Hellgate: London

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GAME INFO
publisher: Namco Bandai Games
developer: Flagship Studios
genre: RPG

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
PIV 1800, 1GB RAM, 6GB HDD, 128MB video card

ESRB rating: M
homepage:
www.hellgatelondon.com/

release date: Oct 31, 07 (released)

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ACTIONTRIP'S REVIEW Play to your strengths is what my High School guidance councilor always told us. So when a bunch of the guys that created the Diablo series left Blizzard North and formed their own development house, it makes sense that their first tile would play on the strengths of their previous blockbuster...

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DEMOS	size	date
single playable demo	1.4GB	Oct 18, 07

PATCHES	size	date
v1.2 Patch (Euro/US)	185MB	Apr 24, 08

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	'Boss Design' Trailer		Beta Gameplay trailer
	Quest Design Trailer		Covent Garden Station Trailer

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Hellgate: London Previews

Jul 30, 07

Hellgate: London Preview
This year's E3 was hectic to say the least. With all the dust finally settling down, we gather our thoughts and look upon a few titles we simply weren't able to cover, partially because of our tight schedule and also on account of the fact that the show itself was poorly organized - as 2lions mentioned a gazillion times by now...

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Feb 22, 07

Hellgate: London Interview
Flagship Studios is currently working around the clock to wrap up their project, Hellgate: London. I'm sure most of you are aware that Flagship was founded by former execs from Blizzard North - a company widely acknowledged for the legendary Diablo franchise...

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»	Apr 26, 05 Hellgate: London First Look Are you an addict? Take a couple of minutes and ask yourself this question. Hold nothing back, pull no punches, take no prisoners. Are You An Addict? Aren't you a little chilly? Oh wait... » MORE

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Hellgate: London News

»	Mar 20, 2009 Champions Online Trailer Yesterday we've posted a trailer for Cryptic Studios' MMOG Champions Online, so check it out if you haven't done so: I'm an open-minded guy and always prepared to give somebody a chance to prove their worth. » MORE

»	Mar 17, 2009 Bill Roper Doesn't Like Diablo III Bill Roper recently explained his views on the upcoming action RPG, Diablo III. He makes some interesting points, even though we are already aware of most of them. » MORE

»	Feb 02, 2009 The End of Hellgate: London Well, it's not like we didn't see it coming. It seems that the official Hellgate: London web site is not working at the moment. In addition, there were recent reports that the game would gain free-to-play form. » MORE

»	Jul 29, 2008 Devil May Cry & Resident Evil Comics Announced Resident Evil and Devil May Cry are currently amongst Capcom's strongest game franchises. Cooperating with DC Comics, Capcom is going to release a comic book series based on both RE and DMC. » MORE

»	Jul 16, 2008 Flagship Okay? According to a post in Flagship Studios' official web site, recent reports of the company shutting down are inaccurate, but it seems they admit that a majority of its employees were fired (thanks Blue). » MORE

»	Jul 14, 2008 Flagship Shuts Down, Loses IPs Earlier last month, Flagship audio and gameplay programmer Guy Somberg made an interesting pots regarding the shitty state of Hellgate: London development studio. » MORE

»	Jun 11, 2008 Working at Flagship is "Depressing Right Now" Flagship audio and gameplay programmer Guy Somberg had a few interesting things to say about what's going on behind the scenes at the Hellgate: London dev. » MORE

»	Dec 20, 2007 Best Selling PC Games of November Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare topped the November PC sales chart. Crysis came in second, followed closely by Valve's Orange Box package and, believe it or not, The Sims 2 Teen Style Stuff. » MORE

»	Dec 05, 2007 New Hellgate: Patch, More to Come Well Hellgate: London certainly had a rocky launch marred by various technical problems. Now Flagship is releasing update after update to straighten things out. » MORE

Nov 16, 2007

Hellgate and Orange Box Conquer PC October Charts
As much as I try to avoid posting about some of these sales charts, it's always interesting, sometimes even amusing to see what people buy the most. Okay, so October sales, for instance, show that Hellgate: London is right up there with the top-selling Orange Box from Valve.

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»	Nov 15, 2007 Hellgate Beta Continues As noted on the official Hellgate: London web site, the grace period for the Hellgate: London beta test has been extended, yet again. So, that means testers have one more week to add a retail registration code to their beta accounts. » MORE

Nov 14, 2007

Asian Hellgate Characters Safe
Good news for the fifty five Asian Hellgate: London subscribers! Your characters won't be wiped after all! Even though it was previously announced, Asian Hellgate: London operator, IAH Games, has assured folks that their characters will not suffer the most gruesome of digital fates.

