A kinder, gentler Warhammer Online trial

Today Mythic Entertainment announced that Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, its popular MMO based on the Games Workshop universe, has introduced a new “endless” free trial program for new users. The free trial will allow players to try as many characters as they like through the first tier of the game or to level 10. Along with the endless trial, a brand new streaming trial client has also been introduced which will allow new users to download a smaller file where backgrounds will be streamed continuously in as players progress through the game.

Endless free trial players will partake in the recently introduced New User Journey, which features enhanced tutorials and new community elements, such as a “new player” guild, to streamline the transition of new players into WAR and its community of players. The new WAR endless free trial replaces the original 10-day time-limited trial program. This introduction comes after the major performance upgrade and revamped New User Journey in the 1.3.2 patch released in mid-October.

Find out more about this brand new trial version of the game by checking out www.warhammeronline.com/trial.

Warhammer Online now available on Macs

Warhammer Online has officially been released for Mac computer systems. WAR on Mac is available to current subscribers for free and can be downloaded by new users and Mac gamers for $19.95 at Gametreeonline.com. The releases follows the recent 1.3.2 patch which has introduced a redesigned user experience which helps better guide and teach new players how to play and get the most out of their Warhammer experience.

Current subscribers can download the Mac version free of charge at www.warhammeronline.com/download.

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Warhammer Online Mac Beta opens

Mythic Entertainment today announced that MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will be released for the Mac on October 28, 2009. WAR on Mac will be available to new subscribers via digital download at Gametreeonline.com for $19.95 and includes 30 days of game time. Current subscribers will be able to download the Mac client at no charge for use with existing accounts.

The Mac version of WAR is currently being offered for beta testing and allows existing players to download the beta client to their Mac computers and play with their live game accounts. Players who do not have an existing live account, but are interested in playing WAR on the Mac, are able to participate in the beta by downloading a 10-day Mac beta trial. Players who participate in the WAR Mac beta test will receive an exclusive title and trophy reward for their characters within the game.

To download the beta version of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning for Mac or the 10-day beta trial, visit www.warhammeronline.com/mac.

WAR Forged in Chaos novel in the works

Mythic Entertainment and The Black Library, a division of Games Workshop, today announced FORGED IN CHAOS, an original novel based on Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. The third in a series of WAR novels, FORGED IN CHAOS will be available in all major bookstores and on the Black Library website in the fall of 2009.

FORGED IN CHAOS, by Black Library author C.L. Werner, provides an account of Destruction’s incursion into the Bastion Stair in search of the legendary Spear of Myrmidia. C. L. Werner is a veteran Black Library author, and his credits include Mathias Thulmann: Witch Hunter, the Chaos Wastes books Palace of the Plague Lord and Blood for the Blood God, Runefang and the Brunner the Bounty Hunter trilogy. Currently living in the American south-west, he continues to write stories of mayhem and madness set in the Warhammer World.

Warhammer Online one year anniversary festivities revealed

Mythic Entertainment is preparing for a number of activities to celebrate the upcoming one year anniversary of its MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. The celebration kicks-off on August 31 with the introduction of a special new live event - The Wild Hunt, and continues during the entire month of September with special weekend-only scenarios, a month-long 20 percent Experience/Renown bonus, special in-game items for all players, veteran rewards, and much more.

These activities, events and goodies include new content to share like the Wild Hunt live event, special versions of popular scenarios (special weekend-only events taking place September 11-14, September 18-21, September 25-28), a 20 percent experience and renowned bonus, plus, special rare drops, veteran rewards, fireworks, Halfling pies, and exploding stout. Who doesn’t love pie and ale?

The Wild Hunt live event, which takes place from August 31 - September 7, 2009, will pit the forces of Order and Destruction against the ultimate quarry in the new instanced dungeon, The Hunter’s Vale. For more information about the Wild Hunt live event, visit herald.warhammeronline.com.

Warhammer Online coming to Mac this fall

EA and Mythic Entertainment announced that Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will be coming to the Mac in the fall of 2009. Warhammer Online is currently available now for Beta testing to all current subscribers and to all new Mac users through a 10-day Mac beta trial account. Nifty. Players from both PC and Mac platforms will be able to battle and quest together simultaneously on the same servers by using TransGaming’s Cider technology.

If you are a Mac owner and want some fun in this Games Workshop inspired virtual worl, then check out www.warhammeronline.com

The Land of the Dead opens in Warhammer Online

Mythic Entertainment has launched a new dungeon zone called The Land of the Dead for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning this week. Part of its Call to Arms live expansion, The Land of the Dead dungeon zone opens the treacherous deserts of Nehekhara to players with the addition of a new RvR-gated zone filled with dozens of new Public Quests, instanced lairs, and a massive new dungeon to search for the Casket of Souls.

Depending on a realm’s performance across each individual server during last week’s Rise of the Tomb Kings live event, either the Armies of Order or Destruction were the first to enter the new Tomb Kings themed zone. ‘The Land of the Dead’ launched yesterday to all Warhammer players after the winning realm in each server received exclusive 24-hour advanced access to The Land of the Dead to explore its many lairs, battle its menagerie of new monsters, and discover the unimaginable wealth it contains.

Find out more at www.warhammeronline.com.