During Capcom's stand last week in NYC, HipHopGamer went one-on-one with Dark Void producer Morgan Gray.

With the giant championship belt and high-energy tone, HHG can seem over the top, but real enthusiasm is infectious and there's a ton of good info and insight from Morgan in here. Check it out.

Excited about Dark Void?  Free next Monday (Oct. 12th) afternoon?  Then you will definitely want to join us for a very special top secret Dark Void event.  Just how secret is "top secret"? 

--It's so secret that we can't even tell you what we're going to be doing. 

--It's so secret that we won't even give you the location of the event, we just give you a location where we'll pick you up and take you from there to the secret event.  That's what they do at the kind of cool raves I don't get invited to!

--It's so secret that even monocle-wearing millionaires who want to do what we're doing don't get to do it.  Dun-dun-dun!

If you're selected to go, you'll receive the location of an assembly point somewhere in downtown San Francisco.  At 2pm, the invitees will assemble, and we will pick you up to take you to the secret location. 

If you want to go, drop THIS GUY a note explaining why we should choose you.

Requirements: 

--you must be 21 years old or above, with valid ID in the form of a US driver's license.  Without this, you can't go. 

--you must be able to make it to the assembly point by 2pm on Monday, October 12th.  You'll be gone until ~7:30 pm, so you'll need the afternoon and early evening free.

If you're available, this is definitely one you don't want to miss! 

Pre-order Dark Void at GameStop and you will score an in-game gold jetpack, which, in addition to being gold (did we mention it's gold?), also lets you boost forever and ever.  Basically you get to set yourself in permanent overdrive (if you want). 

Please consult the above documentary for more info, and reverse the course of your miserable life today, all without leaving the comfort of the internet!

Hit the jump for the full  release, check out our solid gold jetpack photo gallery, or head straight to Gold4Jetpack.com  

PS- yes, that gold helmet also comes for free with the gold jetpack.  The gold helmet gives you unlimited stylishness boost.

Calling all adrenaline junkies!  Capcom announced today that its highly anticipated action-adventure game, Dark Void, has received an extra boost of speed thanks to a new pre-order item available exclusively from Gamestop. Fans who preorder early will receive bona-fide jetpack bling with a downloadable golden jetpack which gives players unlimited boost ability.   The new boost upgrade will make you an unstoppable master of the skies – fly faster, avoid enemy fire, run down your foes and own the battlefield – all with unlimited turbo boost and special moves!  Check out the new Gold4Jetpack site at www.gold4jetpack.com for more preorder details and see how the gold jetpack will not only change your game but will change your life!

For that extra-special boost of bling, you can pre-order now HERE

To download screens of the gold jetpack in action as well as the official gold4jetpack video, check out Capcom’s official press center at www.press.capcom.com

About Dark Void
Dark Void’s unique combination of jetpack-booster aerial dog fighting and third-person combat creates a thrilling new gameplay dynamic to the third-person shooter experience.  Taking 3D action to a whole new level, Dark Void’s unique vertical combat system allows players to dangle from thousand foot drops as they take cover and hurl enemies to their doom, bringing a whole new sense of tension and thrill  to the player.  Will is also equipped with a powerful rocket pack which allows for fierce in-air combat, hurtling through the Void at blistering speeds while shooting down anything that gets in his path.

Offworld has a fun little piece on the glorious history of jetpacks in videogames. 

The piece runs from 1983's Jetpac for the ZX Spectrum on up to our own Dark Void, hitting the high points everywhere in between, with plenty of 8-bit youtube goodness. 

Check it out here.

Morgan is back with part 2 of his developer blog (part 1 is here).  He talks about the subtle and not-so-subtle changes they've been working on, including the new "hover up" ability.  

Unlike the obvious appeal of rocketing around with a jetpack, "hover" might not immediately sound sexy, but if you think about it like a game designer, it's actually pretty revolutionary.  Being able to hover up (or down, or left, or right) basically makes every part of every area accessible.  It adds a lot of fun, but also creates a lot of challenges in terms of creating level flow, maintaining difficulty, etc.

Rather than hearing me try and talk about it, head here and just watch the video. It gives a great sense of the real freedom and verticality of the game--you really can go just about anywhere and approach a given situation from any angle you like.