Making further inroads in the saturated MMORPG market, Mythic’s Warhammer Online has surpassed 800,000 subscribers, according to recently released EA financial documents.
The number shows an increase of around 50,000 subscribers over the month of October. This shows that the game is going strong in the face of strong competition from the likes of World [...]
22 Oct
Posted by Rajiv Ashrafi as Action, MMO, PlayStation 3, Xbox360
Although BioWare only announced Star Wars The Old Republic for PC, studio owner EA has revealed that console releases of Warhammer Online and the aforementioned game are being considered.
"We’re definitely looking at the opportunity to bring the MMO experience to console, without question," said EA Games president Frank Gibeau.
"[Star Wars: The Old Republic and [...]
Two of the classes cut from Warhammer Online before the game’s release will be added in a major patch due out this December, according to developer Mythic.
The 1.1 patch will add the Black Guard and Knight of the Blazing Sun classes. It will also add free server transfers for over [...]
While it is still not a WoW killer, it certainly is gaining the much-needed steam to survive in Blizzard’s ominous shadow. EA has announced that Mythic’s Warhammer Online has picked up over 750,000 players.
"Thanks to our players, the war between the Realms continues to escalate at an incredible pace," said [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
If the above image is to be believed, and it looks pretty legit, there will be 750 gamer points worth of achievements added to Halo 3, seemingly focusing on obtaining online medals along with new skulls.
Below is a list of all the supposed achievements compiled on post from Ascendent Justice:
Heretic Skull - 25gs
Citadel Skull - 25gs
Assembly Skull - 25gs
Sandbox Skull [...]
Keeping the tradition of prioritizing pre-order customers, those who already bought a copy of Warhammer Online will be granted access to live servers up to four days earlier than the general public.
Eurogamer notes that Collector’s Edition pre-orders will be let in from September 14, with regular pre-orders joining a day later. The game launches [...]
Responding to complaints that the studio’s upcoming Warhammer Online release will not recognize contributions of its former staff members, Mythic’s general manager Mark Jacobs expressed his belief that crediting the launch team is “good enough”.
“If you’re part of the team when we launch, you deserve to be in the credits. No question about it. [...]
Coming as surprising news, EA-owned Mythic Entertainment has announced that it will not be recognizing former staff members who contributed to upcoming PC MMO Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.
Speaking to Shacknews, Mythic VP and general manager Mark Jacobs said: “Over the years, we’ve had hundreds of people work on the game, and we thank [...]
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