated levels, items, enemies, and events. Whether online or off, a player creates a heroic character, completes quests, and battles through innumerable hordes of demons to advance through experience levels and branching skill paths. A robust, flexible skill and spell system, highly customizable appearances, and a massive variety of randomly generated equipment allow players to create their own unique hero.
Hellgate Halloween is fast approaching! Stay tuned for more news at: www.hellgatelondon.com.
Flagship studios has finally opened up their doors to the public for their beta program. If your keen on getting in on the ground floor, then head on over to their website here to sign up for a chance to win a beta. The developers are now taking volunteers to beta test its upcoming post-apocalyptic massively multiplayer online game - note that the beta sign-up page seems to currently be experiencing intermittent connectivity issues - but then agian, it’s a beta right!
Brought to you by the team behind Blizzard’s original Diablo, Flagship Studios’ Hellgate: London looks to meld in an unholy union the fast-paced action of shooters with the obsessive components of role-playing games. Those who preorder the $49.99 standard or $59.99 collector’s edition of Hellgate: London will be granted access to Hellgate’s beta until October 7. In addition, preorderers will be eligible to purchase a lifetime subscription to the game for $149.99 and will receive exclusive armor dyes for in-game characters.
