Eurogamer reports that during the CES, Flagship Studios head, Bill Roper (someone who was once heavily involved with
Diablo) has said that their upcoming MMO
Hellgate: London, is ntended to attract and satisfy
Diablo players, even going as far as to state that the game is a continuation or progression of
Diablo II’s gameplay.

Roper said:

We feel that
Hellgate: London is the spiritual successor to
Diablo II. …Really the biggest thing for us is wanting to reach out to the
Diablo players. I think that people that play MMOs - whether it’s
EverQuest, or
WoW, or
Asheron’s Call, or whatever it is, they’re really going to find something they like about the game… But I do think it’s really important for us is to make sure we reach out to those millions of
Diablo players, that really love the
Diablo gameplay mechanic, that were really excited about
Diablo and want to have that kind of gameplay experience again.

Let’s see, in
Hellgate: London, demons have invaded Britain, so we guess that the futuristic-
Diablo comparison is pretty much accurate.

The interesting thing here is that rumors of a
Diablo IIIis still persisting. Is it possible that the third
Diablo will feel like
Hellgate: London? Curious.

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