Mythic Launches Warhammer Online

After four days of "head-start" players getting the run of the servers, Warhammer Online launched today to the rest of the public. Mythic took the opportunity to explain why they think World of Warcraft players should give them a chance, highlighting their focus on PvP (or Realm-vs-Realm in this case), and their desire to keep time-intensive activities to a minimum. Creative director Paul Barnett says it's "a bit like Batman." 1.5 million copies of the game have already been sent to retailers, so they're clearly expecting a solid launch. The folks over at Massively have developed an excellent series of guides for players looking to get into the game. They explain and contrast general career choices and look at individual classes as well. They also have a variety of interviews and descriptions of gameplay.

Comments

While it looks good and all....

[Drakin020]

I'm still waiting to see some actual innovation and change go into these games. To me this is just a WoW Version 2. I'll give it a shot once the "Cool" factor wears off, but I'm holding out for Darkfall online.

Re:Support for Mac?

[chrome]

Agreed. WoW has lost me though; its just a tired game and we need something radically different to entice me back to an MMO.

Re:Support for Mac?

[Kamokazi]

Mac....Gaming..... ...sorry I can't stop laughing....I mean even Linux has better gaming options.....

Darkfall Online

[Mushukyou]

www.darkfallonline.com That will be tearing up all of these lame games. It hasn't been widely publicized, but it has everything we've wanted for a long time. Full loot. Full PVP. No levels, skill-based. Build houses, cities.

Re:Awesome game

[m50d]

Some of us like a game that actually involves skill in play, rather than just rolling the dice enough times. I'm sorry if that's too elitist for you.

They didn't

[Snaller]

The chose the name only a few years ago, they could have picked any other name - regardless of what it is based on - like movies do a lot of the time.