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It's a press release twofer! Mythic Entertainment has announced that Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning has gone gold, with the game shipping to stores in time for servers to go live on September 18th, and the gold farmers are ready for it! "Internet gaming service" SwagVault has announced that they'll be giving away 50 beta keys for the game via randomly selected email entries received between now and September 5th, giving players a chance to experience the game for themselves before deciding to buy. They'll also be giving out beta access to folks whose order numbers contain the number sequence 8907, which coincides with the open beta date of September 7th, 2008. More »
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As promised, EA Mythic revealed the final two armies for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning at the Games Convention last month, and here are some hot concept arts and renders of the dark elves and high elves to prove it. The high elves in particular bring to mind Michael Moorcock's famous antihero Elric, which of course means you'll find yourself fighting against or alongside a whole horde of Elriks and Lrics come the games launch, along with the requisite dark elf rangers named Drizzzzt. Hit the jump for the back story on these two new factions. More »
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When I suggested you sign up for the Warhammer Online closed beta, I didn't mean all at once. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=268761&view=rss&microfeed=true EA Mythic wants you to know how much work they are putting into developing each individual character class for the upcoming Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. First they feature the Chaos Zealot in a batch of concept art, and now a full-blown gallery of screenshots and concepts spanning 17 images for the Empire's Warrior Priest career. More »
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The MMO with the greatest chance at taking away a substantial chunk of World of Warcraft's player base might be invading a gaming event near you over the course of the next several months, as EA Mythic announces dates for the 2007 Warhammer Online event tour. Mainly hitting Games Days and Comic-Cons, gamers will get a chance to try out the game's realm vs. realm combat, with 50 luck winners from each event winning beta access. And oh look, they are coming to Atlanta in April evil grin).What follows is their press release and schedule, which spans the New York Comic-Con later this month all the way to PAX in August. We all know EA is hungry to be number one, so I expect this will just be the tip of the iceberg on what is sure to be a massive push to get Age of Reckoning firmly planted in the hearts and minds of gamers everywhere. Michael Fahey More »
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