Warhammer Online

Gerry said:
Pre-order special edition and they'll send you the beta ^^

Plus you get loads of neat stuff on release =D
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I hear that they are mostly sold out in North America right now. I haven't tried to see if I could find one, but I'm also not sure if I want to spend 80 bucks on the game just for beta access and a coloring book.

The more I read about it the more tempted I am though. We shall see...
 
http://www.massively.com/2008/04/24/germans-show-undying-love-for-warhammer-online/

Blizzard are fucked!

Germans show undying love for Warhammer Online

by Kyle Horner Apr 24th 2008 @ 1:00PM

Filed under: New titles, Warhammer Online, News items
We've always known that Europe -- and Germany in particular -- were big Warhammer fans. This fandom apparently loses no potency when applied to MMO versions of the franchise, as the German version of the Warhammer Online Collector's Edition has apparently sold out on Amazon. As of right now, there's no word on whether or not more copies of the CE will be produced to meet further demand, but it would be silly for Electronic Arts not to do so.

Surprised? Well you probably shouldn't be, as Games Workshop has legions of thronging fans throughout Europe and usually experiences the Hasselhoff effect in Germany. If this kind of trend continues throughout the rest of Europe, we suppose that Warhammer Online's success in North America could become a bit of a moot point.

Whatever happens throughout the rest of Europe, It looks like Germany is hooked on a feeling when it comes to WAR.
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Anaeran said:
I hear that they are mostly sold out in North America right now. I haven't tried to see if I could find one, but I'm also not sure if I want to spend 80 bucks on the game just for beta access and a coloring book.

The more I read about it the more tempted I am though. We shall see...
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I might be able to get you a beta code. I will go to the GameStop near me tomorrow and see if they have any left. Last I knew, they had a bunch since that is where I got mine.
 
Try to get 2 then please. ^^
 
Lanien said:
I might be able to get you a beta code. I will go to the GameStop near me tomorrow and see if they have any left. Last I knew, they had a bunch since that is where I got mine.
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This would be absolutely amazing! I have been trying to find a way into BETA for a long long time now, and thus far have not succeeded. I would prob have your man-love-babies if you could pull this off :O
 
Ok, I have at least one being shipped to me from some GameStop in East Bumblefuck. I'll see what I can do about a second.
 
Strid said:
And by "fucked" you mean, set for life? That's not bein' "fucked" where I come from -.-;
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Yeah, seriously. Because Germany makes or breaks the MMO industry lol
 
Hmm, Warhammer, completely forgot about it until I saw its Pre-order in Gamestop. Anyone in beta here? Care to share your experiences? XD
 
Izual said:
Hmm, Warhammer, completely forgot about it until I saw its Pre-order in Gamestop. Anyone in beta here? Care to share your experiences? XD
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Still trying to get in myself but the beta is closed right now which means there is a strict NDA that doesn't allow beta testers to share experiences just yet. When the beta opens and the NDA is lifted there'll be a lot more info out there.

In the meantime, you can type "Warhammer Online" into youtube for some decent video sneak peeks.
 
Europe certainly matters, and Games Workshop has a pretty solid market there. The Warhammer properties are a fairly sure bet across the pond, so no matter how well WAR does in the US, it'll probably survive based on that market alone.
 
Aye, seems like the sophistication of the... support structures, so to speak, in WAR is considerably higher than most of the competition.

I'm praying it all works as well as it looks it might. The game, as shown, has some serious potential.
 
Raesvelg said:
Aye, seems like the sophistication of the... support structures, so to speak, in WAR is considerably higher than most of the competition.

I'm praying it all works as well as it looks it might. The game, as shown, has some serious potential.
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Yeah, the fact that they delayed release to polish and fix it up is encouraging as well. As a former Vanguard player, I can appreciate a dev team who is unwilling to release a product before it is completed.

I'd love to get in and see where it stands now...I've heard a mixture of good and bad things from friends in beta (even though they're not supposed to say). Most of the complaints have been about unfinished animations and lighting and a "bland-looking" combat. These are things that should get resolved through beta I'd imagine.

The videos look cool; the pitch is certainly impressive and if they pull it off, I'll be a long-term subscriber (Shadow Warrior ftw). I can't wait to have a statue of a heroic Anaeran erected in the castle square :D

I have high expectations for this one. /cross fingers
 
Anaeran said:
Yeah, the fact that they delayed release to polish and fix it up is encouraging as well. As a former Vanguard player, I can appreciate a dev team who is unwilling to release a product before it is completed.

I'd love to get in and see where it stands now...I've heard a mixture of good and bad things from friends in beta (even though they're not supposed to say). Most of the complaints have been about unfinished animations and lighting and a "bland-looking" combat. These are things that should get resolved through beta I'd imagine.

The videos look cool; the pitch is certainly impressive and if they pull it off, I'll be a long-term subscriber (Shadow Warrior ftw). I can't wait to have a statue of a heroic Anaeran erected in the castle square :D

I have high expectations for this one. /cross fingers
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Same here. This game is pretty much set to dominate the MMO market now. Maybe WoW will finally have some competition worthy of calling itself a "WoW Killer" sorta like how CoD4 > Halo.

I wonder when they will start sending out the beta though. I know its gonna be around this month, but will we get an e-mail from them to let us know the beta disc is coming?
 
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