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From Hell: The Hellgate Mini-Movie

'Tis a strange thing, to be posting a trailer for a game which came out four years ago, and died in the interim. Much-maligned MMO Hellgate: London is due for a free to play relaunch as simply 'Hellgate' later this year, at the hands of Korean rights-holders Hanbitsoft. It's apparently attempting to shrug off its embarrassing legacy and reposition itself as Serious Business, as the below 12 bloomin' minutes of pre-rendered, scene-setting hyper-earnestness reveal...

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"They are hope, the opposite of evil." Alright, stop your noble belly-aching and show us the beast-slaying already.

Someone's sure put a hell of a lot of effort/money into this short movie and the background narrative. Let's hope the same's true of the relaunched game itself, eh?

(Via GameFront).

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