As it’s the last Mon-Wed-Fri I have before break, I want to throw in a quick post here to announce my crazy shenanigans.

• I apparently renewed my World of Warcraft account (I normally pay via the Blizzard Store and purchasing 30-day cards through it), but last month as I was raiding, I got the “You have 30 minutes left” warning in ToC 25 Heroic.  So I went and renewed my account… but through the WoW website, not the Blizzard Store.  A-durr.  So now I have a month of game time.  Went and told LE that I would be in after the break, as I do have a freaking thing to finish up in a few classes… I think I’ll finish up leveling my Shaman, perhaps level my Hunter.
• I picked up Borderlands.  Surprisingly a fun game.  It’s a pretty good mix of RPG and FPS, of which the last I played one of those was that one failed MMO… oh, what was it called… crap, can’t remember for the life of me (wait, it’s Hellgate: London);  I only know it lasted for like several months before people just disliked it.
• I reinstalled Oblivion.  I like the game, couldn’t run it too well on the old PC, but now I can (heh, it’s only like 3 years).  I really enjoy the genre of a RPG-FPS, and Oblivion is one of those games… though, I wish I could make an orc in that game really look orcish, can’t really do that.  Warhammer Online got their orcs right, as far as I’m concerned… stupid and crazy and all about the WAAAAAAAAAAGH!

That’s it for now.  More later.

Anyone out there care to share their impressions of the game?

Man what a hangover, did I do anything stupid last night?

We received an email from a disheartened fan of the site who found himself the object of ridicule from his friends after getting a tattoo of his favorite game, on his forehead.

“I’m writing this to first say that getting a gaming tattoo is a really bad idea. I have a degree in Procedural Law but the only place that would hire me was Morry’s Meat Plaza down on the docks. My nickname is Lucy (Short for Lucifer). But if you’re still going to get one, get a classic game tattoo somewhere acceptable; don’t wind up like me.“

Hellgate London, was touted as the best hybrid FPS/RTS/3rd person Shooter RPG set in post-apocalyptic London sewers ever. So good in fact that the game’s online component was officially dumped in  January of this year leaving fans of the game with a massivly single-player offline experience.

Zuerst nochmal zu den Walkthroughs: Prototype hab ich gecancelt, weil es zuviele Leute machen und ich es eh netmal durch hab… Ausserdem bin ich ganz schön noobig in Sachen Combat und lass es daher lieber. Falls ihr einen sehen wollt empfehle ich euch den von SkSorch82, einen GameAnyone.com Admin, der extrem gute HD-Walkthroughs mit professionellem Commentary macht.

Hier gehts zu den Videos von Skorch82, einfach mal nachschauen, er sollte schnell voran kommen.

In Hellgate London bin ich grad kurz vor Ende von Akt 5 und somit auch kurz vor Ende des Spiels. Zur Zeit sind 63 Parts online und ich schätze es werden nochmal 10-20 dazu kommen, werde diese Woche aber auf jedenfall fertig! Zur Playlist

Mein nächster Walkthrough wird Lost Planet Extreme Condition, mit dem ich wohl spätestens Ende der Woche anfangen werde.

Gut soviel dazu. Für die die sich nicht so für Videos interessieren und lieber selber Spielen, denen kann ich sagen, das meine Reviews zu Prototype und Fuel so gut wie fertig sind. Einen Democheck zu Fight Night Round 4 wird es auch noch diese Woche geben und der Firstlook zu One Piece Unlimited Cruise erscheint, sobald ich das Spiel habe, habs heut leider noch nicht gefunden, jedenfalls hatten es Saturn und Karstadt nirgends rumliegen, aber morgen ist ja auch erst offizieller Releasedate.

Naja wie auch immer. Ich bin und bleib der größte.

