Mythic, a division of EA, have announced over the weekend that they’ve replaced their limited trial offer of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning with an endless free trial.

The trial is limited to the tier 1 Empire vs. Chaos zones of Norsca and Nordland, wherein trialists can play any of the 24 careers up to level 10 “to find their perfect character match for use during extended gameplay.” Players can explore a newly-added tier one dungeon, called Hunter’s Vale, or join in three instanced PvP “scenarios”, Nordenwatch, Khaine’s Embrace and Gates of Ekrund.

EA Mythic plans to celebrate the first anniversary of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning's release with special in-game events during September.

Things will kick off on 1st September with the introduction of the "Wild Hunt", which "pits the forces of Order and Destruction against the ultimate quarry" in a new instanced dungeon, the Hunter's Vale. Throughout the month there will also be special weekend-only Scenarios, a month-long 20% XP/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 Renown bonus, plus, players can get special rare drops, veteran rewards, fireworks, Halfling Pies, and exploding stout! Now that is a party Warhammer style!"

Mythic Entertainment is calling on seasoned veterans to re-enlist and return to the ongoing Realm War in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.

Experienced fighters in North America and Asia Pacific who re-activate their game accounts will receive an Emperor’s welcome, complete with all the rested experience they’ve accumulated while absent, a special quest chain with in-game rewards, and ten free days of game time.

GOA and Mythic Entertainment today announced the new Call to Arms live expansion for its MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

Call to Arms will introduce an array of new content for Warhammer players, including two highly anticipated new careers – the Orc Choppa and the Dwarf Slayer – and a new dungeon zone called “Land of the Dead,” set in the desert realm of the Tomb Kings.

The Call to Arms live expansion, set to roll out for free in early March and running through the beginning of June, will also include three in-game live events, a new Realm vs. Realm (RvR) Scenario, added functionality to the Realm Wars section of the WAR website, the opening of the official Warhammer Online Forums, and a new free trial version of the game.

GOA and Mythic Entertainment have announced the beginning of a holiday themed event in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, their popular MMO released earlier this year.

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The Dwarf New Year celebration of Keg End officially starts on December 18th and will end on January 6th. The festivities in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning are in full swing! The forces of Order and Destruction are now invited to join a Realm-wide pub crawl across the Old World as the Dwarfs drain their old barrels and casks in hopes of good fortune and better brews in the New Year.

This Halloween, the armies in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning have a new threat to contend with as the Witching Night descends upon the land. Beginning on October 30th, players can take part in WAR’s first-ever live in-game event and tackle four new Public Quests, along with a host of other frightening new content to earn special, seasonal rewards including rare costume masks, unique titles, potions, trinkets, and special, event-only cloaks.

Some of these unique rewards can be looted from the corpses of enemy players during Realm vs. Realm play, so the combatants of WAR are urged to do their duty this Witching Night and continue their assault on the opposing Realm.

Mythic Entertainment have announced that two new careers, the Empire’s Knight of the Blazing Sun and the Dark Elf Black Guard, will be added to Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning this summer.

[quote]They may be on different sides of the war, but these two heavily armoured warriors have one thing in common: they can take as much punishment as they deal out on the battlefield!

 

Front of the box.

The first copies of the Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning collector's edition have landed in New Zealand, and today Gameplanet has been lucky enough to score a sneak preview of the contents!

The Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Collector's Edition contains:

• 12 Exclusive Quests (two for each Army)
• 12 Exclusive Quest Rewards (one for each quest)
• 12 Special Player Titles
• 12 Exclusive Character Heads
• Exclusive official Games Workshop Warhammer miniature (The Greenskin Warboss Grumlock and Gazbag)
• Graphic novel (full-colour, 128-page hardcover graphic novel)
• Artbook (full-colour, 224-page hardcover collection of original art from the game)

Orange’s games and Mythic Entertainment today announced that the highly-anticipated MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR), has gone gold and will open its servers on September 19, 2008.

“Warhammer Online going gold is a major milestone", said Ghislaine Le Rhun, Managing Director of GOA. "We will soon be holding in our hands the boxes of the game. The adventure is about to begin !".

“We’ve done our best to create the next great MMORP experience, but it’s the fans that will bring our world to life”, said Mark Jacobs, vice president at EA and general manager of Mythic Entertainment. “The Day of Reckoning approaches and it’s going to be glorious! It’s time to go to WAR”.

Mythic Entertainment today announced that the open beta for their highly anticipated MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR), will begin on September 7th, 2008.

This means that hundreds of thousands of fans will be able to enter the fantasy world of WAR to experience the thrill of Realm vs. Realm (RvR) combat before the game goes live on September 18th, 2008. Players can get into the North American open beta by pre-ordering WAR or visiting IGN’s popular game download site FilePlanet.com to sign up for a limited number of spots.

"For three years we have been saying that ‘WAR is coming’ and the team has been working hard to deliver on this promise,” said Mark Jacobs, co-founder and general manager of Mythic Entertainment. "In just a few weeks, we are going to throw open our doors and invite more players into the game than ever before. They will have a chance to delve into the open beta and see for themselves that WAR has arrived and it is glorious!"