Hell on Earth, Coming to an England Near You

by: Randy - posted: 1/8/2007 11:21:00 PM

In 1997, the Heaven's Gate cult thought that their ticket into heaven was on a spaceship hidden in the tail of comet Hale-Bopp.  Suckers.  But this summer, ten years later, avid followers of Flagship Studios will be looking for a different gate.  Hellgate: London.  The hype line has been ringing off the hook since it was first announced over a year and a half ago, and summer 2007 is the release window for this hotly-anticipated action-RPG.  John, Charles, Dan, and Ben are probably checking it out at CES -- whether they want to or not -- since it's being featured at the Microsoft, Intel, and Dell booths.

EA AND NAMCO BANDAI GAMES AMERICA ANNOUNCE SUMMER 2007

SHIP WINDOW FOR HELLGATE: LONDON

 

Hotly-Anticipated Action-RPG from Flagship Studios set to Heat up PCs this Summer

 

Las Vegas, Nev. – January 8, 2007 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced a summer 2007 worldwide ship window for the highly-anticipated online action RPG Hellgate: London™, the first original PC title from premier developer Flagship Studios.

 

"We are all committed to making Hellgate: London absolutely the best game possible," said Bill Roper, CEO of Flagship Studios.  "The anticipation surrounding the game is immense and we are looking forward to its launch being a truly worldwide event."

 

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. The 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: London is currently being featured on the show floor of the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas from January 8-11 in Central Hall at the Microsoft booth (#7145) and Intel booth (# 7153) and in South Hall at the Dell booth (Level 3, #30363).

 

For more information about the game, log onto www.hellgatelondon.com.