Hellgate: London

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Hellgate: London

Developers
	Flagship Studios
2008 re-release	HanbitSoft
Steam	T3 Entertainment
Publishers
	Bandai Namco Entertainment
	Electronic Arts
2008 re-release and Steam	HanbitSoft
Release dates
Windows	October 31, 2007
Reception
Metacritic	70
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, Open world, RPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Europe, Supernatural
Series	Hellgate

Hellgate
Hellgate: London	2007
Hellgate VR	2021

Hellgate: London is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action, shooter, open world and RPG game in the Hellgate series.

Key points

Multiplayer servers were shutdown February 1, 2009.

Steam release is single-player only and incompatible with multiplayer revival mod.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM.
Steam

Version differences

Steam version is single player only. A full list of differences between the original release and the Steam version can be found here.

Steam version does not include 64-bit executable or DirectX 10

Demo

A free singleplayer demo in English can be downloaded here or here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Hellgate\Settings\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/939520/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Hellgate\Save\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/939520/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics Settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		On/Off setting with an unspecified level, possibly 4x
Anti-aliasing (AA)		"Disabled, Low, Medium, High, and Very High" options are "None, 2X MSAA, 4X MSAA, 16X CSAA, and 16XQ CSAA" respectively
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Might not work on newer Windows versions.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Mouse Settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Sensitivity lower than 1.0 causes issues with very slow mouse movements.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio Settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound, music and UI.
Surround sound		Up to 7.1 output.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		Original servers have been shut down; use London 2038.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 10	Extreme Shader preset, which includes DoF and Motion Blur, requires DX10 to be enabled.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

These are the retail requirements.

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz	2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6200 ATI Radeon 9000 chipset or greater	Nvidia GeForce 6200 ATI Radeon 9000 chipset or greater