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Warhammer Online Starts With a Bang

Rajiv Ashrafi — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:18:31 +0000

Marking yet another successful MMO in the oversaturated market, Mythic sent out word that Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, since its official launch on September 18, now has more than half a million players.

Mythic notes that this makes the game “the fastest-selling new MMO of all time” with studio VP Mark Jacobs adding that the subscriber base is “growing at a record-breaking pace for a new MMORPG.”

Just a few months ago, Funcom had announced that Age of Conan had gotten over 400,000 players in the week following its launch. The studio had noted that it was the “biggest MMO launch since WoW”.

Mythic Changes Crediting Policy

Rajiv Ashrafi — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:01:43 +0000

Mythic faced much criticism from gamers, employees and industry people alike for the crediting policy it instituted for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning where they gave credit only to the launch team and not to those who contributed to the game through the years.

Addressing those complaints, the studio has announced that it will maintain an online database of everyone who contributed to the project, regardless of current employment status. However, credit in the manual will be given to those who were part of the ‘launch’ team.

"I applaud Mythic for taking steps to address this issue," stated IGDA chairperson Jen MacLean. "Fair and accurate credits and transparent standards for crediting remain a pervasive problem in the industry."

Closed Beta Testers Now Allowed to Talk About Warhammer Online

Jeff Baker — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:35:14 +0000

Those who were allowed into the closed beta of Mythic Entertainments Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning first first made to agree to a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA, making it illegal to spill the beans about the MMO

Well this is no longer true as the developers have announced that they are ditching the NDA, now allowing beta testers to talk freely about the game, get ready for a whole slew up YouTube gameplay videos.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is an MMORPG currently under development by Mythic Entertainment and will be released for the PC on September 18th of this year.

Warhammer Online Beta Goes Live September 7th for All Pre-orders

Jeff Baker — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:22:54 +0000

Previously reserved just for the Collector’s Edition of Warhammer Online, a somewhat public beta will go live on September 7th incorporating all who pre-ordered the game from various retailers.

Previously, only those who pre-ordered the Collector’s Edition from Amazon.com, Gamestop, Game Crazy, GoGamer.com, Bestbuy, and EA Store.com would get the beta key, giving you an idea of where you would have to pre-order the standard version to also get the key.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is a subscription-based MMORPG currently under development by Mythic Entertainment that will hopefully begin shipping for the PC September 18th.