I have a free beta key ready to be given away to one person who really wants it. Instead of doing say a random numbered post count. I'm going to check back at around 1am Eastern (not exact time, rough estimate) the person with the last comment in this blog gets the key via email or whoever has the 222 post which ever comes first. I'll contact you via private message for your email address.

If there is a lack of comments (less than 22) the contest will automatically move to a comments style contest where 222 is the number to meet and I'll just check back every so often to find the winner.



Participating in Hellgate: London Beta Test

Just what is this Beta Test? It is a chance to participate in the testing of our latest game, Hellgate: London! Some of you may have previously participated in beta testing on games, and this will be similar. You are in the very first group that will play and test Hellgate: London outside of Flagship Studios. As such, you will see the game during its development stages, and there are some important things to keep in mind. The game servers will not be up all the time. In fact, for the first few weeks, it's likely they will only be up one or two nights a week. As we are primarily testing the online components of Hellgate: London at this time, the game will only be playable when the servers are up.

Also, there will be times where we will need to completely erase all your characters. Don't become emotionally attached to them! This is part of game development and is required during our network technologies and hardware testing. Your items and skills will become both more and less powerful as we refine the game balance, and features may appear and disappear at any time. Sometimes it's frustrating, but this is how you get to the best game in the end.