Gamingtrend got the rare opportunity to interview Bill Roper on Hellgate: London as he walks them through the first hour of the game. In the interview they covered character creation, ease of use, questing, a rundown of all of the character classes, and Joey's Peg Leg. The interview runs 52 minutes total, with a full text transcription so you can follow along.
With the Closed Beta starting very shortly, this interview should do a nice job of kicking open the floodgates of information before the October 31st release date.
The main story link goes to the transcription, but you can hit up the alternative sources to listen to the podcast.
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.
This game looks absolutly stunning. Cant wait to play this along with the rest of the killer PC apps...