Hellgate: London

We've snagged a trailer borne from the bowels of England's capital city, pimping the role-playing demon slaughter-fest, Hellgate: London. This cinematic pudding-pop shows a world overridden with hellspawn and introduces the magic-wielding Cabalists and the noble Templars.

Coming from much of the same team that brought us Diablo - the blockbuster click-to-kill romp - Hellgate will retain the same action-RPG style, though at times it plays like a first-person shooter. It isn't. Well, so far at least. The developers told us last week at E3 that they may insert a twitch-based class skill, but the bulk of the game will be made for the folks who are less reflexively endowed.

May 18, 2006