It was revealed before that Hellgate: London, the upcoming action-RPG from Flagship Studios, will feature a premium multiplayer component. The pricing structure for the premium part has been announced - it will cost players €9.99/£6.99 per month to get access to premium features including the ability to play co-operatively with other players online, trade items, join guilds, voice chat, buddy lists and more.
Additionally, players with subscriptions will also get new content including new character classes, areas, monsters, items and raid content, as well as new game modes including Hardcore, Role-play and PvP. They will also get additional character and stash slots. Other features include in-game email for items, web access to characters and a place in future beta lotteries.
Before Flagship Studios, there was Blizzard North. Originally known as Condor, the Redwood-based studio was acquired in 1997 by Blizzard Entertainment. At the time, Blizzard North was hard at work on the development of the game that would be the cornerstone of everything that came after: Diablo.
IGN : Remember Hellgate: London? The dark fantasy action role-playing game came out in 2007 for PC, a year before developer Flagship Studios went bankrupt. Since then, various free-to-play and online revivals have come and gone. Now, 17 years after the release of Hellgate: London, it’s back.
I remember some friends and I all bought Hellgate: London day one because it was made by some original Diablo devs. We had fun playing it, good memories.
PC Invasion: Hellgate: London is back on Steam, but it's not what you expect it to be. It's a single-player game in the vein of Asian MMOs.
Xbox 360?
i think its been confirmed for a 360 release as well as pc.
Appears too much per month for similar features to Guild Wars ... I guess it's a wait and see ... especially regarding the speed of rolling out the new content
Also need clarity - if you pay the monthly fee and aquire some good items, do you lose them if you stop paying your sub?
Reserving judgement until launch ... shame that there is still missing info, and uncertainty as this has moved from a must buy for me to a wait and see ...
im ok with with paying for XBL, but then to pay extra for other games??
not my cup of tea. however i understand why the charge for the new quests, episodic content,etc... doesnt create itself for free!!