Well it's not exactly Cancun... less sand, less natural light... but WAR was there. What more could you ask for? Press got another chance to get hands-on with WAR and here are the new updates for everyone to enjoy.

IGN Interview
Gamespy Hands-on
Gamespot Video Interview
GameIndustry.biz Interview

Jeff, Paul, and Josh along with Adam Gershowitz and Destin Bales, or "the WAR boys" as one site put it, got on the phone to answer some of the many questions that the devoted have been sending our way. Though the event was described as "controlled madness", "a touch unpredictable", and "chaotic fun Sprinkled with crack", there were still many great new questions answered, as well as some info to fill in the nooks and crannies so far unexplored in some of the more familiar topics. And here's your quote of the day.

"Why don't we ever wear pants to these things?!" - luckily, it was a phone interview.

MMORPG.com
Only WAR
GameZone
Ten Ton Hammer
Massively (transcript)
WAR Vault
Mmolecule
Crispy Gamer
GameShark
The MMOGamer
GamePlasma
ActionTrip

Our very own Josh Drescher was sent across the Atlantic to bring WAR to the British, and he put on quite a show. A grand time was had by all, even though Josh's "Traditional English Breakfast" was without beans. At least WAR was great, and you can check it out below.

Gamespot interview with Josh Drescher (video)

Warhammer Presentation and Josh's interview with videogaming247 (Audio)

Gamespot Hands-on

CVG Preview

CVG's PC Zone was recently at a press event in the UK and checked out what WAR has to offer. RvR seems to have left an impression on them.

"So, if you've been reticent about PvP combat, or ignoring Warhammer Online because of it, it's about time you stop doing so and start getting yourself ready - [WAR] is coming, and it's going to change absolutely everything."

We love that quote. WAAAGH!!!

Well folks, New York Comic Con has come and gone, but WAR has left its mark. Here's a ton of great videos and articles to check out, loaded with juicy details. We're going to be taking WAR all over the country the year, so consider this your preview of what you'll get when WAR come to a show near you. Don't miss it! FYI, one of the videos contains Paul Barnett in a thong and a close call with the Incredible Hulk...you've been warned.

NY Comic-Con Pre-Event Q&A Video with Warhammer Online's Paul Barnett, Jeff Hickman, and Josh Drescher
Warhammer Online Presentation (Video)
Ten Ton Hammer interview with Bob Mull (Video)
Ten Ton Hammer Q&A with Jeff, Paul, and Josh (Video)
Warhammer Conflict Interview with Jeff, Paul, and Josh (Video)
MMORPG.com interview with Jeff, Paul, and Josh
MMOG Dev Panel Part 1: Moderator Q&A (Video)
MMOG Dev Panel Part 2: Audience Q&A (Video)

Every so often, a few of our Devs muster up the courage to bring the light of WAR to the deepest darkest corners of the internet... and by that I mean IRC. Stratics.com hosted one of their House of Commons IRC dev chats for WAR and for those of you who couldn't make it (or couldn't get into the channel, which was full), they've posted the log from the event.

Read it here.

If you aren't a member of the European press and can't read German, French, or Spanish, or maybe can't read at all, you probably feel a little left out. No worries, because Onlinewelten has put up videos of almost everything that went on at the WAR press event in Paris. It's almost like you're there...looking though a very small window.

Jeux Video video interview w/ Jeff Hickman part 1 (French)
Jeux Video video interview w/ Jeff Hickman part 2 (French)
Insert Coin video interview w/ Jeff Hickman (Spanish)
Insert Coin Video w/ Jeff Hickman (Portuguese)
Producers's Presentation
Q&A with Jeff Hickman
Tome of Knowledge
RvR
Capital Cities
Careers

Last month, European press came from far and wide as WAR besieged Paris. They spent three days with WAR, which included an entire day of presentations on all things WAR. They got to see the latest on the Tome of Knowledge, Public Quests, Keeps & Seige, Capital Cities, and City Capture, as well as much more. Once you throw in all the interviews and the hands on WAR time to let them kill each other, you've got a whole lot of WAR to read about here. And if you can read French, Spanish, and German, they you'll have more coverage than you can shake a stick at. They were also the first to see the WAR Collector's Edition in person. It's alright to be jealous.

