Hellgate Guy Fawkes content

By Robert Purchese Published 5 November, 2007

Elite mode for all.

Flagship Studios is taking down the Hellgate: London servers this afternoon to add some special content for "Guy Fawkes' Night", a holiday still celebrated in England.

It will add a slew of themed things to see and do for subscribers, as well as reward non-payers with the Elite difficulty for a real man's challenge.

Subscribers can expect to be able to hunt down some new named monsters that have bigger teeth than normal, get their hands on grenades to throw around festively, enjoy numerous new recipes and schematics, eat sticky and sweet things like toffee apples, and revel in themed equipment dropped by dying monsters.

There will also be lots of visual treats to get you in the spirit, like big bonfires and all that. However, all of this - including the Elite mode for non-subscribers - will disappear on 11th November, so make sure you don't tarry.

Hellgate: London was released last Friday and got a pat on the back from us for its compelling blend of action and role-playing. We are also currently running a competition to give away the game and PC to play it on, so you might want to check that out.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (13) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • symmetry #1 4 years ago

    "Guy Fawkes' Night", a holiday still celebrated in England.

    Holiday? God Damnit, nobody told me! I've been at work all day!

  • JediMasterMalik #2 4 years ago

    It's more of a day of festivities than a holiday. (holiday actually refers to religious festivals)

  • JediMasterMalik #3 4 years ago

    @lavalant - It's ok, they're american. ;)

  • sickpuppysoftware #4 4 years ago

    @lavalant
    It's not celebrated in NI.

    I'd imagine the rest of the UK just wish he'd suceeded.

  • mattigan #5 4 years ago

    Remember remember the fifth of November
    Gunpowder, treason and plot.
    I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
    Should ever be forgot...

  • MrBeens #6 4 years ago

    Actually the Elite mode is for everyone even after the event ends - its just that they are activating it in the same patch window.

  • foamy #7 4 years ago

    V for Vendetta, yo.

  • hula hoops #8 4 years ago

    Hellgate: London was released last Friday and got a pat on the back from us ...

    I wouldn't consider a 7/10 a pat in the back. It's more like a slap on the face, given the higher than average score EG has given for most games this season.

  • Laserbream #9 4 years ago

    The linked-to compo is for a couple of PSPs and a some cheesy looking PSP games.

  • Phattso #10 4 years ago

    I'd wager, hula hoops, that most of the other games reviewed recently don't crash out with an Out of Memory error at least once an hour for a massive percentage of the playing population.

    /is still really pissed at the instability of the retail game

  • UncleLou #11 4 years ago

    7/10 is a fair score considering the state the game is in. Yet I keep having 10/10 moments all the time.

    The absurd thing is that scoring just, say, the single-player game with an engineer is pretty much a 9. But because people don't buy it just for this, the complete package isn't a 9 atm. Confusing. :)

  • Wendelius #12 4 years ago

    The patch is also supposed to make some improvements to the engine to reduce memory usage and out of memory crashes. Not sure whether that will be the case. The game hasn't crashed for me yet. But the wife loses interest after half hour sessions and wants to go back to LOTRO. So not played long enough to exhaust the memory yet. :)
    Edited by 1 at 06/11/07 @ 09:08

  • Blackloch #13 4 years ago

    Well the patch did help with the memory leaks.
    Had the game up and running (with some long afks as well) for about 5 hours without a crash. Ironically when I wanted to logoff the game locked up and I had stop the game with Task Manager ;)