There has been a wide assortment of reviews of the Stonehenge Chronicles spanning numerous gaming news sites since its launch two weeks ago. GameSpy's thorough exploration of Stonehenge was posted on HellgateLondon.com just a few days ago. However, some recent news may have slipped by even the most diligent Hellgater.

During the past week, a pair of interviews with Flagship Studios' Art Directors were published. Infocomm Asia Holdings interviewed Phil Shenk and Australian gaming news site Sumea shared a question and answer session with David Glenn from GCAP 2007. Additionally, The9 Limited, publisher of Hellgate: London in China, received multiple awards at the 2007 Annual China Game Industry Conference including "Top Ten Game Operators in China". Hellgate: London itself received a "2008 Most Anticipated Online Game in China" title.

Update: Gah. Apparently, the episode is next Tuesday, the 23rd, not last night. Sorry!

Rumor has it that Hellgate: London will be making a cameo on the hit television series, Reaper, tonight. Kevin Smith directed the pilot of the series, so you know it's gotta be good.

If any of you catch it the episode, look for us!

Howdy folks! Some of you were a little confused on which issue of PC Gamer would have the exclusive review and included Cocomoko pet. The issue you should look for is the December issue, just now hitting subscribers. You should be able to find this on newsstands in a week or two. Here's what it looks like.

PC Gamer, December 2007

Hope this helps!

Our soundtrack rocks. It's so good we had to throw a copy of it into the Collector's Edition of our game. Composed by Cris Velasco and Sascha Dikiciyan (they worked on such titles as God of War II, Splinter Cell Double Agent, and Quake III), it does an amazing job of bringing together the old and new world themes in Hellgate: London, while scaring the bajooblies out of you - and this is only on the title screen for our game!

In all seriousness, though, we think you'll really dig it. Linked below is a track from the soundtrack to give you an idea of what you can expect from the final game. Turn out your lights, turn on your laser show, and crank the sound to 11!

Hellgate: London Theme Song (right-click and "Save Link As")

Check out Chris Velasco's website and Sascha Dikiciyan's website for more info!

Most of you know by now, but the Collector's Edition of Hellgate: London not only comes with some sweet new box art, a making-of DVD, a map, a comic, and the game's soundtrack (whew!), but it also includes an exclusive in-game pet named the Mantawraith. We've held off showing what it looks like, but we can't wait any longer. Behold, the Mantawraith!

The Mantawraith, included with the Collector's Edition of Hellgate: London

Also, unknown to many, there's another exclusive pet you can get. It's called Cocomoko. Check it out below.

Look a little familiar? If you've been a PC gaming fan for any reasonable amount of time, it should - it's based off of PC Gamer's Coconut Monkey (and not my dog, Coconut)! As you might have guessed, if you pick up the latest issue of PC Gamer with Hellgate: London on the cover (this pet is for both subscriber and newsstand issues), on the included CD is Cocomoko. If you really need another reason to pick up the issue, it will contain an exclusive review for Hellgate: London!

Cocomoko from PC Gamer

Find out more about pre-ordering Hellgate: London here and visit PC Gamer's official site here.

There seems to be a little confusion on yesterday's Marksman Dye Kit example. It seems that a number of you think the Royal Dye Kit is the Wasp Dye Kit, and vice versa. While I can see where that logic comes from, it's incorrect.

The Royal color scheme tends to have lots of purples and yellows, depending on the armor, while the Wasp has lots of blue and yellow, also depending on the armor. That's clearly visible in the Evoker Dye Kit example.

But we don't just randomly throw colors on armor and call it a day - we tweak them to look the best, while staying within the general scheme. So, on the Marksman Royal Dye Kit, you're seeing a lot of yellow because that's what looked best. The armor actually glows as well, so you're seeing a lot of that lighting reflected on the armor. Here's an in-game screen of the two Dye Kits on the same armor, in different ambient lighting than yesterday's example.

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In completely unrelated news, the first Flagship baby was just born! Last night, Jung Kwak, our graphic design guru, gave birth to a beautiful baby girl named Sophie at 10:45pm. At 8lbs 2oz and 19.5", she's looking as healthy as can be. Sophie's hands are still a little too small to use a mouse and keyboard right now, but if anyone was born to play Hellgate: London, it's her. Let's all give Jung a big congrats!!!