Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Okay, I didn't call it specifically, but a few hours ago I wrote about the need for MMORPGs to extend their gaming experience beyond the client. I wrote about porting game content, especially character and guild information, to create MMORPG-based social networks.
Well, I doubt EA read my ramblings, but ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Waaagh! wrote a nice piece on the old WAR that was and could have been. Hop on over to read about Climax's original vision for the first iteration of a Warhammer Online MMORPG and compare it to what you know about EA Mythic's newer version. Most of the old concepts ...
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Robert Mull, community relations director for EA/MYTHIC shows how the scratch off works with BOOM! Studios' new WARHAMMER CONDEMNED BY FIRE #1 covers A and B! These are the early release pre-order copies and they definitely look nice with high gloss inside pages. If you remember from previous posts, the ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
EA Mythic @ NYCC
Convention season is finally here again and with that means your chance to see WAR. A ton has changed since last year so make sure you don't miss out!
WAR will be at the New York Comic Con later this week from April 18-20, 2008
We have a ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Next Gen is reporting that the Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning collector's edition is the top-selling US PC and, more importantly, all-format game during the last week. It even surpassed Super Smash Bros. on the Wii, which hasn't happened since the game was released.Congratulations EA Mythic! :)Here are the two ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
It's been a week since the Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Collector's Edition was announced and made available to the world. A full week, and there are still some of the 60,000 limited edition copies left. Does that surprise any of you?
Let me start by saying this is not a ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
As I'm sure you've heard by now, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning just announced another delay, until Q3, 2008.Right about now is when I feel most restricted by the closed beta NDA. It would be wonderful if I could explain the reasons for this delay in my own words, ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
I read something recently that was somewhat baffling:
"We don't think that even if we made the USD 500 million or billion-dollar investment to get a product out [to compete with WOW] that we would even be successful doing it."
That was Activision CEO, Bobby Kotick, speaking at the Goldman Sachs ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
It seems as if today is "Inspired by Tobold Day" over here. I can't believe he finds so much time to write such lengthy and interesting articles while working, spending time with his wife, and playing WoW/PotBS. His time management skills far surpass mine! So, let's get into it then...
For ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Even though I have a lot of fond memories of DAOC, it did have its fair share of short-comings. It's been so long since I played, I find it difficult trying to remember all the reasons I left for WoW, but that's probably because I tried erasing them from my ...
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