After 17 Years, the OG Looter Shooter is BACK with a Sequel!

Hellgate: London was a charming attempt at bringing the loot-based gameplay of Diablo into a shooter format. While it was a buggy mess, it was still a fun game nonetheless. After 17 years, we have confirmation that a sequel is in development by the original dev no less!
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[@ichbins2452]

I am speechless. In my entire life I was sad about 2 games failing: Hellgate London and Wildstar. I can't believe that Hellgate London is coming back. I LOVE this SO much!!!

[@Vulkan_Gaming]

I hope Wildstar is next!

[@Dulakka]

Wildstar is on a private server. I didnt play it, only on the official.

[@anthonyweston5588]

Rip wildstar 😢

[@promethean7032]

@@Vulkan_Gaming that would be awesome

[@Eranta]

youre so right! 100% agreed. i also hope wildstar comes back T_T it would be too good to be true

[@TheOdMan]

Hellgate: London is an S-tier concept trapped in a B-tier game. I liked the game, but it has A LOT of problems, hopefully they can make it right this time :)

[@igorthelight]

Tried some mods to improve the game? Still would not make it an S tier tho ;-) Hellgate 2038 would be the best mod for that (even if you want to play singlepalyer)

[@BeatmasterAC]

@@igorthelight Hellgate 2038 is still in open Beta AFAIK. And according to the last dev Diary, Closed Station is still not done.

[@igorthelight]

@@BeatmasterAC True. But so many people are recommending it xD There is also a Revival mod ;-)

[@BeatmasterAC]

@@igorthelight I played revival a lot. Too bad the Steam Version isn't compatible with Revival, nor with 2038

[@treliq]

Well said bro, the concept was good. I still miss it, variety of classes, story, loot, difficulty were all there

[@AoABlodhgarm]

I love this game. I would love to see this IP come back. The world was amazing. Great lore!

[@19421986lonewolf]

As somebody who played Hellgate: London when it released, still has the original CDROM with activation key and guidebook that came with it, And still plays Hellgate: London OG version (not Tokyo), My excitement cannot be understated.

[@danielemarrocu2717]

i'm with you brother

[@richardhockey8442]

got the collectors edition sitting on a shelf, and currently re-installing the steam version

[@VansLance]

I still have the Hellgate box somewhere in all my boxes :)

[@ZacHawkins42]

*Overstated

[@Sadows12]

I remember getting my dad to buy that game for me at GameStop. One of my earlier gaming memories lol I think I was like 8 or 9 at the time.

[@smackfanxion]

Nothing's ever scratched the Hellgate itch. It's single handedly motivating me to get a CD drive.

[@rabb1tdotcom-ie3vk]

Remnant: From the Ashes (1 and 2)

[@smackfanxion]

@@rabb1tdotcom-ie3vk Great games but those aren't looter shooters.

[@Siphr0dias]

This is the best news in months, if not years. The atmosphere of Hellgate: London and game itself is one of my most loved in 35 years of gaming. Thank you for sharing this news!

[@killer2403]

I am 35. Insane.

[@truv_]

nice pitch cranker pfp 🐐

[@bengaming3649]

Loved Hellgate London, had a ton of fun with this game. What really sucked they had a fantastic sci-fi book series based on the game that they never finished because the game didn't do well. Love the lore/story as well. So much there to work with.

[@nobodyno1469]

Anyone remember the old gaming magazine ads for Hellgate London when it was coming out? They were like a picture of some beat up person and a quote of them like "The demons kicked me in my teeth and ripped my dog in half. I'm going to London". I thought those ads were strange and then you'd go to the back of the magazine for a little comic of HSU & Chan?

[@K3NMA_]

Yup i had 1 of those magazines, it was a strip of ppl saying'im going to london' in front of a burning london in the background. It was ligit hype at the time. Every game media was covering it. The graphics looked great at the time. I got it, played it, loved it for a few hrs then never touched it again cause i was studying for my degree at the time. Tryied the free2play version and hated it after a few minutes. However, will definitely look forward to playing HGR when/if it comes out. 🔥I'll definitely be going to London.🔥🙌

[@bulthaosen1169]

Yup I had one

[@Mr_DGrim]

YEEEEEEEEEES. I LOVED this game as a kid. I so hope it's going to be good.

[@tristan4893]

Still remember playing this game in PC LAN cybercafe back in highschool.

[@CorneliusStudentOfTyr]

I have never forgotten this game, I loved this game and missed it so much. I am so looking forward to this.

[@uneaseelm2725]

as someone who read all 3 books and played hellgate london for over 1500 hours back in the day, i can say that this is the most exciting news i've heard in video game world in years! (and im a huge destiny2 player who just heard about prismatic...)

