Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

First Released Sep 16, 2008
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EA Shuts Down Warhammer Online Dev Mythic Entertainment

EA has closed down the former MMORPG developer eight years after acquiring it.

Warhammer Online goes free-to-play for final days

Effective immediately, Mythic's MMO will be free-to-play for existing players until game closes on December 18.

Warhammer Online shutting down

Mythic's Age of Reckoning MMO closing after five years of operation following end of contract between EA and Games Workshop.

BioWare Mythic's Paul Barnett to deliver GDC China 2011 keynote address

Senior creative director for Warhammer Online to talk about online game development.

Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes detailed

PAX Prime 2011: BioWare Mythic opens up on what players can expect from free PVP-focused online game; Warhammer Online "maybe" going free-to-play.

How to run a massively multiplayer game

GDC Online 2010: Reps from BioWare, Turbine, EA Mythic, Sony Online Entertainment, CCP, and Nexon explain how they keep online worlds alive years after launch.

Mythic Entertainment folded into BioWare

EA confirms Warhammer Online studio given new "BioWare Mythic" name; no development changes indicated.

Halo MMORPG had $90 million budget pre-cancellation

Ex-Ensemble developer Dusty Monk says Ensemble Studios spent three years developing a WOW killer--before Microsoft suddenly pulled the plug.

EA posts $391 million loss, Madden 10 sells 3.9 million

$788 million in earnings can't keep megapublisher out of the red; workforce slashed by 17%, development pipeline cut in half; Need for Speed Shift ships 2.5 million.

EA cutting 1,500 jobs, over 'a dozen' games canceled

[UPDATE 3] Publisher slashes staff by 17 percent to save $100 million annually, to focus on higher-margin titles; reductions at Skate, Madden, and Dante's Inferno devs; over one-third Mythic reportedly ...

Warhammer Online waging endless free trial

EA and Mythic Entertainment replacing 10-day sampler with unlimited playtime, level-capped access to fantasy MMORPG.

PAX Game Design 101 panel stresses simplification

Richard Garfield, Jeff Hickman, Tom Abernathy, and James Portnow lead Seattle-based show by parsing the fundamentals of sound ideation.

Warhammer Online swinging to Mac

Mythic Entertainment opening up PVP-focused fantasy MMOG to Apple-based gamers this fall, beta test now underway.

EA posts $1 billion annual loss

[UPDATE] Madden publisher's earnings report shows huge fiscal year 2009 losses despite increased sales; Lord of the Rings: Conquest sells 1 million, Warhammer Online subscribers now 300,000.