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»	Nov 12, 2007 Hellgate Issues Continue After its unsteady launch throughout western territories, Flagship's Hellgate: London now appears to cause problems for Asian gamers as well. The so-called Patch0, used to address various issues in Asian Hellgate, requires a complete character wipe. » MORE

Nov 08, 2007

Hellgate Billing Problems Pisses Gamers Off
Flagship's recently launched action RPG Hellgate: London continues to upset gamers. Multiple complaints were sighted on Hellgate forum threads about people having their credit cards billed more than once for the game's subscription fee ($9.

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»	Nov 07, 2007 New NVIDIA WHQL Drivers If you don't want to use the beta drivers anymore, NVIDIA offers the new WHQL ForceWare reference drivers (v163.75) for GeForce cards. The update features performance improvements for various games. » MORE

»	Nov 01, 2007 Hellgate: London Halloween Update The official Hellgate: London web site points out that Flagship will be taking their servers offline for a while to implement the promised Halloween update in the game. » MORE

Oct 31, 2007

Hellgate: London in Stores, Subscriptions Temporarily Unavailable
Flagship Studios is spreading the word via the official Hellgate: London web site that the long-awaited action RPG is available, with both the regular and Collector's Edition boxes hitting store shelves as we speak.

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»	Oct 24, 2007 Flagship Offers Explanation on Hellgate EULA In an effort to address concerns regarding the Hellgate: London EULA, which regrettably stinks of potential adware, Flagship Studios offered an explanation to reassure gamers. » MORE

»	Oct 19, 2007 Hellgate: London Grim Outlook, EA Adware Lays in Wait Pessimism is mounting after Flagship Studios released the demo for their long-in-the-making action RPG, Hellgate: London. Complaints range from "underwhelming gameplay" to "outdated graphics. » MORE

»	Oct 18, 2007 Hellgate London Demo Good news for RPG fans as the Hellgate: London demo arrives a day early. Actually this was supposed to be a one-day exclusive for GameDaily, but such is the nature of the Intraweb. » MORE

»	Oct 17, 2007 Hellgate London Demo Friday, Game Golden This is actually great news for RPG fans. God knows there's been a severe lack of quality single-player RPGs lately (no, expansion packs won't cut it). » MORE

Oct 01, 2007

New Hellgate: London Trailers
The folks from Flagship release two trailers for their upcoming action RPG, Hellgate: London. As you surely know by now, the core team designing this game has been instrumental in the creation of the Diablo series at Blizzard and now they're taking their expertize and pouring their knowledge into Hellgate.

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»	Sep 26, 2007 Hellgate: London Minimum Sys. Requirements Confirmed Hellgate: London is definitely a title you should be on the lookout for this fall. With Hellgate: London drawing nearer to launch (Oct. 31), Flagship and EA reveal the game's minimum system requirements. » MORE

»	Sep 21, 2007 New NVIDIA Beta Drivers NVIDIA is getting quicker and quicker at churning out these beta driver releases. The latest version 163.71 can be found over this way. * Beta driver for GeForce FX, 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs. » MORE

»	Sep 06, 2007 EA: Hellgate, Army of Two, WAR Shots and More As I said, it's a barrage of media from various EA titles. I've picked out what I thought you guys would like to see. Also, a new Army of Two trailer can be found in both HD and streaming form here. » MORE

Aug 23, 2007

GC 2007: Hellgate: London Impressions
Okay, kids. We are about to wrap up our coverage of EA's games... for today, that is. There's still a few meetings lined-up at EA for tomorrow. Anyhow, I was treated to a 20-minute presenation of Hellgate: London (held by Bill Roper, CEO of Flagship Studios).

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»	Aug 07, 2007 Hellgate: London Co-op Movie We now offer you a chance to take a gander at the new Hellgate: London trailer, which unveils some juicy co-op action in Flagship's action/RPG, scheduled for release this Halloween. » MORE

»	Aug 06, 2007 Halloween Welcomes Hellgate: London Electronic Arts and Flagship Studios have finally revealed a solid release date for the upcoming action RPG, Hellgate: London. The game is to debut throughout North America on October 31, with a European release on November 2. » MORE

»	Jul 25, 2007 Chance to Enter Hellgate London Beta Saw over on Bluesnews.com that Hellgate Resistance is accepting "preorders" for Hellgate London, Flagship's upcoming action RPG. In actuality, they simply want your e-mail so that they can notify you when the game becomes available. » MORE

»	Jul 12, 2007 E3 2007: Movies - Hellgate: London, Soul Calibur IV, Army of Two, etc. More movies just in. Grab 'em while they're hot! Movies Hellgate: London (PC) Soul Calibur IV (PS3) Legendary: The Box (PS3, PC, 360) Army » MORE

»	Jul 11, 2007 E3 2007: Shots and Movies (UT 3, Mercs 2, Hellgate: London, MoH: Airborne) Hello, they're off and running! More media, coming your way. Movies: Unreal Tournament 3 (PC) Killzone 2 (PS3) Shots: Unreal Tournament 3 (PC) » MORE

