Warhammer MMO delayed until fall

by Alexander Sliwinski { Mar 26th 2008 at 11:30AM }

Many orcs are putting on their sad faces today as Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning suffers another delay. Eurogamer reports that the game's producer, Jeff Hickman, stated the title is being pushed from Q2 until the fall. WAR's last delay, which shifted it from 2007 to this year, was blamed on EA's takeover of Mythic, though it did affordthe company more time to polish the title.

The only thing that raises a red flag about WAR releasing this fall is a little game called World of Warcraft and its expansion that many believe will hit later this year. We're just saying, if we were releasing a fantasy-themed MMO, we'd leave as much breathing room as possible between our game and any WoW release.

[Via Massively]

Tags: delays, ea, ea-mythic, warhammer, warhammer online, warhammer-online, WarhammerOnline

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jonah Falcon @ Mar 26th 2008 11:40AM

Andrew:

They just revealed the Collector's Edition:

http://www.sys-con.com/read/527496.htm

j4s0n @ Mar 26th 2008 1:17PM

Who's Andrew?

Bleu @ Mar 26th 2008 11:57AM

They will lose mosey because of this if they release this in the fall with the new WoW expansion pack. Idiots and they got bought by EA Idiots times 30. Good Luck though (NOOOOOT!)

brandon @ Mar 26th 2008 12:01PM

as much as i want this game to come out yesterday, i want them to give it the content, polish, and fine tuning that it deserves even more. i can wait.

is a sad cat :(

dizzy @ Mar 26th 2008 12:01PM

I keep forgetting the Warhammer IP has both a sci-fi and a fantasy series. When is the 40k mmo coming =(

Trev @ Mar 26th 2008 12:04PM

I would be more excited if it were WH40K the MMO. As it is, I doubt this will override my aversion to subscription fees.

As a side note, WH40K isn't caught by Firefox's spell check, but uncapitalized "firefox" and "MMO" are both marked as errors. Weird.

Matt @ Mar 26th 2008 12:18PM

The game certainly needs a lot more time. Combat isn't fun, environments aren't interesting, character advancement and balance is non-existant, and a lot of key functionality is still missing or broken.

It's the first beta I've been a part of, where I've seen a game fail to show significant improvements over a period of a couple months.

Megarain @ Mar 26th 2008 2:08PM

The number of people I know leaving WoW for this title is dumpfounding. I highly doubt that WAR will be influenced by WoW expansion.

@Trev: I don't still have the link on me, but there is a 40K MMO in the works.

A Pissed-off English Gamer @ Mar 26th 2008 5:31PM

Do they know that it's now coming out at the same time as the next WoW expansion? That might sway them slightly.

whymog @ Mar 26th 2008 2:18PM

I love the Warhammer Fantasy universe, but game isn't looking any more promising than it did years ago. I've heard they're shooting for a Teen rating, which goes totally against the dark themes and brutal combat (not to mention dirty, filthy peasants) that make Warhammer stand out from IPs like WoW.

Instead, it's just sounding more and more like a WoW clone that sold its soul. I hope I'm wrong.

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Mar 26th 2008 3:03PM

I think this will be my first mumorpiguh.

Loki_d20 @ Mar 26th 2008 4:02PM

Age of Conan, WoW expansion, and EQ2 will probably have a new expansion by then as well. Who knows what else might pop up between now and then as well?

Warhammer Online is definitely making me wonder why they're having to delay as much as they have (this will actually be their third delay; 1st for game improvements & content, 2nd for EA take over).