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[] Warhammer recruits over 500k players in the War!

submitted by lifebane on Sep 30th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

500,000 New Player Accounts Created for Mythic Entertainment's New Fantasy MMORPG

FAIRFAX, Va. - September 26, 2008 - The Armies have assembled and the Worldwide WAAAGH! is Underway! Mythic Entertainment, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that in the first week since launch over 500,000 new players have registered for fantasy MMORPG, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning™ (WAR), in North America, Europe and the Oceanic territories. EA's...

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[] Server Downtime - All Servers

submitted by lifebane on Sep 8th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

A quick update from  Mythic for al you daytime players or guys playing hooky from work or school just to squeeze in some extra play time.  Bad news too I am afraid.

"At 8:00 AM EDT we will be bringing down all of the Open Beta servers for patching.  We anticipate the servers being back online by 10:30 AM EDT.  Stay tuned for updates and thank you for your patience.  We will get you back into the WAR as soon as possible."

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[] Beta Build Notes: 09/07/2008

submitted by lifebane on Sep 7th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

Beta 4.1 Producer's Letter - Open Beta  Hello Everyone,  Welcome to Open Beta!  This is a huge milestone for Mythic Entertainment and every member of our team. We can't express our excitement enough, and our energy level is without...
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[] Warhammer Online: Zone Listing and Overview

submitted by lifebane on Sep 1st, 2008 - : - 0 comments

Here you can find an alphabetical listing of the various zones within the online world of Warhammer Online, Age of Reckoning.  For additional information each overview is linked to the more descriptive text from the official Warhammer online site

Avelorn :  Official Warhammer Zone Overview
The verdant realm of Avelorn is...

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[] New Cinematic Trailer for Warhammer Online

submitted by lifebane on Aug 26th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

The great marketing folks over at EA have released a new full sized cinematic trailer for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.  If this doesn't entice you into wanting to play, I do not know what will folks.!

http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/ ... ic_08.html

A great intro to the game and the concept...

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[] A thanks from EA and Server Status!

submitted by lifebane on Aug 25th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

In response to this weekends preview beta play that many players were able to partake of, EA released the following brief statement to say thanks and to let us all know the status of the servers post preview.

"We're going to be taking the servers down at 10:45 AM ET this morning to end the Preview Weekend. Thanks to everyone who participated! This weekend has been a huge success and it never would have been possible without the enthusiasm of everyone who got out there and...

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[] The Road to War.. marketing at it's finest

submitted by lifebane on Aug 22nd, 2008 - : - 0 comments

In anticipation of the upcoming Sep 18th release of EA's new MMO Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, they have created a play online style game where players from all over can login to the site, create their character for this game and then compete with thousands of others to take over states and score points.  The highest ranked players are shown in a top 10 style board and EA has promised to give special rings in game to those players who score the highest in this Warhammer pass...

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[] Questing in Warhammer Online

submitted by lifebane on Aug 20th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

There are two types of quests in Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, Personal and Public Quests.

Personal Quests can take any form but often involve killing things (sometimes other players), going places, or delivering items or messages to other NPC’s. They pay well in items and experience, so get out your traveling gear, and get a leg on.

When you are playing Warhammer, any NPC with a little circle...

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[] DING! Character Advancement in Warhammer

submitted by lifebane on Aug 20th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

EA had the following summary on hwo advancement works in Warhammer: Age of Reckoning.  If you are an avid experienced MMO Player, none of this is really anything new, but always good to confirm that the rules haven't really changed.

Advancing Your Character

Everyone starts out at Rank 1. As you do quests and kill things, you gain...

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[] Crafting info for Warhammer Online

submitted by lifebane on Aug 20th, 2008 - : - 0 comments

Crafting

Three gathering skills are available for this beta: Butchering, Scavenging, and Cultivating. One crafting skill is available: Apothecary. Players can choose just one gathering skill and one crafting skill.

Apothecary
This crafting skill allows players to...
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