11/05/2007

Server Coming Down, New Theme


Howdy!Just a heads-up, on November 5th between 6AM and 9AM PST, both the Shulgoth and Sydonai servers will be coming down for maintenance and patching. We're shooting for our total downtime to be no longer than those three hours, but please be patient. It's also possible that one server might be up before the other, so don't worry if you can logon to only one of them for a time – both will be up after we complete our scheduled downtime.
The reason for this? Well, during this downtime, we're deploying a new patch that, among other things, contains a new subscriber only themed event: Guy Fawkes Day.
That's right, Hellgate: London is celebrating Guy Fawkes Day. The holiday, still celebrated in England, is held in remembrance of Guy Fawkes' failure to assassinate King James I in what became known as the Gunpowder Plot. This story has been referenced numerous times in pop culture... Harry Potter, the film "V for Vendetta," and even the song "Remember" by John Lennon all have roots in the 5th of November. Time to add Hellgate: London to that list! Here are the details:
Run Date
November 5 – November 11. Themed content for subscribers only.
Nemo ~ Master of Festivities
Everyone's favorite profane master of themed events has moved to Templar Base and has several surprises for adventurous souls.
Guy Fawkes Quests
There are bigger Demons out there, and perhaps they're being drawn to the flames that erupt on Bonfire Night. Track down a series of named monstrosities and explore new areas as you seek to keep these explosive horrors at bay.
Bonfire Nightmares
Increased Demonic activity and the explosive nature of the times have made parts of the city even more fiery than usual. Keep an eye out for these rare locations.
Grenades
What would this celebration be without explosions? Lots of explosions... So many, in fact, that everyone can get in on the fun of hurling the Marksman's staple – Grenades. Now, imagine what else you could do with them.
Guy Fawkes Recipes
Making things is a big part of remembering Guy Fawkes for the survivors of London's fall. The ingenuity of Guy Fawkes is represented in the numerous recipes and schematics that crop up during this themed timeframe.
Guy Fawkes Treats
Bonfire Toffee, Toffee Apples, Baked Potatoes – all of the expected foodstuffs (and more) to keep winter's chill at bay and bolster characters with a wide variety of beneficial boosts.
Fawkes' Flameguards
Handling explosives can be tricky, so you'll want to make sure to find the right pair of gloves to keep your hands safe and sound.
The Legacy of Guy Fawkes
The Techsmiths have been busier than usual, so you'll never know when gear might drop that is thematically bound to the festivities.
Thanks everyone! Hope you've been enjoying the game!

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11/04/2007

Today Hellgate in the Xfire,and VOice Chat.



Welcome Hellgate Players!
Welcome to Xfire! Hellgate: London is the first game to fully utilize Xfire Voice Chat technology. With the click of the microphone icon in your game, you are able chat with your friends in-game. In order for you to take full advantage of this feature you must do the following 3 things:
1 Download and Install Xfire.
2 Register an Xfire Account
3 Make sure you have Xfire running when you start Hellgate: London.


Remember to go back to your Xfire profile page to check your number of hours logged and to manage your screenshots.
About Xfire
With Xfire you can also:
Text chat in-game to others in Hellgate or any other game
Capture screenshots in-game and upload them to your profile page
Download and transfer files with Xfire's P2P system
Attend Xfire community activities (like the Hellgate Chat)
Track your gaming hours and stats from your favorite games





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Hellgate: London -- Out of the Box


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The more we play the game, however, the more it begins to feel like the very randomness that makes the game compelling and addictive also adds to the aforementioned empty-calories analogy. Randomized loot robs the game of some of its personality because there's no "uber-loot" to quest for or an orderly progression of powerful equipment that keeps pace with the player's development. As a result, there's a lot less satisfaction with killing big bosses or getting each individual loot drop when most of it will be garbage. The randomized floor plans preclude a real sense of "place." The player travels through London districts with fascinating names like "Cheapside" and "Mansion House," but upon entering them find yet another collection of generic sewers, maintenance tunnels or randomized streets with eight different copies of the same roofless English pub. The difference is even starker during the far more enjoyable set-piece story battles that take place in places like Piccadilly Circus or the Tower of London. Since they never change, the designers went all out and create a real feeling that, yes, the player is fighting in the ruins of London.There's more to explore in Hellgate: London, of course -- we've only been able to play the single-player campaign so far -- but with each level we pass through and every identical demon battle, the constant diet of Doritos is starting to wear thin. Perhaps multiplayer will offer more charms, but as of this writing, the servers just went online. Based on our experience in the beta, multiplayer looks like more of the same because the nature of the combat doesn't seem to be conducive to the kind of fun teamwork to be found in a standard MMO or even a team-based shooter. The developers are promising to add all kinds of new content to the game for subscribers, but at launch, subscription benefits are restricted to a few minor things like additional item storage and a hardcore mode that restricts a character to one life. It's roughly the gaming equivalent of going from nacho cheese to spicy nacho cheese. We'll have our full review of Hellgate: London review in a couple of days; check back later today as we kick off our special Hellgate: London blog, chronicling our team's play-testing of the multiplayer.

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US And EU Accounts



There seems to be a little confusion regarding US and EU accounts, and applying badges to them. First and foremost, you must create separate accounts for each region you wish to play on. Of course, you can use the same account name assuming it's not already taken, but an account does have to be created for both regions.


US registration can be done here at www.hellgatelondon.com.


EU registration can be done at www.eu.hellgatelondon.com.


