Eden Small (Male Templar sculptor)

David Meng (Cabalist sculptor)

Brigitte Wuest (Female Templar sculptor)

Also, in case you forgot, Weta is holding a contest where the winner gets their head sculpted onto a custom Hellgate: London figure! Check out all the details right here.

IAH Games, our partners in Singapore, went all out with their Hellgate promotions. One of the more clever ones was a four-page ad in a popular local paper. The ad was made to look like a real story, and had the headline "London's Burning" accompanying one of our images of a destroyed Big Ben/Thames River. It looked so good that many of the local people starting calling around to press outlets, thinking the story was real! War of the Worlds, anyone?

The main event took place at Funan Digitalife Mall - the electronics heaven of Singapore. The mall was decked out with Hellgate paraphernalia, including the now-famous Hellgate Jeep. Fans started lining up at 11PM the night before, with the first person in line bringing his entire family! By 10AM launch day, well over 100 people were sitting in line anxiously awaiting the 3PM start time, ignoring the extreme humidity and rain.

Waiting can be fun!

By the end of the event, over 2,500 Collector's Editions were sold (more than Halo 3's launch in Singapore), fans got to meet Max and Erich and have their games signed, and Hellgate got a review score of 9.5/10 from one of Singapore's "harsh" reviewers. Not too shabby!

Max, can you drive the Jeep back to SF so we can ride in it?

Thanks to everyone at IAH, Gigamedia, and Hanbitsoft for helping out and throwing such a great event! And super special thanks to all the fans that showed up. We love you all!

A big thanks to everyone who participated, and if you won a prize, congrats!

We'll also be giving away a bunch of prizes, from free copies of the game to a Weta statue, so it's in your best interest to join the chat. Xfire is free and awesome, so really, you have no good reason not to be there. Talk to you soon!

But now, things have changed. Get this: If you order one of the last remaining figures (remember, these were each limited to only 1000 pieces), you'll automatically be entered in a contest to have your own head sculpted on a custom Templar statue by one of Weta's master sculptors. Once again, YOUR OWN HEAD ON A WETA FIGURE!

This could be you... literally.

My real face doesn't even look this good.

Not only that, but the winner will also have his name put into the game on a character in a future update. That makes two ways to be immortalized forever!

Before you ask, yes, everyone who already ordered a figure is automatically put into the contest. Seeing as how there can only be 4000 entries total in the world (actually less since people bought multiple statues), chances of winning are really, really good. You can't find a better contest than this.

Check the full press release below.

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To celebrate the release of PC game Hellgate: London, Weta Limited and Flagship Studios are offering fans a very special opportunity to become a part of the game’s legacy: to win a custom made statue of their head on a Templar Knight from the Weta Collectibles range!

And, as well as receiving the unique collectible, the winner will also have their name rendered on an in-game character in a future version of the actual game, Hellgate: London, courtesy of Flagship Studios.

When anyone orders a piece from the Hellgate: London line of Weta Collectibles from www.wetanz.com, they automatically enter the draw.

The Weta Collectible range features four statues, featuring The Hunter, The Cabalist and both the Male and Female Templar knights. Each piece is hand crafted by the multi- Academy Award® winning team at Weta Workshop, and is part of a limited edition range of 1,000 pieces of each statue, worldwide.

The collectible is not only hand crafted by the technicians at the world-class visual effects company itself, but is also signed by Richard Taylor, head of Weta Limited.

Pre-orders are now open, so with only limited numbers available (1,000 of each of the four figures) the odds are winning are really good. Customers who have already ordered from the Hellgate: London range via www.wetanz.com will automatically be entered into the draw.

Entries will be drawn in March 2008 and winners will be notified by email. Fans can also enter by emailing info@wetanz.co.nz with their name, country and age.

To see the range visit: http://www.wetanz.com/hellgate and to view the terms and conditions of this special deal, log onto: http://www.wetanz.com/collectibles. Purchase not necessary to enter the competition. One entry per person.