Gerade in letzter Zeit häufen sich wieder Meldungen, wie der Multiplayermodus von Hellgate: London international vermarktet werden soll. Aufmerksame Leser erinnern sich sicherlich, dass Flagship zusammen mit Publisher HanbitSoft das Joint Venture Ping0 ins Leben riefen, um sich genau dieser Frage anzunehmen. Die Kollegen von Totalvideogames.com haben Flagship CEO Bill Roper einige Fragen zu Ping0, den Zielen und den Vorteilen dieser Methode gestellt. Hier ein kurzer Ausschnitt:
TVG: Why was the decision made to create the Ping0 system, and what advantages does it offer to both Flagship Studios and gamers?
While working on the plans and technologies required to bring Hellgate: London into the MMO space, we felt the best chance to meet the demands of our game and our players would be to create our own online destination. This meant more than creating the technology, but also building up the infrastructure and coordinating customer service. Ping0 offers a unique combination of talents and experience in the realms of online gaming and publishing to offer a seamless, simple to use, stable and secure environment for gamers.
Auch die Kollegen von MyGamer.com hatten die Gelegenheit, den Guru der Action-RPG's zu interviewen - Um genauer zu sein, sie konnten ihm auf der DigitalLife (wir berichteten) beim Spielen zusehen:
Watching Roper play, with his goatee, a Hellgate: London t-shirt, and a serious gaming face on, you'd think he was just another gamer enjoying his favorite MMO. But this is the DigitalLife expo in New York's Jacob Javits center, where the creators and average gamers come face-to-face. Bill Roper is actually co-founder and CEO of Flagship Studios, a company made of former executives and developers from Blizzard North who created the Diablo franchise. Roper's earliest work dates back to 1994 on the PC title Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, where he served as a producer and voice actor. Now, Flagship's first title will be in direct competition with Blizzard for the online PC gaming market with Hellgate: London.
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