Come potete leggere sul blog ufficiale in inglese del publisher sudcoreano HanbitSoft, nonostante i miglioramenti previsti con la patch 1.5, i server di Hellgate: London restano chiusi all’accesso dei giocatori europei e americani per il preciso volere di Namco Bandai, che detiene i diritti di pubblicazione del gioco in occidente…

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from a Geeks3d.com discussion of a virtual world development platform

With our April Fool’s Day post out of the way, we arrive at our 150th post. Unremarkable to you, perhaps, but when we started this folly we doubted we would make it to 40 before running out of replicas. Ha! And may we repeat, ha! At any rate, today we would like to address a different kind of Stonehenge replica than usual, the replica in a virtual world.

In Second Life, for example, we are told there is a Stonehenge near a castle (thumbnail at left by Jocgart). In other virtual worlds there are other virtual Stonehenges. A game called Hellgate: London had a Stonehenge with a different, darker look as you see in the photo below,  from the blog Pumping Irony.

Interesting how the virtual replicas vary just as the real ones do, in color, shapes of and numbers of stones, the condition of the Stonehenge according to age. (Click on the photo at left or the thumbnails to see a larger version and its posting page.)

Below is another, which  may also be from Second Life, photo by Toady. These virtual Stonehenges may capture, even better than real life replicas, meanings that Stonehenge has for people, its place in our psyches, individual and collective. Place of magic, place of battle, place of power, place of joy. It seems that as we recreate Stonehenge, we recreate some hidden powerful place in our imaginations, and no world we create can be complete without it!

Sem comentários. Veja o video e comente você mesmo.

Para quem quiser saber, a música é Primo Victoria, do Sabaton.

Trazendo hoje mais um Inside Gaming que contem um vídeo muito interessante de Bioshock 2 eu até vou dar uma pesquisada na net pra ver se acho esse tal vídeo, viciados em bio tem de ver o começo desse episódio.
Conteúdo: Bioshock 2, N.I.M.F, House of the Dead, Army of 2_2, Hellgate London, Fan Fic – Blizzard (Frostmourne de verdade). DLC: Fable 2, Resindet Evil 5, COD:WAW, Gow 2. First Look: Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, Batman Arkham Asylum, Fallout 3 Pittsburg, Star Wars the Old Republic, Dark Void.

PS: Mais tarde o Segundo Pontualidades e Atrasos que já tem algumas novidades mesmo com apenas 1 mês de vida.
Fui!!!!!!1!!!!11!!!!one!!!!!™

…but they still might close you the server! Ok, not really funny, I know.

NCsoft has announced some time ago that its Tabula Rasa sci-fi steam-punk MMORPG is closing servers as of 2009 February. Imagine you have bought the game (in a box) and you’ve paid regular subscription fees and now this. Ok, you’ve got your fun you’ve paid for, but it’s still difference to pay for a year of fun that is ended suddenly or to pay longer (hence more) but for a game that goes on and on just like you want. Not to mention that you would probably have not bought the box in the first place if you had known the fate of the game. NCsoft offered various compensations (time in other MMORPG or so) which is nice of them – it should go like this when the game ends sooner than expected.

Just a few months ago I mentioned Hellgate: London in my article about Sacred. I learned few days later that the online part would be closed too. That leads me to the question: “How can I know that this and this game is going to be successful? Whether it has perspective or not?” The answer is – there’s no way. Tabula Rasa looked extremely promising at the start. Every game eventually ends. I can’t imagine WoW being played in 2020. Maybe I’m wrong, maybe they’ll enhance it continuously and it will be top game. Although I doubt it because while it still has reportedly some unbeaten features the graphics will be overcome by other games – and these games will catch the WoW in other terms as well. However – WoW will not end any soon and it’s pretty sure deal to go after if you want. That means buying three boxes (in our country the pack costs around $80 which is really a lot) plus subscriptions of course. But WoW is famous, WoW is the top, it’s the king of the hill of the MMORPG world, so why to lower the cost? I understand this, no sarcasm.