Jeux Video PC preview (French)
Videogamer.com hands-on
EuroGamer preview
Hexus hands-on
Hexus interviews Roland Cox
MeriStation preview (Spanish)
MeriStation video preview (Spanish)
Vandal Online overview and interview with Josh Drescher and Kate Flack (Spanish)
Vicio Juegos overview (Spanish)
3D Juegos preview (Spanish)
Gamona preview (German)
Gamona interview with Josh Drescher (German)
Buffed event overview (German)
Gameswelt overview(German)

Jon Wood from MMORPG.com recently got to check out WAR and talk with the team. He's got loads of new info on trophies, city siege, and info on what we've been up to in the closed beta.

Hand-on Preview / Trophies / Capital Cities

Career Mastery and Renown, you say? That's right. Curse has got an update on the state of WAR, with your friends Paul and Josh, as well as some information on renown and Career Mastery information for some of the High Elf, Dark Elf, and Chaos careers.

State of WAR / Renown & Career Mastery

WarCry recently got a chance to come out to the studio and check out the latest that Warhammer Online has to offer, including some awesome RvR action.

"Keep capture contributes to your side's overall control of a zone and these will probably be the RvR hotspots when the game goes live, which means this is where I'll be hanging out most of the time, trying to get a High Elf to hold still long enough for me to get a ballista shot off."

We love to see that kind of bloodlust develop in such a short period of time. It warms our hearts. Check out the new hands-on preview of WAR as well their keeps and city siege preview.

Hands On Preview
Keeps and City Siege

The feud wouldn't be complete without ending it with a taste of what's to come. IGN and Gamespy got to see what WAR's RvR all adds up to and got to try city siege first hand. Who doesn't love burning, looting, and pillaging an entire city?

"We at last reached the main event of the day -- in an actual city siege. The first thing we realized as we sat down to play was that whatever players think city sieges are, they're thinking too small. These are massive events."

IGN
IGN movie

Gamespy
Gamespy video

Just five days after the announcement of the Warhammer Online Collector's Edition, it has already moved to the top of Amazon.com video game sales charts for all formats, moving ahead of many big sellers. WAR is coming...

If you've visited Ten Ton Hammer recently, you've probably noticed that they have been taken over by WAR! They literally have so much new coverage that we don't even have the room to put all the links here. They have more than an hour of video footage and a heap of articles from their visit to the studio, and there's still more to come. There's tons of new coverage (pun intended) on Altdorf, the Inevitable City, crafting, trophies, and more, as well as updates on all the classics like the Tome of Knowledge. Of course, there's also a little Paul Barnett thrown in there for good measure. This is not one to miss.

On the cloud of the delay of WAR was a silver lining: 7 magical pounds of it. The Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Collector's Edition has been revealed and preorders have begun! Check out all the articles below to get hands-on impressions of just how awesome the WAR Collector's Edition is, as well as information from the WAR Herald. It may be... dare I say... the best Collector's Edition ever. And you had better act fast because the quantities are limited!

IGN
Gamespy
Ten Ton Hammer
MMORPG
Warcry
WAR Herald

News has spread fast that Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning has been delayed until fall 2008. As always, Mark Jacobs talked with the press to try to help everyone through and explain why this will help make WAR even more glorious. Read the interviews below and see everything Mark had to say about why WAR was delayed and what it means for the game.

IGN
Gamespy
MMORPG
Warcry
Curse

Here at Mythic, we always try to run things in true Warhammer fashion. So when IGN and Gamepy came to visit, was there really any other option than to pit people who were once cohorts against one another in a fight to the death? Nope.

"Last week, IGN and Gamespy had the rare privilege of heading out to Mythic to get our hands on the latest version of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and to go head-to-head in a fight between the forces of Order and Chaos. In keeping with the different personalities of our networks (and the hygiene habits of our editors), we of course choose the refined, graceful High Elves. Gamespy opted for the loathsome, baby-kicking Dark Elves."

After limping away with all manor of cuts and bruises, and a few less teeth, IGN and Gamepy have come back with page upon page of WAR glory. For starters, there are hands on articles detailing both sides of the endless bloodshed and struggle for the Elven homelands of Ulthuan as well as tons of video interviews with Jeff and Paul. We know you love it. And for those WAR fans out there who crave the grueling technical details, make sure to check out Gamespy's article on Career Mastery. There's loads of other new info as well about everything from Public Quests, to loot, to careers in these five articles and five video interviews (yes, you read that correctly, five of each) and there's still more to come!

Features
IGN
Gamespy

Videos
IGN
Gamespy

Recently, Jeff Hickman stopped by Singapore to spread WAR and gave a presentation to the press in Asia where he talked about...pretty much everything that makes WAR unique. These guys think WAR is awesome.