[@deathnoterz3000]

I am so unbelievably hyped for this

[@The69Oskar69]

The chances for this game to have a good gameplay, looter shooter mechanics etc. and not to have shitty MTX are probably like 5-10%. I would love for this game to be a hit like Helldivers 2 but realistically it wont happen.

[@BboySquidfoot]

Keep expectations low but standards high and wait for release for final verdict... Hopefully they will release a demo otherwise, sail the 7 seas and save your money.

[@poposterous236]

remember when they announced a sequel for Vampires: The Masquerade: Bloodlines complete with a trailer that showed excellent first person combat only to announce a few years later that the dev team sucked so hard they moved it to a different studio? I'd put money on that game being a mobile release. "I would love for this game to be a hit like Helldivers 2," yes, I would also like every game to be a once-in-a-generation live service bonanza that drops into the zeitgeist with the high impact of a 380mm orbital cannon. Woudn't that be nice. But even if the game is very, very good it won't ever be that.

[@jasonmendoza2044]

I’m glad I actually enjoy things and have a positive mindset lol

[@The69Oskar69]

@@jasonmendoza2044 there is a difference between having a positive mindset and being naive.

[@UmbrasMercy]

​@@poposterous236 I wouldnt call Helldivers a once in a generation live service. We have had plenty of good ones at the start only for them to be marred over time. Helldivers still has alot of time to prove that trend right.

[@Slaydra]

this is insane never expect it...

[@ReadGameCraftCook]

Wow I had no idea a sequel was coming. Will keep my excitement in check because without David Brevik I’m not sure they can get it right.

[@ThESiXtHLeGioN]

Hellgate London was OG legit! Nice to see this! 😈😈

[@FreerunningGamer]

I remember seeing the trailer for this as a kid. Never got to experience the game personally, but I always wanted to play it!

[@bankaiiibankaaa4573]

I say this for many years, hellgate london has so much potential, I wonder how there is no hellgate london 2 so far. This is an incredible game and if it's made right it can easily be the best and most played looter shooter game on the market. Basically a diablo 2 game that's played from first/third perspective, it's just awesome.

[@AlexDeSlav]

Dude, I started watching you on your Wolcen videos 5 years ago. I'm so glad you worked your way up to 105k subs! Keep up the good work, don't stop!

[@radioactivegerbil6043]

I hope this game does well. I played Hellgate: London with my brother back in the day and we loved it.

[@codenamedeth9825]

No freaking way!!! I was so obsessed with this IP I bought and read all the novels and little comics. I wish it would’ve done better back then. They left everything unfinished in the books.

[@chaikagaz]

Bought hellgate london back in the day it was a hidden gem, also played the og guild wars kinda reminds me of that game

[@proxy90909]

I just remember the trailers going super hard with rammstein moscow

[@G-MacMcToot]

I’d love to see an updated game. I had a lot of fun in it back in the day.

[@toffthegoblin7790]

WOW, awesome news! I remember watching the cinematic as a kid and being totally blown away

[@Ivoangelov89]

One of my favorite game! Back in 2007 i even bought the original CD even played on official servers and 3 months after that they shut down the servers. Pretty good story.

[@TsunTzu]

...I still have a copy of the original game that comes with me with every PC move. Loved the aesthetic. Pre-ordered the game and...god it was a mess. But I still replay it every couple years. This is phenomenal news!

[@MrZuriax]

I read the books as well as played the game. It was the last game that truly hooked my dad before he passed away. The IP means a lot to me and it having a chance to make a return is exciting. The Templars are one of the coolest factions I've read about in the realm of fiction.

[@alvinkual84]

FOR THE LIVING!!!! awesome news man! this made my day thank you!

[@user-hj2zf2se2k]

Thank you so much for telling us this. I loved this game and still have my OG disc, although my pc doesn't have a disc drive lol.

[@transgirl2106]

Omg love hellgate you just made my day, thanks!❤

[@chaosmeisters6781]

I had so much fun in OG Hellgate as an Engineer.

[@Salz1usTox1cus]

I just started Hellgate a few days ago. I really like the game, so its very nice to hear that news.

[@bradleytrease2290]

I've had Hellgate London as my PC background for the last few years. Awesome to see this.

[@Jackal2991]

" Woe to the Dark, for knowledge is Light and Light shines still.​ "

[@ratchbrg3882]

As a massive fan of Hellgate: London this excites me. I look forward to the future dev updates.

[@janneaalto3956]

I remember buying this just two weeks before the servers were gone. Managed to rush through the main game with a friend even though we were both busy with work. It had amazing potential but was taken out of the oven too soon. Yet, it was some of the most fun online co-op. Remember the dead.

[@aliaksandrzmrocny1888]

No way we're getting back to it, was so excited for it back when it landed and really liked the experience. Hope for their success and for the new product to be good.

[@Audiotrocious]

They went all out on the lore. They had a book trilogy and manga series. I loved the setting.

