The One About Summoners

So I've been trying out Hellgate: London recently and my favorite class so far has been the summoner class.

And I think I know why.

You see, on screen I see this:



Hellgate:London's HRIN summons her minions

But as I am happily summoning them minions in Hellgate: London - in my mind's eye, I am actually seeing this:



Granado Espada's CatheHRIN summons her dolls

I swear Granado Espada runs through my veins. I can never look at any other game in the same way!

On a side note, I encountered some Granado Espada players in-game in Hellgate: London and it was somewhat amusing that we were discussing about the exciting, upcoming V2.4 updates in the in-game chat of HGL and then we started comparing the various classes in GE to those in HGL. Here's the conclusion we came to:

Granado Espada	Hellgate:London
Fighter	Templar
Musketeer	Marksman
Wizard	Erm… MIA
Elementalist	Evoker
Scout	Guardian
Catherine + Viki	Summoner
Jack + Diego	Engineer

What was even more amusing was that one of the players didn't believe who I was. So he asked me what the name of the upcoming V2.4 patch as a proof of my identity.

I haven't officially discussed the name of the upcoming patch with KingKongJon yet but considering how we had once discussed the previous patch name and had decided at that point in time that the standard naming convention for each new patch would be the name of the new map that came along with that patch...

I replied,"Tropical Island patch... or more specifically, Bahia Island patch."

Yes, that's right. The name of the tropical island for the V2.4 patch will be Bahia Island. The previous direct translation from Korean had been 'Gigante Island', but the localization manager, DG, wanted to continue his trend of staying true to the background storyline, so after a few rounds of shortlisting, we unanimously chose Bahia Island.

Coming back to HGL, we are releasing more figurines! Yes, yes I know. The next question you will be asking me is - HOW ABOUT GRANADO ESPADA FIGURINES?!

It's something we are exploring as well. (Not the nude bug version though. So don't get any funny ideas!) ;)

More peeks at these upcoming HGL figurines:

The One About Hellgate: London Launch



We just launched Hellgate: London on Halloween, 31 October 2007! It was insanely crowded! In fact, I was so inspired by the queues that I even created a Queue Fan Video for it...



LOL. Ok, n00b videos aside, remember to start forming your teams for the Fantazzztic Film Awards 2007! Guys, this isn't just any competition. All the best videos will also be featured in our future box sets and as a tribute to the best movie makers, their names will even be marked on the Granado Espada game manuals for future box sets! Can you imagine? Your films being distributed by the thousandsacross the region. Your names made famous! Who knows? You might even be talent scouted! The potential is endless so make good use of this opportunity! This competition is open worldwide to everyone, not just those in Singapore.

Anyway, not to digress any further, on with the peektures! There'll be more coverage of articles and a photo gallery up on the Hellgate: London website, but for now, enjoy these:




And here's the hawt templar and cabalist:




And then there was a press conference as well:




Check out the HGL skinned external hard disk drives! You can start pre-ordering at the IAHGames cafe.



Here's Max Schaefer's speech during the press conference:


And here's Erich Schaefer's speech:



This has got to be the most winning peekture of 'em all!



It's like cherubic Viki guest starring in Hellgate: London as a cabalist. LOL.