500,000 New Player Accounts Created for Mythic Entertainment's New Fantasy MMORPG

FAIRFAX, Va. - September 26, 2008 - The Armies have assembled and the Worldwide WAAAGH! is Underway! Mythic Entertainment, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that in the first week since launch over 500,000 new players have registered for fantasy MMORPG, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning™ (WAR), in North America, Europe and the Oceanic territories. EA's...

A quick update from  Mythic for al you daytime players or guys playing hooky from work or school just to squeeze in some extra play time.  Bad news too I am afraid.

"At 8:00 AM EDT we will be bringing down all of the Open Beta servers for patching.  We anticipate the servers being back online by 10:30 AM EDT.  Stay tuned for updates and thank you for your patience.  We will get you back into the WAR as soon as possible."

Beta 4.1 Producer's Letter - Open Beta  Hello Everyone,  Welcome to Open Beta!  This is a huge milestone for Mythic Entertainment and every member of our team. We can't express our excitement enough, and our energy level is without...

Here you can find an alphabetical listing of the various zones within the online world of Warhammer Online, Age of Reckoning.  For additional information each overview is linked to the more descriptive text from the official Warhammer online site

Avelorn :  Official Warhammer Zone Overview
The verdant realm of Avelorn is...

The great marketing folks over at EA have released a new full sized cinematic trailer for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.  If this doesn't entice you into wanting to play, I do not know what will folks.!

http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/ ... ic_08.html

A great intro to the game and the concept...