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‘Hellgate: London’ Rises Again on Steam
Remember the action RPG Hellgate: London? Created by former Blizzard Entertainment employees who had a hand in the Diablo series, the game was developed by Flagship Studios and released on October 31, 2007 to mixed reviews and crippling bugs. The game subsequently went through a relaunch a year later, but it was ultimately in vain, as the game went out with a whimper in North America, and the servers shut down in 2009.
But now, the game has seemingly been reborn, at least according to its Steam page. The page lists a November 15th release date, with T3Entertainment as developer. It’s not clear if this is a full relaunch of the game, as the multiplayer component doesn’t appear to be included. Nor does the listing say if the expansions created by Korean-based software distributor Hanbitsoft are included.
If that’s indeed the case that this is just the single-player version of the game, the question of “Why bother?” comes to mind, as the multiplayer component was the main attraction for the game in the first place. I guess we’ll have to wait until next month to see if that’s the case.
For those not in the know, Hellgate: London takes place in 2038, where London has been invaded by demons from Hell. You play as a member of the resistance to drive back the forces.
Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for his role in 1993’s Jurassic Park, has passed away this week at 78 years old. In a statement shared on Neill’s Instagram page this morning, the actor’s family said that his passing was “sudden and unexpected.”
Neill had been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2022, but stated the following year that he was in remission. The family notes that he “remained cancer free” at the time of his passing.
The family statement reads, “It is with immense sadness that the whānau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia. Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free.
“They would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at St Vincent’s Private Hospital for their incredible care. More details will be shared later, but for now, on behalf of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy as they navigate this immeasurable loss.”
In addition to his iconic role as Dr. Alan Grant in the original Jurassic Park and the sequels Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World: Dominion, Sam Neill left an indelible mark on the horror genre with memorable roles in Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession, The Omen: The Final Conflict, John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness, and sci-fi horror favorite Event Horizon.
Sam Neill’s vast resume in film and television began in the early 1970s and also includes the films Sleeping Dogs, Enigma, The Good Wife, A Cry in the Dark, Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Hostage, The Jungle Book, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, The Horse Whisperer, Bicentennial Man, Daybreakers, Escape Plan, and Thor: Ragnarok.
Sam Neill is survived by his four children and eight grandchildren.
Steven Spielberg said in a statement to Variety, “I owe a debt of gratitude to Roger Donaldson, Gilliam Armstrong, Graham Baker and Phillip Noyce for casting Sam Neill in the roles in which he was so brilliant that brought him to my attention and led to his playing Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park. Sam was exceptionally collaborative. It was a stretch for him to play a character who acted as though children were messy and smelly because this was the opposite of the loving father he was to his children. I adored making all the Jurassic movies with him.”
Spielberg adds, “Along with Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, we will always have our Jurassic family and Sam will never be forgotten by us or his many millions of fans around the world.”
Sam Neill in ‘Event Horizon’
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