[@rh6053]

This is a franchise I always wanted as a TV show or a series of movies.

[@no.notfromRDR]

The only problem that I had with hellgate london was the absurd amount of bullet sponges in the game. And if you're lucky (or unlucky in this case) you might end up finding an elite that's literally impossible to kill.

[@OnigoroshiZero]

One of my favorite games of that decade. Hidden gem, in all its rough and unpolished glory. I'll definitely keep an eye out for news about this.

[@gregoryhoffert4179]

I'm so hyped for this, I loved Hellgate London!

[@deuzsama]

This is awesome! I loved Hellgate: London. Can’t wait for this to be out =)

[@bananajoe9951]

It's Bill Roper, who screwed up three MMOs that he worked on.

[@gowankommando]

Bill Roper sucks. Never forget

[@SPACE_BOOOOOST]

Never had the chance to play Hellgate but I remember being amazed by the cinematic trailers as a kid. "For the living!"

[@joshwilliams2330]

Super excited for this, cant wait to see the new vision for the game.

[@Dubblebass]

Awesome news! Looking forward to it!

[@valonstriker]

There was just something about this game that always stuck in my head all these years im very excited that its getting another chance

[@chrisbenn]

Super nice news! :D

[@vFrawst]

Just subbed. This is going to be awesome. Thanks for covering it and can't wait to see your next videos.

[@SithicusPL]

I played Hellgate London when it was released, and now I feel old. Still remember the battle cry: "For the Living!!!"

[@matthewnelson4160]

Man I remember Hellgate London: I remember playing it thinking “is this really happening?” It was great even tho it was so rough. Lookin forward to this

[@henrikmygren]

I used to own the original cd version. I always liked the premise our world but with fantastical themes. I wish more instead of the typical fantasy setting used our own world for rpgs/arpgs

[@ChaosWolfNinja]

Wow! I can't believe it? It's coming back. Flippin amazing. I struggled to play the original. It was sooo buggy and back then I had a mediocre machine so glitchy game on top of a mid machine didn't bode a good experience but it was a rad game. The studio was heavily pushed to comeplete the game at predetermined date but since this genre was the first time being made they were essentially learing as they were going along so I never had anamosity to the developers. The frustration and slight anger was towards the higher ups wanting this game out NOW!. Alas it didn't go so well like many games we have seen many years later.

[@jeffrydiamond]

Great story, gameplay, looting, and just overall style of the game; and remember the commercials? "I'm going to London."

[@ryngymir]

Saw the thumbnail, remembered the armor. Pretty rad Reveal!

[@dancingkirby3591]

I absolutely loved Hellgate London. I still remember my awesome little agro tank pet. I hope to see a good game from a developer that likes what they do.

[@shoot2loot]

thx for the heads up!

[@TheAmensama]

I liked to Play as Engineer and Summoner. Both of them we're super fun for me Back in The old days. Having this experience Back would make Happy tbh.

[@novalith3778]

Played the same classes. Loved the game and sad to see how it ended up. I pray they do this right but from what I remember Bill Roper kind of fucked things up the first time. That scares me.

[@Dulakka]

@@novalith3778 Yes, i think Bill Roper was one major reason. A lot of bugs, to less peaple want to play on the testserver. I can remember, that the officials often wrote in the discussion board and i think also in the chat to go to the testserver.

[@joenofoa5223]

Something about Hellgate had me wanting for so long that I've been obsessing over it for the past year. I even bought one of the statues and the collector's edition PC Box and then out of nowhere I get wind of a sequel in the works?!?!!? Absolutely phenomenal, just praying to GOD that they can pull this off, as I know there is a lot of people (myself included) who are going to be a little skeptical. Fingers crossed.

[@Vamera930]

was just playing hellgate the other night but got mad because the steam version is apparently missing content, so i bought a disk off ebay to play there multiplayer mod 2038

[@reforged1649]

I remember that game in Game Informers as a kid. Holy cow.

[@ericswanson411]

This makes me happy to know a sequel is coming even if it is still years away. I love Hellgate: London even with the bugs it had. Shame the game wasn't met with a better response. Seeing how well the looter-shooter genre is now a days if the team working on Hellgate Redemption are able to produce a gem then they will set a new precedence for all of the lost gems to make a comeback. Which in turn will breathe new life into the gaming industry.

[@kcb1784]

I've been longing for this return in sort of official capacity. I hope it works. I really want to support this game.

[@ToysForTheGods]

Hellgate London was super underrated and one of my all time favorites.

[@angelicslayer192]

Ivan Sulic, the main writer for Hellgate:London, used to be with IGN way back in the day. I really enjoyed his sense of humor throughout the game. Would be nice if he could do some work on the new game.

