Hellgate: London Goes Gold, Demo Available Tomorrow
Gaming and movies news website DailyGame.net has posted this short entry which claims that “AOL’s game channel” will feature a limited demo of Hellgate: London Thursday, tomorrow.
Hellgate London has gone gold, and to celebrate, EA and Flagship Studios are releasing a single-player demo tomorrow on AOL’s game channel.
The single-player demo lets gamers 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 can battle through a small handful of the storyline and side quests as they adventure through the streets and tunnels around London’s Holborn Station.
The full game of Hellgate: London will be available exclusively for PC on October 31 in North America and November 2 in Europe.
At this moment, there is no word of this on GameDaily.com, the AOL gaming site linked to in the article. However, as a precaution, I’m calling all forum moderators back to active duty or death by close-range Wasp Hive. Methinks our tempest is upon us. We called down the thunder, time to reap the whirlwind.UPDATE:
This is looking more and more confirmed. WorthPlaying has posted similar.
FINAL UPDATE:
HellgateLondon.com has posted the press release sent out earlier today.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HELLGATE™: LONDON GOES GOLD, DEMO COMING THIS WEEK
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 Friday, October 19th.
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.
Looks like it’s party time. Open the Manishevitz, start tapping the kegs, and smoke ‘em if you got ‘em. Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow is going to be a wild freaking ride.
– Scapes
