<![CDATA[Kotaku: Warhammer Online]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Warhammer Online]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/warhammer online http://kotaku.com/tag/warhammer online <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Bug Results in More Than $300 Monthly Fees For Some]]> A screw-up in EA's Warhammer Online billing system has resulted in many players being charged upwards of 22 times for a one-month subscription, filling bank accounts with overdraft fees and the Warhammer forums with very angry players. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5512683&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What The People Behind Mass Effect And Dragon Age Are Trying To Do]]> I spoke to the men running the studio behind many of the world's biggest role-playing games a couple of weeks ago, to discuss a variety of things. I left with a bonus: The BioWare Vision Statement. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5497736&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hammer Back A Few With Warhammer Online Beer Steins]]> After a long day in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, one builds up a big Orcish thirst. The best way to quench said thirst? Drinking your beverage of choice (mead, ale, blood, etc.) from an officially licensed WAR stein. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5481424&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Forged By Chaos Explores The Darker Side Of Warhammer Online]]> Because there are two sides to every conflict, Mythic and Games Workshop publishing arm The Black Library have released Forged By Chaos, a novel that explores the fragile, deadly alliance of the forces of Destruction. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5418118&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mythic "Committed" To Its Games Amid EA Layoffs]]> With Electronic Arts cutting back in a major way, fans of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot are justifiably concerned about rumored layoffs at Mythic Entertainment, development home to those online multiplayer games. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402586&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[This Is The Warhammer Online Trial That Never Ends]]> Forget that old 10-day timed trial nonsense. Warhammer Online's new trial let's you play any of the game's 24 careers as long as you like, with the new streaming client keeping things all speedy-like. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5398710&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[WAR Comes To The Mac This Month]]> Mythic entertainment opens the world of Warhammer Online to a whole new group of players later this month, when the MAC version of the MMO goes live. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5370277&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Mac Beta Prepares For Battle]]> Massively-multiplayer RPG Warhammer Online just got a bit more Mac friendly, as Mythic announces the availability of the beta for the Mac version of the game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5326434&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mythic Delivers Code-Laden Human Skull]]> Of all the packages I was actually looking forward to today, a human skull emblazoned with a secret code for an in-game Warhammer Online item was definitely not one of them. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5286265&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Looks Beyond The Sands]]> Warhammer Online players are one more step closer to the Land of the Dead this week, as Mythic launches their Beyond the Sands live event. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5219715&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Destruction Wins! First Warhammer City Capture Completed]]> Destruction claims victory in Europe as they achieve the ultimate realm-versus-realm objective in Warhammer Online - sacking the enemy capitol and killing their king. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5202242&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Orc Choppas And Dwarf Slayers Invade Warhammer Online]]> Two new combatants join the war between Order and Destruction today, as Mythic unleashes the Orc Choppa and Dwarf Slayer classes for Warhammer Online. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5172001&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Massively Merges Servers]]> With subscriber levels currently hovering at around 300,000, Warhammer Online developer Mythic is bringing down 63 servers in order to make sure everyone has other people to play with. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5168085&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Offers Prizes For Your Friends' Lives]]> Warhammer Online is turning up the heat on their refer-a-friend program, offering free in game pets and items to players who pull their friends into the conflict. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5166849&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Unleashes Bitter Rivals Event]]> Mythic launches their four-month long Call to Arms live update for Warhammer Online this week, with the Bitter Rivals live event and the launch of their official forums. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5164136&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online's Severely Limited Free Trial Offer]]> After months spent catering strictly to the game-purchasing crowd, Mythic has released a free 10-day trial for their massively multiplayer online role-playing game Warhammer Online. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5160433&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Developers Talk Job Cuts]]> EA own Mythic, the team behind Warhammer Online. EA are cutting 1100 jobs. How many of those are at Mythic? We don't know. We do, however, know where Mythic are cutting jobs. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5146733&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Celebrates Love With Murder]]> While other massively-multiplayer online games are busy celebrating Valentine's Day, Mythic takes Warhammer Online down a decidedly darker path with the launch of their Night of Murder live event. