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Warhammer Online Ships September 18

by Maarten Goldstein, Aug 06, 2008 4:00am PDT

Ready or not, Electronic Arts today announced that Mythic Entertainment's newest MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will launch September 18.

The publisher also announced that a monthly subscription will cost $14.99 USD, with slight discounts available when signing up for 3- ($41.97 / $13.99 per month) or 6 month ($77.94 / $12.99 per month) periods.

"The countdown has officially begun. Mark your calendars! September 18th is the Day of Reckoning," said Mythic founder Mark Jacobs. He added, "For the last three years, the entire team at Mythic has poured their hearts into making Warhammer Online the next great MMORPG. We are so excited to open up this world and share it with the fans that will live in it, quest in it, go to war in it and make it come alive."

Mythic recently announced it had cut several cities and player classes from the game out of quality concerns.

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By: Derringer x Show Full Post

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I am a huge fan of Warhammer, but I'm realistic. WoW is untouchable and as long as the server I'm on in War has a good population for lots of RvR I'd be happy even it didn't dethrone WoW.

I am also biased because I always loved the Warhammer universe.

Also, something of note that's interesting is that Warhammer is outselling WotLK on Amazon, even though ti's Amazon, it at least shows there's a lot of interest.

Also, the 60k Collector's Editions are sold out, so that's pretty good for them.

I still wish the NDA was lifted, so much to say. Both good and bad.

Aug 06, 2008 1:37pm PDT

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  It's sad that people(like you) equate sales with quality. WOW might be the craziest selling game of ... : dhvyse
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    When did I ever say that sales equated to quality? I said that there's a lot of interest out there based... : Derringer
    - Resilience killed pvp in WoW Erm, no. It made WoW PVP evolve from BG farming in shiny PVE epics to com... : [7]kami
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    WoW is the most polished and pleasing to look at MMO ever made. It might be a simple game, but it has alo... : thewindcriesmary
    - Gotta disagree, EQ2 has way better visuals, though I don't really care much for the rest of the game. : dhvyse

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I'm constantly surprised by the negative attitude the press has when it comes to warhammer online. By "ready or not", does Maarten have some personal experiences that lead him to believe the game is shipping before its ready? Or is this attitude partly a response to all the glowing reviews that total piece of shit Age of Conan was given right up to its release date? Or is it simply that a negative slant on the news generate more traffic that a more measured perspective? (like the OMG FOUR CITIES CUT, and OMG DMC4 SALES BLAMED ON PIRACY threads)

Aug 06, 2008 5:01am PDT

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I'm constantly surprised by the negative attitude the press has when it comes to warhammer online. By "r... : ReiMomo
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I'm listening to all the people saying this game isn't ready, won't be ready, etc. Can you guys give me some specifics? What's missing?

Aug 06, 2008 11:39am PDT

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  I think it'll be ok. I'm in the beta and I've had a good time with it. : hamachi
  - the problem with NDAs is that only the people that enjoy the game enough to care about the NDA respect it... : aeg1x

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All of you saying EA is a changed company in the Valve thread, take a look at this game's beta and release very carefully.

Aug 06, 2008 8:53am PDT

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    GW is huge but they have made so many mistakes its amazing they are still around. : hamachi
    - I still can't believe that with every crazy price hike people still buy there product. I love their mode... : Derringer

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Possible future: EA rushes Warhammer Online out the door, all-but disbands Mythic, then wonders why Warhammer Online crashes and burns.

Any bets?

Aug 06, 2008 5:08am PDT

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  I'm in closed beta. Its not being rushed out. I wish I could tell you more. : blanktarget

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Its like the WoW forums all over, how about you 'tards judge the game AFTER you play the final copy?

Aug 06, 2008 6:56am PDT

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Its like the WoW forums all over, how about you 'tards judge the game AFTER you play the final copy? : VictoriouSecret
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here are some videos from the latest beta builds: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=ambhpb&p=r

Aug 06, 2008 8:19am PDT

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  circular shadows? seriously? : deathofrats
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    No, its normal shadowing, you may get a circle if you crank graphics down but its default circle. : illwill18
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      I'd love to see some videos with all the bells and whistles cranked up, rather than dialed down. : deathofrats
      
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  The world looks so.......empty? : Bamii
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    That's because the videos were taken in the low to mid level RvR areas. : cptn.peachfuzz
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      So then it's ok to have an empty world? I'm not talking the amount of players here, just the environment. : Bamii
      
      The area those are taken in is a small town on the shoreline. So yes, the parts where they're on the sho... : Derringer

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complete and utter disaster. Cough not that I would know first hand cough but this game appears cough in horrible horrible shape. I can't believe they are rushing the game out the door in it's condition cough so I presume it to be.

