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Electronic Arts has tapped NHN’s Hangame, one of Korea’s largest game portals, to bring Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning to the region. Developed by Mythic Entertainment, and based on the popular tabletop games from Games workshop, WAR launched in North America, Europe, Asia and Oceanic territories in September and has managed to attract more than 800,000 registered users since launch. Not a bad start for Mythic’s game, though nowhere near the level of World of Warcraft..

The game will be launched in Korea in 2009. Korean gamers looking forward to WAR in their region can check out www.warhammer-online.co.kr.

If you have been enjoying Warhammer Online but longed for a true tank class, then your dreams are about to come true. Mythic Entertainment announced today that two new classes are on the way this winter to its popular MMO game. The two new career paths to be launched this winter include�
the Empire’s Knight of the Blazing Sun and the Dark Elf Black Guard. Mythic promises that these two new careers will do exactly what players are asking for: take as much punishment as they dish out.

The Knights of the Blazing Sun are devoted to the cult of Myrmidia, goddess of warfare and protector of civilization. These heroes specialize in Battlefield Commands, using applied tactical knowledge to outmaneuver their enemies (translation - they kick much ass). The Dark Elf Black Guard rely less on tactics or guile instead focusing on the power of hate and disdain, in serving the Witch King.

Expect to hear more on these classes in the weeks ahead.

Mythic Entertainment today announced that 750,000 players have registered for the critically acclaimed fantasy MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR) in North America, Europe and the Oceanic territories. WAR topped the PC sales charts around the world at launch, and is on track to be one of the best-selling PC games of 2008. While it is far from surpassing the juggernaut that is World of Warcraft, it has managed to garner its own fair share of subscribers and will continue to do so.

You can learn more about it by visiting www.warhammeronline.com. It should also be noted that Warhammer Online has landed in the number 2 spot on the PC sales charts in the United states for the week ending Sept. 27 - according to NPD’s sales data.

Mythic Entertainment announced that in the first week since launch over 500,000 new players have registered for its fantasy MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, in North America, Europe and the Oceanic territories.

“In just one week we have a half a million people playing WAR online, and the ranks of Order and Destruction are growing at a record-breaking pace for a new MMORPG,” said Mark Jacobs, co-founder and general manager of Mythic Entertainment.

I do not mean to bag on WAR, but that number seems mighty underwhelming. Age of Conan garnered 400,000 subscribers - a number that dramatically declined in the weeks that followed. No doubt WAR will have a better retention rate than AOC, but many expected it would have had a much stronger showing that it has managed. Mind you, 500,000 is a solid and respectable number, but EA has to really get behind this game and promote as hard - if not harder than - Blizzard has pushed World of Warcraft.

Mythic Entertainment’s MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR for short), will begin shipping tomorrow to retail stores across North America, Europe, and Oceania in preparation for launch on September 18th. The anticipation for WAR is high if pre-orders are any indication and the company has sold 1.5 million units of WAR to retailers, who anticipate moving those units to you in short order.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB and will be available for the PC at an MSRP of $49.99. WAR will be the first MMORPG to open its servers simultaneously in North America, Europe, and Oceania when it goes live on September 18th, 2008.

We are all one step closer to playing the final version of Mythic Entertainment’s promising MMO, Warhammer: Age of Reckoning in Europe and North America. Why? Because the game has gone gold and is heading out for replication and packaging, with a planned release in the aforementioned territories on September 18.

Based on the popular tabletop game from Games Workshop, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is an online role-playing game that focuses on large-scale Realm vs. Realm game play that pits the forces of Order and Destruction against one another on the battlefield to determine the fate of nations.

I have played the beta and this game is indeed as promising as you might think it is. It is certainly not the World of Warcraft killer some might think it is, but it’s certainly a game that fans will flock to. Look for more on this game from the Game Trust later this week. Fans going to the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle can check out the game for themselves - it is on the show floor for hands on play.

Mythic Entertainment is gearing up for the open beta of Warhammer Online, which will give players that have not had a chance to try out this upcoming MMO a taste of what they have planned when the game launches next month. The open beta for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will begin on September 7th, eleven days before it officially launches in North America.

Players can get into the North American open beta by pre-ordering Warhammer Online from select retail partners. Participants of the North American closed beta will automatically be granted open beta access. For more information about the WAR open beta, visit www.warhammeronline.com/openbeta.