»	Jun 15, 2007 Hellgate: London Pics Here, enjoy them while you can, until MS makes every single game on the market Vista-exclusive and then the inevitable transition will finally take place, which means we'll all have to say good-bye to XP. » MORE

»	May 10, 2007 Flagship Attempts to Justify Premium Multiplayer in Hellgate So some people are not all too thrilled about the premium multiplayer mode in Hellgate: London (you have to pay extra to get all the multiplayer content), and dare I say rightly so. » MORE

»	May 09, 2007 Hellgate: London Subscription Details The newest issue of Games For Windows magazine has the scoop on what gamers should expect from the subscription feature, which was announced as part of the multiplayer segment in Hellgate: London. » MORE

»	Apr 20, 2007 Another Round of Hellgate: London Screens We've received a new batch of nice and colorful (weeeee!) in-game captures from Flagship's action RPG, Hellgate: London: click to view full gallery I have a hunch that this game is going to be awesome. » MORE

»	Jan 18, 2007 Hellgate: London maybe coming to 360? While there is still no word as to the billing platform or lack there of in the upcoming RPG Shooter Hellgate: London, there is a rumor that the game might, just might, be heading for the Xbox 360. » MORE

Jan 10, 2007

Hellgate: London Morphs into MMOG Hybrid
It appears that some ex Blizzard employees are suffering from a severe case of WoW-itis, as Flagship's Bill Roper announces that the multiplayer portion of Hellgate: London, which will include instanced dungeons and a moderate amount of PVP, will actually be subscription-based.

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»	Jan 11, 2007 Roper Talks More on Hellgate: London's Online Features As we've informed you yesterday, Flagship Studios' long awaited action-RPG, Hellgate: London, will include a multiplayer segment with instanced dungeons and a moderate amount of PVP. » MORE

»	Jan 08, 2007 Hellgate: London Coming This Summer This ain't much of a date, but it's the best we got so far. Flagship Studios (made up of some of the ex Blizzard North guys) has sort of given a general time frame for their upcoming action RPG, Hellgate: London. » MORE

»	Nov 07, 2006 Namco Bandai and EA Work Together We've just receive word that Namco Bandai Games America has signed a deal with the insanely rich cats over at Electronic Arts (and yet another company cooperates with the industry giant). » MORE

»	Sep 21, 2006 Mark of Chaos, Hellgate: London Shots, and More We've got even more screenshots for you guys this evening. Some Warhammer: Mark of Chaos goodness, then some new grabs from Hellgate: London, and finally, new Pacific Storm screenshots. » MORE

Jul 19, 2006

Hellgate: London Screenshots
Namco and Flagship Studios release brand-new screenshots from their upcoming action RPG, Hellgate: London. They are truly going to have to pull something out of their ass in terms of the narrative to make this rather passé concept of post apocalyptic environments and Hell's minions appear even remotely appealing.

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»	Jul 11, 2006 Hellgate: London Source Code Stolen? This is pretty bizarre. PressPass is reporting of a supposed security breach at Flagship Studios (made up of some ex-Blizzard employees) and the subsequent stealing of the Hellgate London source code. » MORE

Jul 05, 2006

New Hellgate: London Screenshot
While at the E3, I picked up a free issue of Dark Comics' Hellgate London comic book. I was bored on the plane so I actually read the entire thing. The comic was well written, but the general premise for the story is so spectacularly stupid, that I don't see how anyone will be able to immerse themselves in the game world.

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»	Jun 29, 2006 Hellgate: London Interview Sol Invictus writes "Hellgate Guru has a discerning 8 question interview with Community Manager Ivan Sulic of Flagship Studios with some questions on their upcoming action RPG, Hellgate: London. » MORE

»	May 10, 2006 Vista Games Unveiled Microsoft Game Studios, Electronic Arts, THQ, Funcom and other publishers have officially disclosed some info on forthcoming titles for Windows Vista. » MORE

»	Apr 10, 2006 Hellgate: London Community Radio Show Sol Invictus writes "The first episode of the Hellgate: London (Flagship Studios’ game in development) community radio show, aptly titled London Calling, was broadcast over Shoutcast earlier today at Hellgate Guru. » MORE

Apr 04, 2006

SEGA Acquires Sports Interactive
I'm telling you, folks, SEGA is getting really serious about PC gaming. They are already publishing the next Total War game and Hellgate: London, and now they've acquired the developer of the Championship and Football Manager series, Sports Interactive.

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»	Nov 18, 2005 Hellgate: London Screenshots The fine folks over at Flagship Studios (ex Blizzard North guys) have released five new screenshots from their upcoming FPS/RPG hybrid, Hellgate: London. » MORE

Sep 20, 2005

New Hellgate: London Shots
It's amazing how much this game has improved visually in such a relatively short period of time (since I saw it last this May). Hellgate: London, the upcoming action RPG/FPS hybrid from the creators of the original Diablo is looking very good as you can see in these 5 new screenshots.

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