The Stonehenge Chronicles, Hellgate: London's first content update, has launched and gaming media sites have taken notice. GameSpy.com posted a thorough review of the major update earlier today, complete with "London Calling" lyrics for passage headers. Author Gerald Villoria touched on all aspects of what waits beyond the portal to Stonehenge.

"Stonehenge is a very handy place to check out for subscribers, as it's the only base of operations with no less than four different vendors at a time, offering expensive yet very useful armor, weapons and mods. All the standard trappings of a quest hub are here, as well as the gates that lead you to the new content areas. The central questing area is Wake Hallow, which serves as an instance with entrances to the domains of Moloch's followers. The idea is to collect the heads of each of these overlords, unlocking the path to Moloch himself."

The article goes on to discuss the drop rate of essences and how the content update encourages players to band together against the demons. A good read, certainly; check it out here.

Popular gaming website MMOsite is currently running its annual Reader's Choice Awards. As the title implies, the winners are decided by you, the players.

Hellgate: London has been nominated for several categories, including Best New Game and Best Graphics. Actually, our other game Mythos has been nominated as well, for Most Anticipated game of 2007.

If you want to put in your vote for our games, just head on over to this link and click on any of the categories. Thanks!

Not too long ago, Seth Schiesel from the New York Times - yes, THE New York Times - came by and spent a day at Flagship Studios to check out a near-final version of Hellgate: London, as well as talk to Bill Roper. The story was published online on Saturday, and hit the paper's Sunday edition. It's a really great story, with lots of insightful quotes from Bill. We highly suggest reading it.

In other press news, Tyler Thompson, Flagship's Director of Technology, has penned a nice Development Diary for gaming site Pro-G. Click here for the magical goodness.

Press is rolling out faster than ever, and now, we just got a mention in USA Today. As one of the top games to get you into the Halloween spirt, Hellgate: London gets to share space with Resident Evil 4 - one of our favorite games of all time.

Front page of Gaming, baby.

We also made it onto the front page of USA Today's Gaming section as seen above. If you want to read the newspaper version, I think the story is in yesterday's (Tuesday, October 9) paper.

In other Halloween news, don't forget to enter in our Hellgate Halloween contest! The entries so far have been great. Can't wait to see more!

Newsweek is running a four-part series with Bill Roper, spanning quite a bit of time. The first two parts of the interview are now online, the first of which was conducted this past January at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The second part was conducted this past June over that fancy tech they call the telephone. With two more parts on the way, you better catch up on these insightful conversations while you have the chance! Awesome reads.

Newsweek Interview Part I

Newsweek Interview Part II

Hellgate: London also got a mention in the New York Times. Yes, the New York Times. As part of an elite list of upcoming holiday games, Hellgate: London gets to share the space with titles such as Bioshock, Mass Effect, and Super Mario Galaxy. We're honored to be recognized by the NYT, and to stand on the same stage as all the other titles. Check it out on the link below.

New York Times Hellgate: London Spot (scroll down a little)

Gamespy is running a great and informative interview with Flagship CEO, Bill Roper. You should definitely check it out by clicking here.

Eurogamer is also hosting a great interview with Bill. It makes a great compendium to the previous one, so don’t forget to read it as well. Click here to read it.

Games For Windows conducted a great podcast with... that's right, Bill! It's definitely worth listening to, so put it on your iPod, your iRiver, your PSP, your Zune, and your Nokia N800. Trust us, there's some good stuff in there. Download the podcast here and check out some pics from the recording session here. Sure looks like they had a great time!