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5146135&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mythic's Four-Month Plan to Drip Feed You New Ways to Play]]> As Mythic readies the first major content update to their massively online game Warhammer Online, we spoke with Executive Producer Jeff Hickman about the upcoming free new content, new classes, and new dungeons in Call to Arms. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5142057&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Issuing A Call To Arms With First Live Expansion]]> Mythic is getting ready to change the face of Warhammer Online with the first live expansion, A Call To Arms, featuring a new land to conquer and two new, brutal character classes. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5141877&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mark Jacobs Addresses Mythic Layoffs]]> A rumor posted yesterday on Joystiq regarding layoffs occurring at Mythic Entertainment led to a fan forum frenzy that Mythic head Mark Jacobs couldn't help but respond to. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5135249&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Celebrates Holidays With Beer]]> Mythic Entertainment has announced details on their beer-soaked year-ending holiday event, inviting players to take part in the Dwarven New Year's festival of Keg End. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5108604&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online 1.1 Goes Live Today]]> Mythic's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning sees it's first major content update today with patch 1.1, delivering new tanks, player statues, and a host of new improvements that just plain make the game better. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5107303&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[More Warhammer Online Fiction On The Way]]> Having seen success with the first novel based on the Warhammer Online MMORPG, Empire In Chaos, Mythic Entertainment and Games Workshop publishing division The Black Library have gone ahead and announced a new novel in the Warhammer Online series, Dark Storm Gathering. Treachery blooms behind Imperial lines and only a hearty band of adventurers - an Archmage, White Lion, Witch Hunter, and Knight of the Blazing Sun - can uncover the corruption before it's too late. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5094586&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Girds New Tanks With Heavy Metal]]> Two of the classes originally cut from the release version of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning are making their triumphant return next month, and Mythic isn't planning on letting them just slip into the game unannounced. The Dark Elven Black Guard and the Empire's Knight of the Blazing Sun are getting their own launch event, Heavy Metal, which kicks off tomorrow and runs through December 1st. For the duration of the event, players will be able to complete special tasks that earn them renown towards special rewards, all culminating in the ultimate reward - a chance to start your own Knight or Black Guard a week before the classes become open to the general public. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5090928&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[AoC And WAR Players Flocking Back To Azeroth]]> Each of the seven or so times I've canceled my World of Warcraft subscription over the past few years, I've found it curious that they ask your reason for leaving. What could they possibly do with said information? Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime answered my question for me during yesterday's earnings conference call to investors, during which he put the information to good use. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5078328&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[WAR Launches In-Game Halloween Spooktacular]]> Even a brand-spanking new MMO like Warhammer Online can't resist holding their own Halloween Spooktacular in-game events. Beginning today, October 29th, Witching Night descends upon on the lands of WAR, bringing with it four new public quests and a live in-game event that pits players from both realms against ancient evil forces. Of course any Halloween event wouldn't be complete without special goodies, and Mythic tons of special items, exclusive titles, and special event-only cloaks lined up. As a special Warhammer Online twist, some items can only be looted from other players in Realm vs. Realm play, so don't get so caught up in the festivities that you forget who the enemy are. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5070543&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Doubles Open-World RVR XP]]> If you understood the headline you probably know this already, but it bears mentioning anyway. Mythic really, really wants people to kill each other in Warhammer Online, and not just in their encapsulated little battlegrounds scenarios. They want the conflict to rage across the open-world areas as well, and in order to encourage this they've doubled the experience gained from killed the enemy in open Realm versus Realm combat. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5067548&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Cut Warhammer Online Classes Return In December]]> Empire and Dark Elf Warhammer Online players rejoice! Two of the classes cut from the game back in July are set to make their triumphant return in December, and your races shall soon have tanks! In his first State of the Game post, Mythic's Mark Jacobs announced that the Dark Elf Black Guard and Empire Knight of the Blazing Sun are both returning in a big way. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5065020&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Armies Half A Million Strong]]> Calling it "fastest-selling new MMO of all time", Mythic Entertainment today announced that 500,000 new players have taken up arms in the battle between Order and Destruction since last week's launch of their shiny new MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5055220&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Overlooked Warhammer Devs Get Their Due Credit]]> We heard last month that a bunch of people were going to be left out of Warhammer Online's credits. Didn't seem like the right thing to do, especially in the wake of similar fiascos involving Manhunt 2 and Okami. Well, turns out Mythic are now going to do the right thing, and will be making the entire credits - which will contain everyone that ever worked on the game - available online. And not just for WAR; they're going to go back and do this for Dark Age of Camelot as well. The full statement announcing the move (made by the IGDA's Jen MacLean) can be found after the jump. