E3 2006: Hellgate: London Fact Sheet @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on May 15, 2006

News: New details on Flagship Studios flagship title.

What do you get when you combine the members of the development teams of Diablo, WarCraft and StarCraft? Why, you get Flagship Studios, a new development house that is hard at work on Hellgate: London, an RPG that features a London consumed by Hellfire.

Don't want to get burned? Here's what you need to know:

Publisher: Namco Bandai Games America Inc.
Developer: Flagship Studios
Release Date: TBD
Platform: PC
ESRB Rating: RP (M expected)
Genre: RPG
Players: Single and Multiplayer
Game URL: www.namco.com / www.flagshipstudios.com

Game Description:
Hellgate: London is the first original title from premier developer Flagship Studios, whose team hails from such blockbusters as the Diablo, StarCraft, and WarCraft series. Set in the near future, Hellgate: London introduces a world devastated by a demon invasion. Players are thrust into a desolate city scorched by hellfire where the survivors meld science and sorcery to gain a foothold against the minions of darkness and save the bloodline of humanity.

Hellgate: London combines the depth of Role-Playing Games with the action of First-Person titles, while offering infinite replayability and an individualized gaming experience through dynamically created levels, monsters, items, and events. Players create a hero and then battle through innumerable hordes of demons while completing quests and advancing through experience levels and branching skill paths. A robust, flexible skill and spell system, highly-customizable items, and a massive variety of randomly generated equipment allow players to create heroes that are truly unique.

Features:

A New Perspective on RPGs
Combining the depth and customizability of Role-Playing Games with the immersive experience of a first-person perspective, gameplay is fast-paced without requiring lightning-fast FPS reflexes, making it accessible to a broad audience of RPG fans.

Unique and Appealing World
Experience the ominous setting of post-apocalyptic London. From ancient ruins buried beneath city streets to shattered cathedrals to the last remnants of humanity bunkered in the Underground, the boundary between fact and myth are blurred as a few glorious heroes fight for their very souls.

Customizable Character Classes
Fight against the demons of the underworld as one of several unique character classes. Like the Templar, each class has a unique visual and game play style based on their particular history and heritage. Randomly generated and modifiable items ensure that heroes are distinct and individualized.

Hell on Earth
Battle against a wide variety of demonic enemies, each with their own unique attributes, abilities, and vulnerabilities.

Infinite Replayability
With dynamically- generated levels, massive quantities of randomly- created items, chance events and story- driven quests, no two gaming experiences are ever the same.

Single-Player and Online Multiplayer Support
While Hellgate: London stands on its own as a single-player game, it also provides a compelling cooperative multiplayer experience through a dedicated online gaming destination. By creating unique and individualized game play УinstancesФ within a vast online community, gamers get all the best parts of traditional massive multiplayer games without the common downsides.