Bill Roper clarifies Hellgate: London MMO subscription

We reported yesterday that Hellgate: London’s multiplayer component would be a subscription-based online service. This statement came from a Bill Roper interview with Shacknews at CES. Well, Roper is now out to clarify things about that.

In a Shacknews update, he clarified that the monthly fee subscription model is just one of the many options being evaluated by its studio and its publishers (EA and Namco Bandai). Bottom line – for now there is no concrete plan as to how they would go about this aspect of the game.

Aside from that clarification, he also noted that the game would have a “kind of free” online mode that gamers will be able to access. This one will not include the full MMO features and Roper and his team are still looking for a solution that would be acceptable to players, but at the same time, would bring revenue to the development side. Well, having the best of both worlds is no easy feat, that we are sure of.

As to what kind of service you would be entitled to if you get the full Hellgate: London MMO, here’s what Mr. Roper said:

What you’re getting with that service is you’re getting 24/7 customer service, secure servers, databases, and the biggest thing is that you’re getting continuing content…We’ll have a full dev team that’s on the project from day one. Actually, right when you buy the game, when it launches there will already be content available that you can’t get in the single-player–additional monsters, areas, all the community and economy things, you’ll be able to form guilds, auction houses, all those things you expect from MMOs.

Via Shacknews

We reported yesterday that Hellgate: London’s multiplayer component would be a subscription-based online service. This statement came from a Bill Roper interview with Shacknews at CES. Well, Roper is now out to clarify things about that.

In a Shacknews update, he clarified that the monthly fee subscription model is just one of the many options being evaluated by its studio and its publishers (EA and Namco Bandai). Bottom line – for now there is no concrete plan as to how they would go about this aspect of the game.

Aside from that clarification, he also noted that the game would have a “kind of free” online mode that gamers will be able to access. This one will not include the full MMO features and Roper and his team are still looking for a solution that would be acceptable to players, but at the same time, would bring revenue to the development side. Well, having the best of both worlds is no easy feat, that we are sure of.

As to what kind of service you would be entitled to if you get the full Hellgate: London MMO, here’s what Mr. Roper said:

What you’re getting with that service is you’re getting 24/7 customer service, secure servers, databases, and the biggest thing is that you’re getting continuing content…We’ll have a full dev team that’s on the project from day one. Actually, right when you buy the game, when it launches there will already be content available that you can’t get in the single-player–additional monsters, areas, all the community and economy things, you’ll be able to form guilds, auction houses, all those things you expect from MMOs.

Via Shacknews