Warhammer: Wrath of Heroes announced, is free to play

by Steve Watts, Aug 16, 2011 7:45am PDT

At today's EA Gamescom press conference, BioWare's Ray Muzyka took the stage to talk about his division's plans, and announced a new Warhammer game in the process: Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes. The game focuses on three-team PVP combat, with 6 players each. The game is part of EA's Play4Free (free-to-play) push, and is coming this fall. You can sign up for the beta today at the game's official site.

Check out screens and the first video of the game in action below.

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BioWare announced Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes today, a free to play 6v6v6 PVP combat game currently accepting beta sign-ups.

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BioWare announced Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes today, a free to play 6v6v6 PVP combat game currently accepting beta sign-ups. : Shacknews
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  Couldn't really tell from the video, but it seemed like the visual quality of the game wasn't all that gr... : djustifier
  - Yeah I must say I didn't remember them being that bad. : the-deviant
  - I can't get over how awful the effects look. Like they have a bad photoshop filter running on top of them : Godhatesfatpeople
- So it's Team Warhammertress? : geedeck
- :( I was excited for a moment, but that looks real bad based on the video : Cheeziologist
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  Got really excited reading then, then made the mistake of watching the trailer. It looks horrible. : Lord Skellington
  - me too. ugh. why release a vid like that? : hamachi
- Blood bowl is more entertaining than that looks : exit button
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  SPACE MARIIIINE : duffman03
  - spess mehreen : Chipwarrior
- Wow.. horrible - and I love the Warhammer franchise but I don't want to see it get perverted into this st... : deadbeatsaint
- Wow that looked really terrible : OverloadUT
- That looks terrible : Godhatesfatpeople
- Uh.... : Wisp!
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  Not only does the video look bad, but the screenshots look terrible as well. What is with the horrendous texture quality? It looks like they were going for a Borderlands-esque graphical approach, but failed miserably.
  
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  Not only does the video look bad, but the screenshots look terrible as well. What is with the horrendous ... : ColdbringeR
- What is this shit? Jesus. I loved Warhammer at one point :( : Visceral Monkey
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  So we are recycling WAR Age of Reckoning PvP and releasing it as a seperate game? : f4lln
  - Seems that way. : rivalbo
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  They're diluting the Bioware name so much it'll mean nothing soon. : flooq
  - Soon? It's already garbage. The old Bioware is dead and buried. : Visceral Monkey
- So Mythic took the PvP of Warhammer Online, added another team and make it look worse. Well done. : melkore
- EA's play4free brand has become pay4win. While I enjoyed PvP in WAR, that this title will be released un... : Teirdome
- 1999 called... it wants it's game back. : electric_wizard

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