Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is one year old and still kicking

Posted by Dustin On August - 19 - 2009

Today, EA’s Mythic Entertainment announces Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning has officially reached the one year mark. Having beta tested WAR and followed it quite closely, along with a few others here at MMOMFG, I must say that I’m impressed it is still pushing forward.

The game itself has very few flaws and had one of the cleanest launches I’ve witnessed to date. I have suffered through some horrendous betas and was actually quite pleased to see what WAR had to offer right out of the gates. The PVP is fun and the leveling was not too tedious. Unfortunately, the 800-lb elephant in the room of MMO’s, World of Warcraft, continued to detract players from WAR’s ranks, as well as the lack of end-game content that hardcore players sought.

For the casual gamer, WAR has quite a bit to offer including numerous patches over the past year that added two new classes, multiple new zones and dungeons, and hundreds of exciting new items and pieces of loot for players to adorn. If WAR offers another free weekend of play or an exciting new expansion to draw some of the early exiters back, the game could possibly stick around to see its second birthday the same time next year.

A new live event for the month of September will offer players new veteran rewards, +20% experience gains, special in-game items for all and weekend-only scenarios during the Wild Hunt event. Read more in the following press release by Mythic. Enjoy your month of power WARheads:

**War Wages On as Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Celebrates One Year Anniversary Celebration**

Players Celebrate with Wild Hunt Live Event, Weekend Scenarios, Veteran Rewards, Experience/Renown Bonus and More

FAIRFAX, Va. – Mythic Entertainment™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) studio, today announced the celebratory activities planned for the upcoming one year anniversary of the critically acclaimed MMORPG, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning® (WAR). The celebration kicks-off on August 31^st with the introduction of a special new live event – The Wild Hunt, and continues all September with special weekend-only scenarios, a month-long 20% Experience/Renown bonus, special in-game items for all players, veteran rewards, and much more.

“This anniversary marks a major milestone for WAR, the Mythic development team, and our fantastic community of players,” said Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. “We could think of no better way of marking this occasion than by celebrating our success with our fans for the entire month of September. We’ve got new content to share with the Wild Hunt live event, special versions of popular scenarios, and a 20% experience and renowned bonus, plus, players can get special rare drops, veteran rewards, fireworks, Halfling pies, and exploding stout! Now that is a party Warhammer style!”

The Wild Hunt live event, taking place from August 31 – September 7, 2009, pits 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: http://herald.warhammeronline.com/liveevents/2009WildHunt.php.

Following the Wild Hunt live event, special weekend-only events are planned with special versions of the Mourkain Temple (September 11-14), Gates of Ekrund (September 18-21) and Temple of Isha (September 25-28) scenarios.

Throughout September’s celebration, exclusive anniversary items, including Halfling Pies and the Jubilee Cloak, will be delivered via in-game mail to all players. Fans that have waged non-stop war for the past year will be rewarded with a special veteran’s reward, the WAR Aegis, and unique title, Weapon of WAR. In addition to all players receiving a 20% experience and renown bonus throughout September, enemies defeated in RvR combat will drop fireworks, exploding stout and other unique limited edition anniversary items.

Based on the popular tabletop war game from Games Workshop, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning features revolutionary Realm vs. Realm™ conflict that will provide players with an engaging battleground for years to come. Available now for PC and rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB, WAR will be available for the Mac in the fall of 2009. For more information or to download the 10-day free trial, visit http://www.warhammeronline.com/.

About Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning®

Experience the glory of Realm vs. Realm! Declare your allegiance and join hundreds of thousands of mighty heroes on the battlefields of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, the new MMORPG from Mythic Entertainment, the creators of Dark Age of Camelot™. Enter a grim fantasy world of perpetual conflict to fight for the Realms of Order (Dwarfs, High Elves, and Empire) or Destruction (Greenskins, Dark Elves, and Chaos). Invade enemy lands, besiege imposing fortresses, and sack sprawling capital cities for the glory of your Realm. Wield devastating magic and deadly weapons, battle monstrous creatures, and join your brothers-in-arms in epic Public Quests™. Climb the Bastion Stair, carry your Guild Banner into battle, and unlock the infinite secrets of the Tome of Knowledge as you travel the world. So sharpen your blade and unleash your inner mutation. The Age of Reckoning has begun and WAR IS EVERYWHERE!

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA^TM, EA SPORTS^TM, EA Mobile^TM and POGO^TM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA’s homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA’s products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.

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