Soldiers of the Wasteland

The HG:R project is continually gaining momentum and support as the Revival team keeps working towards their vision. As such it has come to the point in development where it was decided that adding class advocates to the team would be beneficial.

Maeyan, the Project Coordinator, put out the call for applications and has recently announced the selected advocates.

Of the six class advocates four are from SotW – PhoenixFlame, scorpitron, thegreatcthulhu and merchantkill.

PhoenixFlame – Blademaster Advocate
scorpitron – Engineer Advocate
Harrowing – Evoker Advocate
thegreatcthulhu – Guardian Advocate
Calavera – Marksman Advocate
merchantkill – Summoner Advocate

So I thought this would be a good opportunity to send a big shout out to the Revival team for their continual dedication to the project, and also to our SotW class advocate members for donating their time and effort to the cause. Good work guys!

Now now you didn’t think this game was dead and buried did you…

The team over at Hellgate: Revival have been hard at work developing a new single player patch for Hellgate: London. Not to be confused with their main project (which is Revival, a port of Hellgate London using the Torque game engine) this patch simply modifies the original game files to create a more enjoyable version of the game.

Changes include:
- Vendor now sells Legendary and Unique loot
- Vendor now sells Enhanced, Rare and Legendary Mods
- Responsive luck – raising your luck attribute will be rewarding
- Personal storage space increased by x10. Inventory increased by x2
- Greater chance for drops and more palladium to collect in passageways

For a more detailed change log, check out the related thread on the HG:R forums (requires you to be registered and logged in to view information).

Maeyan, who leads the HG:R project, has kindly allowed us to to host the new single player patch files as well. If you would like to download a copy of the patch to try for yourself, you can get it from the patch thread on the HG:R site or simply download it here.

How to install this patch
- Install Hellgate: London
- Update to SP 1.2 patch version 1.18074.70.4256 (download here)
- Extract HG:R team’s v0.3 patch files to your “Hellgate London” directory (typically C:\Program Files\Flagship Studios\Hellgate London)
- Run the install.bat file – it should take approximately 5 minutes for this file to patch the game
- Play Hellgate: London

If you run into any problems installing this patch, please refer to the patch thread on the Hellgate: Revival boards. Alternatively you can post your problem in the comments below or on our forums and we will do our best to help resolve your issue.

A number of SotW members have already purchased the very recently released Killing Floor. It is a cooperative survival horror game (sharing similarities with Left 4 Dead) which pits a group of up to six people against hordes of zombies with one goal in mind – kill them all before they kill you.

The game features First Person cooperative zombie killing action, a persistent perk system which allows players to make permanent improvements their character’s skills and abilities, an achievement system, as well as the SDK which allows the community to continue to improve upon the game by making new levels and mods. And if that wasn’t enough, those who have fond memories of Hellgate may also experience a feeling of nostalgia as you blast your way through countless zombies on the streets of London once more.

Check out the roll call thread on the forums to see who has already bought the game and be sure to add your name to the list if you decided to purchase it as well.

Initial reports of the game being relaunched as a free-to-play game in the US have not proven to be anything more than wishful thinking, and so for now it seems that the guild has seen the last of HG:L in its original form.

However, it is worth mentioning the Hellgate: Revival project that is currently underway -

“The goal of the project is to create a replica of the original Hellgate: London game developed by Flagship Studios. While there will be minor improvements made to the game, Revival will essentially be everything Hellgate: London is/was with the addition of multiplayer content, LAN support and SDKs for fan/community modifications.”

So if you are still interested in playing Hellgate or even in helping out with this project, be sure to check out their website and forums. There may be a chance yet that the game we all enjoyed will return to our screens.

Whatever happens, at least we have been left with the memories and friendships that have been developed during the relatively short life of the game, and so for that we can only be thankful.

So to Hellgate, we salute you the best way we know how -

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