Hellgate London

Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 223

http://alpha.hellgatelondon.com/

Beta for koreans in July apparently with us others being added in a bit later.

Keep your eyes peeled, especially people who have played diablo

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So have you heard anything else on this project? I really liked Diablo and thought this game looks interesting.

Consoles Moderator Joined: Nov 05, 2006 Posts: 837

me in the beta

Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 223

Me too Darf - just got my invite today.

Will probably be on it tomorrow morning - is there any way we can hook up in it?

Joined: Dec 17, 2006 Posts: 202 Location: Scunthorpe UK

Hi Guys,
There is also a single player demo out now aswell!!
Thanx Gaz!!!

Community Founder Joined: Jun 30, 2005 Posts: 2301

Yea just read this....

Hellgate: London has gone to gold master and will be available exclusively for the PC on November 2nd.

"This has been an amazing journey for us and we couldn't be more proud of what we've accomplished," says 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 November 2nd to get their Demon-slaying on, Flagship Studios is releasing a single player demo tomorrow. 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.

For more information, visit
Hellgatelondon.com

Cheers
|2es-mrix

Joined: Aug 13, 2007 Posts: 195 Location: Birmingham

I found this a little interesting:

Blues News reminds us we should look before we click. Read the following snippet from the End-User License Agreement for the Hellgate: London demo as a grim reminder of the rights software publisher can acquire during your eager rush to install and play a game:

“Consent to Use of Data. You agree that EA, its affiliates, and each Related Party may collect, use, store and transmit technical and related information that identifies your computer, including without limitation your Internet Protocol address, operating system, application software and peripheral hardware, that may be gathered periodically to facilitate the provision of software updates, dynamically served content, product support and other services to you, including online play. EA and/or the Related Parties may also use this information in the aggregate and, in a form which does not personally identify you, to improve our products and services and we may share that aggregate data with our third party service providers.”

The above gives EA the right to comb through your computer, look at the software and hardware components you own, and share that information with the rest of the world. It also gives them the right to maintain a database containing everything they’ve gleaned about you. There’s no use in arguing about the ethics behind this, though, as each of us has a choice whether or not to agree to EA’s terms. While I don’t think anyone at EA is going to pay much attention to what’s on my computer — I don’t start sweating beads after I click “I Agree” at the bottom of a EULA — software publishers are getting ballsy when it comes to collecting what should be personal information.

Gone are the days when a publisher’s information gathering efforts were limited to the postcard you filled out to register a program. Back then, you could choose whether or not to check any of the little boxes under “What other products interest you?” — and that choice was kept separate from you being able to play the game. In this day and age, businesses are employing ever-more aggressive tactics to pinpoint what they think you want to buy, and in the case of software companies, that process is tied into you being allowed to play their games.

Unfortunately, a consumer embargo is all but impossible, so unless someone finds a way to make this activity illegal, we either have to grin and bear it or not play the games we want. I do have one idea, however. Uninstall all of your recreational and non-essential software, install a bunch of Barbie game demos and home gardening applications, install the Hellgate demo, then collect what starts showing up in your mailbox and mail it to EA.

- David Laprad

Joined: Feb 13, 2007 Posts: 80 Location: UK, Midlands

looks like il be DLing that on 2 my laptop Smile

or buying it in Bangkok

Joined: Aug 13, 2007 Posts: 195 Location: Birmingham

Despite some of the comments made i just played the dmeo and well loved it Smile

Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 223

What an awesome game!!! multiplayer has been done really well as well.

Very much reminds me of diablo 2.

Joined: Aug 13, 2007 Posts: 195 Location: Birmingham

A lot of the Diablo 2 team have been behind the making of Hellgate London they all moved from Blizzard to Flagship studios. They have even been heard to say they would like the game to be considered as a sorts of Diablo 3 based in the near future.

For some reason though a lot of Diablo 2 fan bases are highly criticle of this release, i have no idea why as i cant wait for the game to arrive.

Also there will be a single player, free online game play and elite subscription play.
Subscribers get access to updates well in advance of none subscribers and have bonuses like more character slots more item slots and only subscribers can create guilds/clan.
With a fee rumored to be £6 - £7 a month though this a bargain.

All in all free online game play should be really playable but for the full experience subscription is necessary.Think this gonna be handy for those that do not have a lot of time to play and would not want to subscribe but still have a little blast.

Community Founder Joined: Jun 30, 2005 Posts: 2301

I checked out the Demo game yesterday and it run really well no bugs or glitches etc.
Its not normally my type of thing but its definately got something about it!
Cheers
|2es-mrix