EGTV: Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning

By Johnny Minkley Published 16 August, 2006

Exclusive trailer.

A dazzling CGI E3 showreel was the last glimpse gamers had of Mythic Entertainment's anticipated Warhammer MMO – and the US firm has now released the full, extended version of the Age of Reckoning trailer, which is showing exclusively this morning on Eurogamer TV.

The updated footage boasts almost an extra minute's worth of slickly produced action, building up to a suitably dramatic scrap between the powerful forces of Order and Chaos.

Set in Games Workshop's cult fantasy universe, the hook of Mythic's latest online RPG is: 'war is everywhere'. As producer Lance Robertson previously explained: "This world, dominated by force of arms and magic, provides a wonderfully rich setting for an MMO. Our game will give player entrance into this world to experience the epic nature of war and the glory of battle. Every aspect of the game, including PvE content, is geared towards the greater war in some important way."

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will be fully playable next week in Germany at the Leipzig Games Convention, where we're assured new features will be revealed.

The game will be published in Europe by GOA in late 2007 – in the meantime don't miss the Orc-tacular new trailer now showing on Eurogamer TV.

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About Johnny Minkley

Johnny Minkley is a veteran games writer and broadcaster, former editor of Eurogamer TV, VP of gaming charity SpecialEffect, and hopeless social media addict.

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Comments (9) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Kostabi #1 6 years ago

    Another fantasy MMO? Meh. Now, if they had made a WH40K MMO that would have been something to get excited about.

  • Carlo #2 6 years ago

    I'm crossing my fingers on this game. Gaming NEEDS a competitor for WoW and the Warhammer IP is (I think) big enough to take it on.

    Dungeons & Dragons could have been, were it not for the game itself.

    If Warhammer doesn't do it... What will? Halo MMO?

    I agree with Kostabi though, they should have done 40k insted. Different enough.

  • Keso #3 6 years ago

    Whats the point in releasing pre-rendered video, it shows you nothing of what the game will be like. They may as well just upload a video of Teletubbies for all the relevance it has.

  • PlugMonkey #4 6 years ago

    I think it should be able to make WoW sit up and take notice. I can remember playing Warhammer as a kid so I'm more inclined to give this a go than WoW, I imagine quite a few people will be in the same boat.

    Would a 40k mmo work? I always remember that being a lot more...regimented.

  • Freki #5 6 years ago

    A 40K MMO would work if they restricted the focus. Trying to do an MMO on the entire 40K universe wouldn't work but if you did one focusing on Inquisitors it might. Of course the problem you would have is that the Space Marines are the iconic race in 40K and power-level wise they are so much tougher than humans so balance would be tricky!

  • Keso #6 6 years ago

    Oh no, here come the nerds... Watch you don't step on any 12 sided dice... ;)

  • Freki #7 6 years ago

    'cause playing computer games aint nerdy at all...

  • kangarootoo #8 6 years ago

    "'cause playing computer games aint nerdy at all..."

    Hehe, spot on.

  • Azazel #9 6 years ago

    The fact that you know there are such things as 12 sided dice says it all really... ;-) heh

    Anyway I do love a good bit of CG work.

    NB. I think a 40K MMO could be pretty awesome. Something in the vein of Inquisitor or maybe even Necromunda would be cool...
    Edited by Azazel at 16/08/06 @ 14:05