[@ManifestGamingChannel]

I'm very interested. I thought BL was the OG, and I never knew this game. It looks sick, looking forward to see what they produce

[@ocek2744]

I remember when I heard that they gave a good chunk of the story-writing to some random person whose job was business, or something? It came through in the dialogue pretty strongly.

[@Agitabodie]

I loved this game for about a month before i found out it was the reason i was violently ill from motion sickness. Puking, headache, bad dizziness, nothing stopped me from playing since I thought it was just the flue, hehe. Will 100% play it again when it comes out. Just please, let us respec easily or on the fly this time!.

[@cog1234]

I cracked out on this game hard and even paid the sub for a few months. If it had kept development I prob would never have dropped it so glad to see a resurrection.

[@urborg74]

Well there's a game I never expected to hear anything about ever again. Very interesting. Will be watching for this.

[@taxa1569]

OMG. I was so disappointed when the game servers took my online characters and stash to the grave. I installed it again when i got myself a new pc in ~ 2009 after my OG laptop died, finding that the final update to the game was nowhere to be found and i couldn't play the game I came to know again because id only found an earlier update which didnt have (the better) upgradeable gear and better upgrade costs and quality of life. If it werent for diablo i would never have played hellgate, and if it werent for hellgate, id probably not play borderlands 2 all the way up until this year. And all 3 were iconic in my eyes. They did things in such a unique way from one another but all scratched that same itch. Id also confidently say that hellgate was the hardest of them all too. I still have the attempted game files i tried to update to this day on my hard drive.

[@MrSpunky1133]

Hellgate London what one of the First Direct X 10 games to come out. Man I miss that game.

[@sonicmayhym]

hellgate was hands down one of my favorites game...always wondered if we would ever get another one or a remake..hope this plays out.

[@biikuajet]

Hellgate London was an absolutely fantastic game. So fun to play with a friend or two.

[@THEUrinalCake]

For all of its MANY bugs and glitches, HGL was one of the greatest lost loves of my gaming life along with Marvel Heroes which is also related via the David Brevik/Bill Roper connection. I spent thousands and thousands of hours (and dollars) playing both and would jump at the chance to play either again. Outrageously exciting news.

[@petrgalko4152]

I still have my hard copy of the game. It holds a special place in my collection. That is just for me and me alone! So excited for the Redemptin!!

[@irkalla100]

I am still hyped for the idea of Hellgate London as a videogame. Hoping they dont screw up the seque!

[@Rogue615]

I loved Hellgate London. Very underrated and underappreciated. Im happy about this

[@joe.the.sentinel]

This game was amazing back in the day. I would read the lore in-between big battles and part finding

[@EmoEmu]

Awesome! This game had so much potential.

[@FaultyParadox]

I really liked Hellgate: London's visual design, at least in cinematic those things were so fucking cool, they don't exactly live up to today, but they do still hold up decently well.

[@stefanholloway2631]

Great game, I still play it every few years. I'd certainly give a sequel a try.

[@juliaturk7054]

i cant wait for them to announce that they are going to be considering modern audiences.

[@juanreinales]

The cinematics were so good.

[@furin121]

This is awesome. Despite the issues, I absolutely loved this game and can't wait to revisit the world.

[@matacka86]

Beyond hyped! This news is amazing! Hellgate was truly underrated and unfortunately went under from bad financial decisions. I remember having the collector's way back in the day !

[@vladdracul2379]

I fell in love with WANTING to play this game ever since I saw cutscenes playing to Primo Victoria when I was in school. It was... something I wanted to try so badly or at least see a movie of. It just looks so amazing.

[@Roboticus_Prime_RC]

I didn't even know Hellgate London was still playable! I missed it when it came out!

[@SamGarcia]

I never got to play this, but I loved the lore way back then

[@Matthew_Y]

Holy shit! I remember this! I got it wheni was a kid. My copy came with a comic!

[@miragespl]

I fucking adore Hellgate London. One of my most memorable games in my teens. I can't wait for this!

[@DarckaX]

Man i always loved the setting and art style of hellgate london, i really hope this new game comes out and doesnt stay in development hell.

[@nadtz]

If they can do the IP justice I'd be so excited. I'd also like to see the books come back, was always sad they never got past the first trilogy because the game didn't do as well as hoped.

[@dragoon0705]

I loved hellgate. I still have the collectors edition sitting on my shelf.

[@thewatcher2020]

Can't echo the feels hard enough. This game was sooo much fun. I did instantly think of that purple debuff (can't remember what it was from...chaos damage or something) being pretty much weirdly akin to Vulnerable in Diablo 4 lol.

[@paolof.6899]

This game was a hell of a concept and I love... sci fi hell metro... it's a fun fun time can't wait to see how this shakes out.

[@ahmki52298]

I instantly gasped and got so fucking excited had no clue this was about hellgate okay back to the video