4 OCT 2007, IAHGames Announces Online Pre-Order Website with The Exclusive Pre-Order South East Asian Hellgate: London Box Sets

SINGAPORE – South East Asian online games operator IAHGames has announced their online preorder initiative for their upcoming release, Hellgate: London.

The South East Asian launch, in a simultaneous global first day release this Halloween on the 31st of October 2007 is set to take place in Funan DigitaLife Mall.

The event will feature two of the Flagship Studio founders who will be at the event for an exclusive Singapore-only signing of the Hellgate: London box sets.

The event will also play host to a range of activities and exclusive Hellgate: London premiums to fans and enthusiasts attending the launch on top of the launch of the box sets.

The South East Asian Standard Box Set and special Collector’s edition will boast additional items exclusive to the region such as an embroidered ‘Hellgate Alliance’ patch. The Standard Box set will sell for US$39.90 and the Collector’s Edition will sell for US$49.90 at Funan DigitaLife Mall on the 31st of October 2007.

The patch signifies as an emblem showing that you belong to ‘The Hellgate Alliance’, the strong group of gamers uniting online in the battle for mankind’s survival. The embroidered patch signifies membership in the Alliance, and its bearers will be entitled to various gaming benefits to be released at a later date.

Bearers of the patch exclusive to the S.E.A versions will be exclusively members of ‘The Alliance’ on IAHGames’ servers. Gamers can then fight hordes of demons online in Hellgate: London. Bringing the Asian gaming community closer with fellow regional gamers and friends as well as customize weapons, IAHGames aims to bring a new level of action role-playing through this ground-breaking first of it’s kind interactive community experience.

Exclusive to the Pre-order sets is a limited edition dye kit, free with every pre-order conducted on the IAHGames website. Gamers will be able to choose between three unique armor dye kits for online play.

These dye kits permanently affect your character’s armor in the game, and are named Shadow Tiger, King Fu Bunny and Emerald Vengeance. The illustrations can be viewed at http://hellgate.IAHGames.com/preorder/dyekits.html

About Infocomm Asia Holdings
Infocomm Asia Holdings Pte Ltd is one of the leading operator and distributor of online games in South East Asia. The company’s philosophy, to align themselves with only top MMORPG publishers globally, is in line with Singapore’s vision to become an interactive digital media hub for the region. IAH holds the licence to operate Korea’s top MMORPG, Granado Espada, as well as the much-anticipated MMORPG, Hellgate: London. The company also plans to release a third MMORPG in 2007 - Emil Chronicle Online (ECO), which is published by Gravity, the company behind South East Asia’s top MMORPG, Ragnarok Online. IAH will continue to bring the best online games from around the world to the gamers in South East Asia.
http://www.iahgames.com

About Hellgate: London
From the creative minds at Flagship Studios comes Hellgate: London, a long-awaited Action RPG with First Person Shooter elements (FPS). Set in the near future, Hellgate: London lets players slash and shoot through scores of demonic and undead minions as they try to save a world devastated by Demonic invasion. The game features detailed graphics, fast paced action and an extensive randomization system. The game is set to be released simultaneously in North America and South East Asia on the 31st of October.
http://hellgate.IAHGames.com

About Flagship Studios
Flagship Studios is a creator of innovative entertainment software, designing games that focus on ease of play, replayability, and fun. The studio was formed in 2003 by former executives and developers from Blizzard NorthR and represents the creators of the worldwide, best-selling DiabloR franchise. With members that are renowned within the gaming industry, Flagship Studios embodies a team that has worked together for over a decade and have numerous #1-selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards to their credit.

About HanbitSoft
HanbitSoft, established in 1999, is one of the largest online game publishers in Korea as well as in Asia. After establishing itself as the No. 1 publisher in Korean PC game market, HanbitSoft has continuously invested in developing and publishing excellent and promising online games. HanbitSoft has broad portfolio of online games ranging from casual games to high-end MMORPG’s, either developed in-house or by external development studios such as Joy Impact(WYD and upcoming MMORPG AIKA) IMC Games (Granado Espada), Flagship Studios (Hellgate: London), etc. Most of its games already have been introduced world wide. For example, HanbitSoft games have reached out to more than 40 countries including Europe and Brazil and it is focusing on pioneering overseas online game markets in an effort to be a “global leading publisher.” For more information, please visit: www.hanbitsoft.com or contact Janelle Ha at hBonkiE@hanbitsoft.co.kr