Blue Öyster Cult Rocks WAR
Oh no, there goes Tokyo! Members of the Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning development team recently collaborated with Eric Bloom and Richie Castellano of the hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult to produce an original rock song. Entitled ‘Kiss My Axe (While I Drink My Beer),’ the track celebrates the recent launch of the new Dwarf Slayer career.
Bloom, a long-time gamer and avid fan of WAR, and Castellano teamed up with Mythic Entertainment’s Lead Sound Artist Brad Derrick, Associate Producer Josh Drescher and Senior Creative Director Paul Barnett. The results of their studio session can be heard here. For more information visit www.warhammeronline.com.
The Rundown: Jan. 14, 2009
Today’s Rundown offers lots of entertaining news bits, but I wanted to show off my City of Heroes Tanker, Back Hair Brawler. This big, hairy oaf uses willpower and super strength to fight crime when he’s not tending to his shiny gingery coat. His only weaknesses? Duct tape and razors. Now onto today’s news…
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The Rundown: Jan. 13, 2009
The Boss goes on a World Tour, Ubisoft hears the call of the Wild West again, a new FIFA champ is crowned, ninjas set their sites on Facebook and Global Agenda sets the agenda for a closed beta.
This and so much more awaits you in today’s Rundown. Won’t you partake of this bountiful harvest with me, please?
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WOW: $200 Million To Run
Blizzard has spent around $200 million to facilitate the operation of World of Warcraft according to data gleaned from the recent Activision Blizzard Analyst Day. That number includes the cost of running customer service, continued development and server costs - a small price to pay for this cash-printing MMO that is popular around the globe. The popular MMO currently has 11 million subscribers worldwide, and has $1 billion in revenue this year. Pretty impressive numbers.
Source: Activision Blizzard Analyst Day by way of QT3
Paul Barnett Talks WAR at Comic-Con
Paul Barnett, creative director for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, will be giving a talk on Mythic’s game during Comic-Con. The presentation is this Saturday, July 26 at the San Diego Convention Center. Barnett will try to explain how they have used Game Workshop’s Warhammer universe to maximum effect, and how the company has balanced satisfying Warhammer fans while providing an MMO experience that everyone will want to play.
The talk will take place Saturday, July 26 from 2:00pm - 3:00pm in Room 2 at the San Diego Convention Center.
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