If I finish with PWI (or take a break) I’ll probably try EVE Online – that is if I have time for that. You have to buy it initially and there are subscriptions too but the cost seems better to me and the game is something different than typical fantasy MMORPG. But you never have to buy expansions – that’s the proper customer treatment in my eyes. Expansions often raise the level-cap and introduce new skills – this all favors mostly players who paid a lot already, why to cash them twice? There is also the other way – I’d say “the Asian way” – free client with subscriptions. Lineage 2 for example. Of course, you can object: “Hey, Asian MMORPG are unplayable!” I played only L2 and PWI, so I can’t tell – but I believe the people who tried both classes and know the difference. In PWI – for instance – you can’t redefine your keyboard or invert mouse movement – that sucks hardly if you ask me.

Back to the topic – how to avoid the situation from the title? You may wait till the game is really a big thing – like WoW or EVE. But if everybody waited no game would be a big thing, would it? Don’t worry though, either you don’t care about the money that much – it is spent for fun after all and you’ll not carry any of your characters to your afterlife anyway so if it’s fun for a year and then another fun with another game… not a big deal. Still you sometimes need several years to get to higher levels with your character if you are occasional player and you need game that will last for so long. There are still people who try many things, many games and these might make the game big before you jump in. Or try some F2P game like PWI. Even when I’ve already criticized the game in my posts (I still play it).

The point is – I don’t like paying for boxes and subscriptions, but it’s sort of standard today. I prefer subscription only because it’s more fair – but on the other hand it gives you the feeling that you have to play it now when you’ve already paid for it. I’m also not sure how you can take a break from the game? Do I have to leave for the whole month? F2P games never bring these questions and many players pay for them anyway (I did too). And if there are subscriptions why the initial payment is so high? These games are useless offline anyway. I’m curious what future will bring and how long these marketing models stay unchanged for the most popular games. Maybe later companies will find the solution for unsuccesful games too. What if users/players/fans were able to run the server somehow? Private servers exist for many games? Couldn’t it be the way for Hellgate: London and Tabula Rasa?

Hellgate: London soon to be free to play.

Fans of Hellgate: London will be please to hear that, instead of the planned demise as of January 31st, the game will continue on as a free to play service.

Korean games developer, HanbitSoft. Inc, today announced plans to continue supporting the ill fated game by proving users with a f2p platform. This is good news for all fans of Hellgate: London, who saw a potential for their gaming to end within the next few days.

Hellgate: London was created by Flagship Studios, a company founded by ex members of the Blizzard North team. Unfortunately, the company dissolved in August of 2008, citing financial problems for the cause of their demise. One main reason for this is that Hellgate: London failed to reach its potential in sales and subscriptions after its release in 2007.

HanbitSoft hope to improve the number of active gamers attached to Hellgate: London by providing it as a free to play service. However, this will only be active for people who have bought a hard copy of the game. The also have stated that there are plans for a new patch to the game coming in the near future.

As for the date of the switch to f2p, HanbitSoft are yet to make an announcement. They have advised players to keep a look out on the official Hellgate: London website for more information.

“Hellgate: London”, der damals als Diablo-Killer angekündigte Titel, hatte seit seiner Veröffentlichung viele Probleme.

Bei der Veröffentlichung krankte der Titel dank zahlreicher Bugs und viele Spieler betrachteten den Titel als nicht spielbar. Irgendwann wurden dann mal Patches nachgereicht und es wurden Entschuldigungen ausgesprochen, dass man zu wenig Zeit hatte und deswegen so viele Bugs im Spiel wären. Meiner Meinung nach unentschuldbar für einen Titel, dessen Multiplayer Part kostenpflichtig (!) ist. Außerdem gab es noch Sorgen wegen eines Passus in der EULA.

Eigentlich hatte Namco-Bandai geplant, die Online-Tore des Spiels am 31. Januar endgültig zu schließen, da sich der Titel als Flop entpuppte, obwohl ehemals führende Köpfe von Blizzard an dessen Entwicklung beteiligt waren.

Doch noch ist nicht alle Tage Abend, denn das koreanische Unternehmen Hanbitsoft, dass mittlerweile die Rechte an dem Spiel hat, lässt es als kostenloses Onlinespiel weiterlaufen. Auch sollen erste Patches und Updates in Arbeit sein, die das Spiel verbessern sollen.