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5055109&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Does Not Heart Gold Farmers]]> Mark Jacobs, co-founder of Mythic Entertainment, does not like gold farmers. He will not tolerate them in his game, Warhammer Online. Posting on his blog, Jacobs writes: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5053971&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Reg Deadline Slips A Few Days]]> A bit of outrage is stirring among Warhammer Online players who pre-ordered the game, expecting to be able to play through September 22th before having to enter the registration key from a retail box copy. A post at the official Warhammer Online website yesterday revealed otherwise. Now the deadline is *checks watch* several hours ago, so folks who opted for slightly slower shipping now find themselves waiting a weekend to return to their characters, or in extreme cases scrambling for a retail version of the game just to keep themselves from going through withdraw. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5052445&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Cut Content To Return In Warhammer Online]]> In July, a bunch of stuff got cut from Warhammer Online. Sad news. But don't despair! It'll be making its way back into the game down the line. And not as paid DLC or a paid expansion, either, just as part of the game's regular, free updates. Mythic made no mention specifically about just what was due for a reprieve, but since the July cuts were a bunch of playable classes and some cities, we'll presume that's what they're talking about. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5052083&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online's Head Start Dates Revealed]]> The Warhammer Online "open" is in full swing (sorry about the mess, Europe), though while getting an early look at the game is certainly nice and all, the retail head start is where the real action is at. Mythic Entertainment today reveals that folks who pre-ordered Warhammer Online will get a chance to start building their characters come September 14th, four days before the retail launch. Oh wait, did I say folks who pre-ordered? I meant folks who pre-ordered the Collector's Edition. Those who opted to reserve the standard edition will get access on Tuesday, September 16th, which is only a two-day head start. It's Mythic's way of showing their scalable appreciation for your interest in their product. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5047507&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Goes Gold, Gold Seller Gives Out Beta Keys]]> 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 »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5041887&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[IGDA: Warhammer Credits Snub "Disrespectful"]]> There are a ton of former Warhammer Online developers who haven't made it into the game's final credits. And they are not happy. And understandably so! That's months, sometimes years of work, going totally unrecognised. Well, the IGDA (International Game Developers Association) are on the case, calling the snub "disrespectful" and using it as the latest example as to why the industry should adopt their idea for a set of universal crediting guidelines. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5041745&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[New Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Cinematic Trailer]]> Earlier today we showed you the Opening cinematic for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King now you get to see the cinematic trailer for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. As we said this morning whether you are a fan of these two games or not, it's pretty hard to under appreciate how incredible their cinematic sequences are. Expect the game for PC in mid-September. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5040314&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Latest Game To Dog Former Devs In Credits]]> Warhammer Online has been in development for years now. And as a project has seen its fair share of ups and downs. Contributing to both those ups and downs have been literally hundreds of staffers who have worked with developers Mythic over the years, from the game's announcement in 2005 through their acquisition by EA through to today. But in a move that's sure to reignite the controversy over crediting in the videogame industry, only those currently employed at Mythic will be recognised in the game's credits. A former Mythic dev has told Shacknews:
This has been an ongoing problem in this industry for many years. I spent three years on WAR and I, including many other people who spent just as much if not close to the same amount of time, will NOT be credited in the game. I was told they made SURE to not include anyone in the list who was not at the office the day of the credit list creation. This is wrong on many levels and should not go unnoticed.
Sure, many will point to the film business, and say the exact same thing happens there, particularly with screenplays. But you know what? That doesn't make it right. Warhammer Online Not Crediting All Developers [Shacknews] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5039169&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Warhammer Online Open Beta Details Revealed]]> EA has announced that the open beta for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning begins on September 7th. Do you want in? All you have to do is pre-order a copy of the game! However, you can only do so at "select retail partners" and yes, this includes Gamestop. But you can also per-order at a variety of other stores, including Fry's and good ol' Best Buy, too. If you're currently in the closed beta, you'll automatically be given open beta access as well, so don't sweat. Hit the jump for full details. More »
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