Fans of the original .hack series and anime have another reason to dust off their virtual desktops with .hack//G.U. Vol. 1//Rebirth scheduled to release early next week. With a story intertwiend with .hack//Roots - a new anime series that debuts on Cartoon Network in November - the game takes place in the not-so-distant future, where a fantasy online role-playing game called The World has become a cultural phenomenon.
You control Haseo, a brash Adept Rogue who needs to find a way to save his ...
No internet connection required for this simulated MMORPG
6 Oct 2006
We got more hands on time with an early build of .hack//G.U. Vol. 1//Rebirth and were pleased with how this simulated MMORPG game is shaping up. The game takes place in the not so distant future where a fantasy based online role-playing game called The World has become a cultural phenomenon. You control Haseo, a brash and somewhat rude Adept Rogue who needs to find a way to save his friend Shino from certain death by defeating Tri-Edge, a mysterious PK (Player Killer) who put Shino into a ...
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Our first in-depth look at the English version leaves us wanting more .hack
28 Jul 2006
.hack is back.
More than two and a half years since the final installment in the original .hack saga wrapped up, a new story is beginning. Set seven years after the original game - and 11 years from right now - .hack//G.U. presents a world where online gaming has become synonymous with everyday life. If anything, that future world seems more like 11 minutes from now, with controversies over game addiction, game violence and governments monitoring their citizens making up the headlines on its ...
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PS2: Online, offline - the fake virtual world is back with more conspiracies and action than ever
9 May 2006
A computer virus infects a massively multiplayer online game - and people start collapsing in the real world. When your online game is so addictive that gamers can't stop playing - and you start paying the price in comatose players - it's conspiracy time. The real-world cover-up begins to blend together with the mystery inside the game. Soon, players are banding together to get to the bottom of it all, and discovering that a psychotic programmer may be to blame. That's the story of the original ...
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