Ein freudiger Tag also, für alle Hellgate´ler .

QUELLE:
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Ozimandias (11/12/2007) – Es entretenido y tiene algunos puntos muy buenos (como los diálogos con el ingeniero “poseído” por el demonio oráculo), pero no me quito la sensación de que podría haber sido mucho más.

What is the Wilhelm Scream you ask?

You’ve probably heard the Wilhelm Scream dozens of times in different movies and television shows without realizing it, but it’s one of those things that once you hear, you’ll always be able to identify afterwards.

It’s now become a delightfully obscure  in-joke amongst sound editors/mixers who try to insert it into their films whenever there’s a perfect moment that just needs an over-the-top scream.

It began as a Warner Bros. stock sound effect, but was revived and put to serious use by LucasFilm [Star Wars] sound effects designers Ben Burtt and Richard Anderson. Now the thing just won’t die: Enjoy!

The individual who recorded the scream is unknown. Sound designer Ben Burtt named the sound after “Pvt. Wilhelm”, a minor character in the 1953 film The Charge at Feather River [pictured], who emits the famous scream after being shot by an arrow [although the recording actually originated in the film Distant Drums in 1951]

Recent movies include: Cloverfield, Transformers, Juno, Speed Racer, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Kung Fu Panda, Tropic Thunder, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and The Day the Earth Stood Still [2008]

And as far as Video Games are concernd; The biggest repeat offender on the list is the LEGO series [Star Wars and Indy] and various other Star Wars titles, which is no coincidence, as  sound effect designers Ben Burtt Richard Anderson were the pair credited with starting the trend. And apparently even Halo 3 got in on the action.

List of Wilhelm Scream Games: Giant Bomb

So freaking cool!
You’ll never be able to un-hear it again, MUHAHAHA Ahhh!!!

Why you want this?

• You have Windows XP/Vista 64bit
• You want to cheat easily in 32bit
• You want to use your character for both version easily
• You want to update the game

First of all, the game setup will automatically choose the version need to be installed depending on your windows environment (32bit or 64bit). However you can installed the different version by execute the installer you want in the game DVD but you will have problem to update it later. You also can copy and paste the game folder in the DVD to your hard disk but you will have the same problem to update the game. You can’t install both via installer in the DVD since it will detect the previous installation and will be terminate.

So, how?
You may installed it both if you have multiboot windows let say Windows XP for 32bit and Windows Vista for 64bit but it will be a tedious job to switch the operating system.

Solution:

1. Install VMWare Player and use EasyVMX to create vmx file
2. Install Windows XP via VMWare Player
3. Install Hellgate: London in your both physical OS and virtual OS using normal setup.
4. Install Hellgate: London patch v1.2 in both OS
5. Copy SP_x86 and MP_x86 folder from VMware into your physical drive (or USB drive)
6. Paste SP_x86 and MP_x86 into Hellgate London directory
7. You may delete the file VMWare files now

Now you have both version of Hellgate: London with the latest update patch

• Launch Hellgate: London 32bit by execute the file in the SP_x86 folder (not from launcher, create a shortcut for your convenience)
• Launch Hellgate: London 64bit by execute in from the Vista Game directory.

Now you can play both. ENJOY!

Note: The exe for 64bit is unprotected if you update it to v1.2. Means you can copy directly the original game from hard disk and paste it elsewhere (such as portable hard disk) and play it. However you can do the same thing with 32bit version but you need the fix exe for it.

Update: Now you can play free online before the server shutdown next year. Register now at http://hellgate.iahgames.com/

F.A.Q
There is no cinematic video in the game. Isn’t this a RPG game and suppose to have story?
This is because you’d bought the ripped copy of the game to make it fix in 4.5GB DVD. The full game should be in the DVD9 format.

I got error “Launcher could not find language.dat”.

Just copy language.dat into folder “..Flagship StudiosHellgate LondonData”.

I get “Error: Failed to find Hellgate: London”.

Normally due to wrong installation or registry broken. You still can play the game without launcher. Just make sure you install the correct version in the correct system.

