Mark Jacobs, a general manager over at EA Mythic in Virgina is very confident that the upcoming beta for the anticipated MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, also known simply as WAR, will surpass 1,000,000 users once the title is opened up to the Asian markets. One of the largest Asian MMORPG markets being Korea.

The closed beta has been live for over a year and with over 500,000 playing users, out of 600,000+ registered users for the closed beta has pleased Jacobs to the point of ...

With the somewhat of a let down of WAR being delayed we needed a picker upper. EA Mythic has done just that by announcing details regarding WAR's collectors edition bundle, and, what a bundle it is! (Just look at the images and drool).

In terms of collectors editions PC games have been known to have some substantial loot to go along with the game after spending quite a big chunk of cash more. EA certainly isn't skimping out on this, riviling the CE loot that WoW offered.

With the WAR CE...

The next MMORPG to give World of Warcraft a run for its money has been pushed back yet again. The game originally had a Q1 2008 launch window but had been pushed back to Q2.

Eurogamer has first hand news that WAR has been pushed back now to a "fall" release. Fans not in the beta let out yet another sigh of disappointment. However, delays do mean less bugs!

"Official Release:
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world’s leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment and GigaMedia Ltd (NASDAQ: GIGM), a major provider of online entertainment software and services, announced today that the companies have entered into an agreement to launch and operate WARHAMMER® ONLINE: AGE OF RECKONING™ (WAR) in Taiwan...
(Full release at source)"

"During the last phase of beta testing, we received valuable feedback from our testers that will help make these features even better. When we looked at our options, two paths lay before us: 1) Ship the game on time with fewer features and less polish, or 2) Extend the development cycle and spend the needed time and money to make WAR great."