Flagship Studios Collaborates with WETA
HELLGATE ™: LONDON COMES TO LIFE
San Francisco, CA (January 24, 2006) - Games developer, Flagship Studios today announces its partnership with Weta Collectibles. Weta Collectibles will create polystone figures of characters and demons featured in Hellgate: London, Flagship Studios' highly-anticipated game.
"The chance to work with such creative geniuses is simply unbelievable," said Bill Roper, CEO of Flagship Studios. "We've all been admirers of their craftsmanship for years, and the amazing quality and detail in their pieces is just another display of their incredible abilities. We're looking forward to a fantastic collaboration visualizing the characters of Hellgate: London as collectibles."
"I, along with the team from Weta Workshop, are thrilled to be working alongside Flagship Studios for the upcoming Hellgate: London release. We are very pleased to be involved with this exciting project, and able to bring a range of high end collectibles to the many fans who, no doubt are eagerly waiting the release date. We see this as an exciting opportunity with sculptures based on 3D games rather than movies. As seen in recent times, more and more games are reaching the big screen, showing this is a vibrant area of the entertainment market. From what I have see so far of Hellgate and its design, this is going to be one we will all want to play," said Richard Taylor, Co-Director, Weta Workshop.
HELLGATE: LONDON combines the depth of role-playing games and action of first-person titles, while offering infinite playability with randomly created levels, items, and events. The player creates a heroic character, completes quests, and battles through innumerable hordes of demons to advance through experience levels and branching skill paths. A robust, flexible skill and spell system, highly customizable appearances, and a massive variety of randomly generated equipment allow players to create their own unique hero. For more information about the game log onto www.hellgatelondon.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 North® and represents the creators of the worldwide, best-selling Diablo® 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. For more information about Flagship Studios log: www.flagshipstudios.com
About Weta Collectibles
Weta Limited is the merchandise division of Weta Workshop and through the brand Weta Collectibles brings together the same designers and sculptors who created the wonderful worlds you see on the big screen. This collection of talented people has now sculpted over 250 pieces of merchandise for the public to collect and enjoy. Weta Collectibles was created to launch our extensive range of high end polystone collectibles for the Lord of the Rings. It has since gone on to produce limited run of the Muppets bust, King Kong & Narnia statues and a selection of individual pieces for a range of collections. Weta Collectibles is celebrated by collectors around the world and is now seen as the leading sculptor of high end polystone figures, busts, environments and other assorted collectibles. www.wetaNZ.com
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