Where is 64bit fixed exe / nocd?
64bit exe is unprotected. No need CD to play it. You can play it straight away!

Why need all these stuff? I can just copy, paste and play!
Yes you can. This guide is just intent for those who has Windows 64bit to play with updated 32bit version of Hellgate London.

Where to download …?
Hellgate: London update patch
VMware Player
EasyVMX

Ich habe mal wieder meine Hellgate London DVD ausgepackt und ein Spielchen angefangen. Nach nunmehr halbjähriger Abstinenz muß ich sagen, es gefällt mir immer (doch) noch. Dieses mal spiele ich es bestimmt durch. Als ich mir es damals gekauft hatte und voller Erwartungen angespielt habe, da war ich zugegebenermaßen etwas enttäuscht. das Spiel war so gehypt worden. Die Trailer waren toll gemacht und dann konnte es meine Erwartungen nicht erfüllen. Heute muß ich sagen, daß ich mal wieder auf diese “Das wird der Diablo Killer” – Geschichte hereingefallen bin. Ich muß mich fragen, was ich überhaupt erwartet hatte? Das Spiel an sich ist gut gemacht. Zwar neigen die Aufträge dazu, nach dem hundertsten Male des Durchstürmens von Tunneln und Katakomben, Langatmigkeit aufkommen zu lassen aber das hat man, wenn man ehrlich ist, auch bei anderen Spielen. Ich finde es schade,  daß, wie man nun lesen kann, der Support und wohl auch die Server für den Multiplayer- Bereich eingestellt bzw. abgeschaltet werden. Man hätte aus dem Spiel bestimmt noch mehr herausholen können.

Namco Bandai Games a anuntat ca va sustine gratuit serverele defunctului Hellgate: London pana pe 31 ianuarie 2009, cand isi vor inceta definitiv activitatea. Prin urmare, durata de viata (online) a acestui joc a fost de doar 1 an si 3 luni.

Hellgate: London a fost creat de Flagship Studios (companie infiintata de Bill Roper, ex-Blizzard care a lucrat la seriile Diablo si (World of) Warcraft) si s-a dorit o combinatie intre action-RPG in stil Diablo si MMO. Jocul, desi nu a primit critici negative, nu s-a bucurat de succesul scontat. Prin urmare, serviciul online al jocului va fi sistat pe 31 ianuarie 2009.

Fiecare utilizator inregistrat pe Hellgatelondon.com a primit urmatorul e-mail:

Stimate {Numele contului},

Te anuntam ca NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. va continua sa le ofere servicii clientilor Hellgate: London prin sustinerea serverelor online pana pe 31 ianuarie 2009. In plus, ca un alt gest in sprijinul clientilor, vom mentine serverele gratuit pentru toti fanii si jucatorii, pana la data inchiderii serverelor.

Intreaga echipa NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. iti multumeste pentru entuziasmul fata de Hellgate: London si doreste sa iti ofere si in viitor produse de divertisment. [...]

Multumim,
Namco Bandai Games America Inc.

Hellgate: London a fost lansat in Europa pe 2 noiembrie 2007

Sursa

Hellgate London (c) Electronic Arts

Date: 25/10/2008
Size: 2 DVDs
Game Type: Role-Playing
Protection: SecuROM 7.33.0017

Game Notes
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London, 2038. According to legend, when the ravens  depart the Tower  of  London,  it  will  crumble  to  rubble  and disaster will befall England. As man became more dependent on science, believing only in  what  he  could  define  or create, ancient knowledge and rituals  were  lost  to  the antiquity of time. Prophecies that had  stood  as  warning for untold generations  were  seen  as  archaic  folly  or ignorant superstition. So, when  the  harbingers  of  evil began to manifest, few saw and fewer  believed.  When  the demons finally came, there was little that stood in  their way.

Install Notes
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1. Mount or Burn iso.
2. Install
3. Use the keygen from the Crack dir on the disc.
4. Copy crack.
5. Play and regret that you didn’t save money to buy a new pc!
6. Thanks ViTALiTY for crack.