Warhammer Online delayed until 2008

by Alexander Sliwinski { Apr 27th 2007 at 2:30AM }

EA Mythic's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning has been delayed to 2008. The game was originally expected this fall, the statement was made in a newsletter stating the delay was caused by Mythic's acquisition by EA and they've been "afforded many wonderful development opportunities" which they plan to take advantage of, which "includes taking several additional months to make the best MMORPG possible."

Warhammer Online is EA's ticket into the MMO market and they aren't releasing this game until it's perfect. Mythic is best known for creating the successful (by pre-WoW standards) Dark Age of Camelot and EA purchased Mythic in an attempt to have a successful MMO in their portfolio following the ~~colossal~~ ~~epic~~ ~~ginormous~~ mythic failure of Earth and Beyond and The Sims Online. When we saw a very early version of Warhammer at last year's E3 it looked perfectly fine and was moving along with some interesting innovations to the genre. We're sure to get a better idea of the final game and what to expect by E3, followed by months of tweaking by the developer. If the Warhammer Online team follows the lead of the Lord of the Rings Online then they know that an MMO can't enter the market without being well-done. MMO's can't feel like they're just starting, they need to feel like there's been two years of extra content built into them -- it's one nasty genre to get involved in at the moment.

Tags: ea, mythic, warhammer online, WarhammerOnline

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Steve Tran @ Apr 27th 2007 2:48AM

Disappointing...guess i play LOTR:O

Seraya @ Apr 27th 2007 5:08AM

I still miss Earth and Beyond... though that might be because you never forget your first.

Heh, that was my first ever beta test too. Ah, memories...

Rod Oracheski @ Apr 27th 2007 5:13AM

They're probably holding off to see what happens with LotR:O so they can make late-stage changes :D

They shouldn't worry too much about it, if Turbine's past games are any indication. As soon as the macroers show up, gamers will be leaving.

denney @ Apr 27th 2007 5:47AM

See this is a bad move cause by that time WOW will have another expansion pack out and around 10 million gamers.

gibbonofdoom @ Apr 27th 2007 9:20AM

I'm totally willing to wait for this. They have perhaps the BEST gaming liscence ever, and well, with EA's wallet behind them I'm sure EAMythic will do a great job!

I just hope this fills everyones high expectations.
Good luck to them!

jojo29 @ Apr 30th 2007 1:25AM

With EA behind this game....this game is NOT going to topple the WoW emperor of MMORPGS...i can see it now:
Mythic: Cool we just need like 2 months and this awesome dungeon will be complete!
EA: Months?! Get it out now! We dont care if its not done, we gave you moneys now get it out NOW
Mythic: But its not done, people will get angry!?
EA: Out now!