Hellgate MMOFPS Open Beta is Now Here
Hellgate finally threw open its "gates" to Open Beta players Thursday night after a 2-year+ wait.
Thursday evening T3 Entertainment, HanbitSoft and Redbana officially opened the gates to the hellish free-to-play action-RPG game, Hellgate. Currently it's in Open Beta and available to gamers in Europe and North America only (this version, anyway). And as promised, T3 Entertainment is celebrating the long-awaited launch with four special events: the Guild Reservoir event, the Daily Supplies event, the To Level in Hell event and the Level and Be Rewarded event, each awarding top players with valuable prizes.
"Hellgate is a free-to-play, online, action RPG that allows you to play in a first-person or third-person perspective," reads the game's description. "Set 27 years into the future, an ancient prophecy made centuries ago has come true and the gates of hell have opened. Demons have overrun the world of man and roam our lands, destroying, pillaging and killing humans. With the world above ground abandoned, dark and burnt to hellfire, humans are forced into hiding to protect what remains of their race while making plans to take back a world that was once theirs. In the game, mankind escapes to the underground system under the sprawling metropolis of London."
Hellgate was originally developed by Flagship Studios and launched back in October 2007. After the studio went bankrupt, development halted and the IP was seized as collateral by Comerica Bank. Prolonging the game's eventual death, Namco Bandai provided free US/EU server support until January 31 2009 when the servers were taken offline. HanbitSoft finally swooped in, acquired the Hellgate properties and launched the game in Korea after a controversial legal dispute with the defunct developer. The company then secured the US/EU territory rights in 2010.
As reported last week, the open beta now includes two new game modes – the PvP Duel Area and the zombie-infested Cow Room. To download the client, interested demon hunters can head here where there's a list of mirrors and an optional torrent method. The download size is right around 5.66 GB.
I'm anticipating the new Oblivion release on 11/11/11 instead. =D
I think you mean the next Elders Scrolls, Oblivion was simply the name of the forth in the series. If you haven't already try Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind if by any chance your a rather young gamer and the graphics put you off there are mods to make it look much better. It's a fantastic game.
Yah, this was a terrible idea. You can only get past lvl 20 content if you get the ticket. The ticket is across your whole account, and you can either pay the $4 or spend like 250k in game gold. So if you really like the game, and you don't want to spend the $4, you can still trade with people for it.
They should have just charged $5 to play the game, or increased the price of the other cash shop items.
Correct. I was in a hurry posting and had been working in my media center room 12 hours prior to sitting down for a minute relaxing browsing THG. Thanks for the correction...
Not to continue the off topic, but I am really, really looking forward to Skyrim. More than any other game in the past few years (except maybe Starcraft 2).
Hellgate should of been updated to dx 11 or atleast added a high-res texture pack or something.
The problem is, while Ive played far worst games graphically and have enjoyed them alot I can never seem to get into morrowind, I am not fond of the UI, it isn't the graphics, it is the interface and certain elements. Maybe I should try it again with an interface mod. Maybe then ill enjoy it.
The problem is, while Ive played far worst games graphically and have enjoyed them alot I can never seem to get into morrowind, I am not fond of the UI, it isn't the graphics, it is the interface and certain elements. Maybe I should try it again with an interface mod. Maybe then ill enjoy it.