Aug 06, 2008 6:15am PDT

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The fact that beta is still closed and the NDA is still in effect does not bode well, imho. If you know your product is solid and ready for primetime, you will want everyone seeing it and talking about is as much as possible. Look at WoW... every release they have had from the original game up to WOLK now, they have lifted the NDA several months in advance, because they knew they had a killer product.

I am holding out hope for WAR, as I loved the RVR in DAOC. But I fear that it wil get crushed under the giant, crushing foot of WOLK (which looks very cool).

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Aug 06, 2008 10:34am PDT

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  - The AoC NDA is still in effect even after release. : Derringer

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i smell a WOW killer :)

Aug 06, 2008 4:48am PDT

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  You clearly haven't seen the beta. :) : [7]kami
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    I have. It's fun as hell. : Sapiens
    - Agreed. Beta is awesome. I have absolutely no desire to go back to WoW now. : cptn.peachfuzz
- yes you do. Too bad it's going to be Bioware that will be cooking it up. : freakynipples69
- I doubt WoW killer, but I think there's a real possibility that WAR is going to snipe a big chunk of WoW'... : Cephalocidal
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  - Well the hate can be generated by several things, one, is teh genral exceptance that Blizzard is the God-... : mordaken
- For a month, maybe. : CyCo_PL
- Your nose is broken. : sreyes22

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Sept 18! Hearts, will be broken.

Aug 06, 2008 11:58am PDT

Sept 18! Hearts, will be broken. : holinka

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when is the next 40k-based installment out?

FOR THE EMPEROR

Aug 06, 2008 10:51am PDT

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when is the next 40k-based installment out? FOR THE EMPEROR : Downforce
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- Watch out something similiar will happen to the 40k mmo. : wijse

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Being in elder beta I could see it being ok depending on how much they get done in the next month

Aug 06, 2008 4:56am PDT

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By: finger x Show Full Post

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I think that this game was developed under the impression that WoW doesn't ever change.

It does.

The Burning Crusade changed so much about the original game, and the new expansion is set to change even more. Sure, the basic mechanics are still the same; fire mages still cast Fireball in end-game raiding like they did before, things like that. But those basics are the foundation, and everything else changes with a new WoW expansion. It's not just a few new places to go kill stuff - or, it isn't for anyone who plays more than 10-12 hours a week.

I imagine that Warhammer will be moderately successful and will likely do better than Conan did, but it's all about what they can do to keep people at the end-game interested. Conan didn't do much at that level at all, even with all of their PvP action - but that's mostly because Conan's PvP was fairly poorly designed and still overall an afterthought rather than a basis for the game.

Aug 06, 2008 9:43am PDT

I think that this game was developed under the impression that WoW doesn't ever change. It does. Th... : finger

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I was expecting WAR to launch in Spring 2009, as it still is very far away from looking and playing in a "productive" state.

Q:Is this EA putting the hammer on Mythic to get it out before WotLK or why first remove 4 cities and classes (some that have been around since the beginning of development) and then jump to a early fall release date? I smell another rushed game that has EAids.

Aug 06, 2008 8:43am PDT

I was expecting WAR to launch in Spring 2009, as it still is very far away from looking and playing in a ... : Lukiopimp

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Are the landscapes actually ripped from WoW? This quite honestly looks EXACTLY like WoW with higher detailed Warhammer models plastered on.

Aug 06, 2008 8:31am PDT

Are the landscapes actually ripped from WoW? This quite honestly looks EXACTLY like WoW with higher detai... : jayacheess

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So.... lighting engine?

Aug 06, 2008 4:42am PDT

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Does this game actually bring anything new to the table?

Aug 06, 2008 6:37am PDT

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- I HOPE it will bring massive working PvP/RvR that will have a meaning and a place in the story. : nosseman

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EA seems to be rushing alot of product out the door in this quarter, I wonder what the motivation really is? Perhaps Lich King scares the crap out of them? Personally I won't be bothering with this until its had 6 months of patches, but I really hope for the Warhammer franchise that it does well enough to get 40k of the ground with appropriate valuation and investment.

Aug 06, 2008 4:48am PDT

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  - THQ is making the 40k MMO Also The game isnt being rushed out. If anything i would say that Wrath is b... : TheGamer11
- So much for the new EA that is all about quality. They are probably scared to shitless by Wrath of the Li... : fffortune

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Uh oh... I really want this game to succeed, but in it's current state, it's most certainly not ready.

Aug 06, 2008 4:53am PDT

Uh oh... I really want this game to succeed, but in it's current state, it's most certainly not ready. : jad3d

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Man i want to try this, but i'm afraid they are releasing this a bit too early..

Aug 06, 2008 4:53am PDT

Man i want to try this, but i'm afraid they are releasing this a bit too early.. : jonin

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