GamePro, Issue 167

August 2002

First Look

page 98

BY FENNEC FOX
Developed by Cyber Connect 2
Published by Bandai
Target release date: October

SET IN THE year 2010, .hack ("dot hack") is an action/RPG that takes place within "The World," a fictitious online game played by millions of fans. Although it will work like your typical RPG, you'll use a "data drain" (a method of altering the game's code) to defeat monsters while sending e-mail and reading message boards to advance the plot.
Bandai is planning to make .hack a four-episode series, each with a 45-minute animated DVD covering the characters' lifestyles away from the computer. The first game will hit America this October.

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