"Warhammer Online is shaping up to be a real contender in the never-ending war of the MMORPG's. Some of the features are outstanding, and thanks to EA's presentation we can really see what all the fuss is about!"

Check out the article to read The Hickman's entire presentation.

EA Mythic's own Creative Director Paul Barnett decided to stop by the LIFT conference in Switzerland to do what he loves most; talk to lots of people and hand out sunglasses. He breaks down what it is that he actually does and why MMOs are so awesome. Business week checked it out and they're in love.

"I don't want to crush too hard on Electronic Arts' (ERTS) Mythic Entertainment division, but Creative Director Paul Barnett's talk at the show about MMO's is one of the most non-geek accessible I've ever heard and it manages to smartly analogize the games industry to both films and Las Vegas without being heavy handed. It's also funny."

Here's 20 minutes of Barnett goodness.

The Hickman and Josh Drescher were live on PWNED radio, a show on 97.1 The Ticket in Detroit. Apparently the show hosts got flooded with emails when they asked WAR fans to suggest questions. Awesome.

Garret Fuller from Ten Ton Hammer made his way to a recent EA event in NYC just to get some more time with the latest that WAR has to offer and to get a few of his burning questions answered. Lance Robertson and Josh Drescher happy to oblige, covering everything from keeps, cities, and open world RvR to working with the Warhammer IP. Oh yeah... Garret also got to watch players in beta beat the snot out of each other, which is always fun.

GameSpot came out to visit the studio so they could check out the latest WAR has to offer. They must have liked it because there's a ton of stuff for you to check out including, of course, more Paul Barnett. He always seems to make his way into a video or two...

"The team at EA Mythic spent all day showing off so many facets of the game, from the masteries for many of the character classes to the armor and dye permutations that let you customize your character, and much more. It was a lot to take in, but it underscores what a massive undertaking Warhammer Online is."

Feature

Interview with Paul Barnett

Game Footage Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3

Ever wonder what it is people actually do around EA Mythic? In the latest GameSpot: On the Spot, Paul and Carrie have a segment where they talk about how the magic happens!

Recently some of the WAR Dev's came out for a Developer Chat held by WarCry.com. Incase you weren't there with the rest of the cool kids, you can check out the chat log. Its five pages long and holds the answers to tons of great questions! Want to know about the new Chosen auras or how dual targeting works? Well you'll have to read the log to find out.

Citizens of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau can now rest easy. GigaMedia will be helping to bring you Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning! WAAAGH!!!

Check out this month's installment of the continuing Q&A series with WarCry.com. Josh Drescher, Adam Gershowitz, and James Nichols answer handful of new questions from the beta and careers to, of course, RvR.

Part 12 / Part 13

Thanks for voting WAR as the Most Anticipated Game of the year... again. I know what you're thinking. Wasn't WAR Most Anticipated Game of 2007? ... Yep, but we really appreciate it still! You can't rush perfection.

Everyone's getting pretty excited about the release of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning - We were picked for Gamespy's Most Wanted Games of 2008 and Next Generation's Games of 2008 list. Here's what they had to say.

"There's no rainbow over this magical kingdom, it's a realm where revenge, murder, atrocity, demons and a host of racial grudges fuel an endless cycle of combat, attacks, counters, glorious victories, desperate last stands and the sacking of enemy cities. How much fun is that? (Rhetorical.) ... We are so looking forward to the day the Waaaagh! begins."

"Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning looks to seamlessly blend PvE and PvP experiences through the implementation of "Realm vs. Realm" conflicts, which could prove to be the game's defining factorâ€"enough to set it apart from other fantasy MMORPGs."

Game Spy's Most Wanted
Next Gen's Games of 2008

Josh Drescher answers a few of Ten Ton Hammer's lingering questions about the Dark Elves; They talk about how they work in the Games Workshop IP, how they fit into the story, and a little about the final Dark Elf career.

Check it out here.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning has been given one of GameSpy's 2007 Game of the Year Special Awards: The "When It's Done" Award. They're so excited that they're "ready to chew [their] arm off to play the final game." It's ok GameSpy. Don't start chewing yet. You'll get your hands on the game soon enough.

http://goty.gamespy.com/2007/special/27.html

Wired.com's 2008 MMO round-up, Three New MMOs Challenge World of Warcraft in 2008, is live and they had good things to say about WAR.

"Unlike World of Warcraft's player-versus-player combat, which takes place in pocket dimensions away from the daily life of Azeroth, battles in WAR will be raging constantly, and each fight will have strategic and economic impacts on each faction's day-to-day existence."

Check out the article.