WAR Producer Carrie Gouskos recently penned the Producer's Letter for the month of May, which contained a number of revelations for the upcoming 1.3.6 update.
Reported on Jun 07, 2010We recently reported on a heartwarming event in which players on the Badlands server from both the Destruction and Order sides put down their swords and PBAOE bombs in support of Tinkerhell, a fellow Badlands player who is fighting breast cancer. Today, we've learned that Mythic has introduced a pair of new vendors to the game via a hotfix that will be selling a "very special shade of Armor dye" for a limited time. That dye, of course, is pink!
Reported on May 25, 2010Mythic Entertainment has announced that patch 1.3.5 for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will go live today! Servers are currently down for the deployment of the patch which includes an entirely revamped City Siege system to be 100% RvR, resulting in a 24 vs. 24 battle which will last no longer than 2 hours.
Reported on May 19, 2010Patch 1.3.6 was set to bring a number of significant balance changes to WAR, however, several of these simply could not wait and have been pushed forward to go live with patch 1.3.5. The changes being pushed up address the issue of PBAOE "Bomb" groups, as the developers anticipated that this tactic would really throw off the new City Siege experience.
Reported on May 14, 2010On Warhammer Online's Badlands server players on both sides of the fight have put down their swords momentarily and dyed their armor pink in support of "Tinkerbell" one of the server's natives who is fighting breast cancer.
Reported on May 11, 2010The 100% RvR City Siege changes that will be coming to WAR with the release of patch 1.3.5 have been in closed beta testing for some time now, but according an update posted to the WAR Herald us feeble folk will be able to get our grubby hands on the City Siege changes tomorrow, May 11th when they hit WAR's public test server, Warpstone.
Reported on May 10, 2010Games Workshop, the owners of the Warhammer IP, have filed suit against Curse Inc, owners of the vast Curse Network of sites, which includes Warhammer Alliance.com, the subject of the suit.
Reported on May 07, 2010Those of you who were caught in last months billing mix-up can now go ahead and claim their two gifts (per character) that were promised as part of an apology for the extremely serious glitch.
Reported on May 07, 2010Carrie Gouskos recently released her April 2010 Producer's Letter which focused on the upcoming 1.3.5 changes, as well as a number of community initiatives the Mythic team are focusing on, including Ventrilo developer chats. The real standout of Carrie's letter, however, were new details on 1.3.6. Carrie revealed that come 1.3.6 players would be able to create both Order and Destruction characters on the same servers.
Reported on May 05, 2010MMORPG.com's Michael Bitton recently sat down with Warhammer Online Producer Carrie Gouskos to talk about the game's upcoming 1.3.5 patch which changes endgame city sieges and a number of other game elements.
Reported on May 05, 2010Mythic Entertainment's Studio Executive Producer Jeff Hickman issued an apology for the recent billing errors WAR has experienced as part of a new Executive Producer's letter now available on the WAR Herald.
Reported on Apr 22, 2010Warhammer Online Community Coordinator Andy Belford has posted the full details on the 100% RvR City Siege overhaul which was teased in a recent Producer's Letter focused on patch 1.3.5. The aim with this change is to shift the WAR campaign to be 100% RvR driven, and to that end City Sieges are now going to be 24 vs. 24 battles with multiple stages where both the invaders and defenders will have a chance to earn the game's best loot, and this includes Sovereign armor!
Reported on Apr 14, 2010Mythic Entertainment has confirmed that a billing error is responsible for earlier reports on the official WAR forums that users were being charged multiple times for their subscriptions, with some players reporting that they were charged as much as $500! Mythic has posted an announcement on the WAR Herald assuring players who have experienced this error that the erroneous charges should be reversed within the next 24-36 hours.
Reported on Apr 08, 2010Mythic has announced that well, since they love their blogging community so much, they would invite the four most active WAR bloggers (Gaarawarr from Gaarawarr Gabs, Werit from Werit's Blog, ShadowWAR from Shadow-WAR and Mykiel from the P-O-D-C-A-S-T! ) out to the studio for a special trip this week on April 8th and 9th.
Reported on Apr 06, 2010Warhammer Online Producer Carrie Gouskos outlines a number of changes coming to WAR in version 1.3.5 in her latest producer's letter. In the letter, Carrie describes the new and improved armor dyes that will be part of 1.3.5 and even provides some screenshots depicting the dramatic changes. Carrie also mentions that Marauders will be receiving "true dual wield" in 1.3.5 and teases the "100%" RvR Driven" city experience which will also be part of the update.
Reported on Mar 31, 2010Mythic Entertainment has announced that players who are looking to subscribe after participating in the free WAR trial will no longer be required to purchase the full game client to continue their adventures. Trial users can simply opt to subscribe and continue along in the game.
Reported on Mar 29, 2010MMORPG.com's Luke Brooks takes another look at Mythic Entertainment's RvR MMO, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning a year after its original review.
Reported on Mar 25, 2010Mythic Entertainment is interested in taking some significant steps in order to sort out Warhammer Online's economy issues, and they are looking for player feedback on how to do just that in this latest In Development post on the official WAR forums.
Reported on Mar 10, 2010MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller asks a few questions of the team at Mythic Entertainment of the most recent update to their MMORPG Warhammer Online.
Reported on Feb 25, 2010Mythic Entertainment has announced that version 1.3.4 of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is now live. Version 1.3.4 focuses on Scenarios and City Sieges, taking into account community feedback on both aspects of the game.
Reported on Feb 23, 2010