If you have a pre-order code you'd like to redeem, you must apply it to both accounts separately for your in-game items to show up on both accounts. Redeeming a code on just one account will not activate your items for both regions.


Similarly, if you are subscribing, subscription benefits will only appear on the account you subscribed with.


Thanks, and hope this clears things up a bit. Thanks!


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Subscriptions Back

We have reactivated the ability to get a subscription membership. We’re currently accepting credit cards as payment methods and are working to bring both Pay Pal and Pay by Cash back online as soon as possible. This has taken us slightly longer than expected as we’ve needed to work with several other companies and banks to ensure the security and integrity of our subscription service.

We know that many people tried and failed to subscribe early on, especially in the EU, and we greatly appreciate your patience and understanding. Our Customer Service group will sort out any issues that you might have with billing.

An important note: Beta testers should NOT create a new account to become a subscription member. Please use your Beta account to access your pre-order or special offers.

Another Important Note: a US subscription gives you membership benefits only on the US server. Likewise, an EU subscription gives you membership benefits only on the EU server.

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State of the Game

It’s been less than a week since we’ve opened the Hellgate, and we’re ecstatic at how many people have already joined us online. Overall, the game is running really well. Our game servers are incredibly stable and the community has been great about working with us to identify and resolve issue through the forums. We’ve been working through some issues as every new online game does, and as is befitting the season, we’ve our share of both tricks and treats.

Hellgate: London was scheduled to ship to stores by October 30th so it could be available for sale on the 31st. The excitement of retailers having the game on hand won out over our carefully crafted plans and we started seeing anxious gamers wanting to get online a day earlier than expected. Although we had to scramble, we also didn’t want to disappoint our first players, so we opened the servers early.

After the game had been running for a while, we found that we were having issues with out subscription transactions not being correctly processed. While this wasn’t an issue of incorrect charges being applied or insecure data issues, we needed to suspend subscriptions while we worked with our payment processing partners to address the problems. We’re working on this through the weekend and will take as long as required to iron out the last issues. We will update everyone as soon as we have more concrete information.

Turning of the ability to subscribe meant that we had some cool All Hallows’ Eve content that a lot of people weren’t going to be able to see. So, we decided to “turn on” the goodies for everyone who was playing. Unfortunately, this meant we would need to shut down the game servers in order to issue a new patch. Although we announced the down-time on our forums and within the game, not everyone got the message, so some people were surprised when they couldn’t get online for a few hours.

This, in turn, led everyone that was playing to rush to the Hellgate: London forums, which promptly overloaded both our forum and website servers. The treat was that we really saw that there are a LOT of passionate people playing the game. The trick was that the rush to our sites caused our little corner of the Internet to shut down.

It’s not that we don’t already have a good amount, but we immediately put out the order for more web servers. We’ve also implemented a website overflow plan in case we get that many people flooding onto the boards in such a short amount of time again. Live and learn!

We brought the servers and our sites back online a few hours later, patched everyone with all of the special themed content, and we’ve been up and running ever since. Some of our Beta testers have progressed through the end of the storyline and are continuing on in Nightmare difficulty. We can’t wait to see them tackle Elite Mode.

All in all, we’re pleased that the game itself is running so well. We’re also as frustrated as you are about these initial bumps in the road. Trust us – we’re here working on them all day, every day.

Single Player Patch

We’ve made the general fixes, improvements and changes found in Patch 0 available to our stand alone players. The option to patch your single player version of Hellgate: London is available from the launcher when you first start up the game.

Founder’s Offer Extended

We’ve received a flood of messages from people that have pre-ordered asking that we extend the time for our Founder’s offer. We understand your concern, and want to assure you that our delay in accepting subscriptions will not adversely affect your chance to take advantage of this offer. We’ll release specific details in the next few days, but we’ll extend the timeline of the offer and make sure that we take care of everyone that wants to be a Founder.

New Special Event

We’re putting the final touches on what is making it into our next patch, and details will be coming VERY soon. One hint – there’s going to be fire. LOTS of fire…

See you online!



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Singapore Launch Update

Believe it or not, Hellgate: London launched in Singapore the same day as it did here in the States, and Max and Erich Schaefer were on hand to greet fans, sign games, and give interviews.


IAH Games, our partners in Singapore, went all out with their Hellgate promotions. One of the more clever ones was a four-page ad in a popular local paper. The ad was made to look like a real story, and had the headline "London's Burning" accompanying one of our images of a destroyed Big Ben/Thames River. It looked so good that many of the local people starting calling around to press outlets, thinking the story was real! War of the Worlds, anyone?


The main event took place at Funan Digitalife Mall - the electronics heaven of Singapore. The mall was decked out with Hellgate paraphernalia, including the now-famous Hellgate Jeep. Fans started lining up at 11PM the night before, with the first person in line bringing his entire family! By 10AM launch day, well over 100 people were sitting in line anxiously awaiting the 3PM start time, ignoring the extreme humidity and rain.

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Max, can you drive the Jeep back to SF so we can ride in it?
By the end of the event, over 2,500 Collector's Editions were sold (more than Halo 3's launch in Singapore), fans got to meet Max and Erich and have their games signed, and Hellgate got a review score of 9.5/10 from one of Singapore's "harsh" reviewers. Not too shabby!
Waiting can be fun!


Thanks to everyone at IAH, Gigamedia, and Hanbitsoft for helping out and throwing such a great event! And super special thanks to all the fans that showed up. We love you all!

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