I just checked WAR-EUROPE (Official Site for Warhammer Online in Europe (GOA)) and saw this:
(Just a picture of the actual timer)
There is a big event in Paris this weekend (or sometime next week. I don’t know the date) and Mythic (Mark Jacobs) has already said alluded to the fact that the Pre-order info will be talked about. However, speculation abounds! What could they be announcing at this event that warrants a big countdown on the official Europe site?
- Release date?
- Open Beta date?
- NDA Info?
- Or just official confirmation of the pre-order link?
I’m excited. This could be a huge announcement but it could also be something very small and disappointing. It could be nothing more than a countdown until their site changes appearances *laugh*. OH well. I’ll get my hopes up.
Heh, the site is hosed and won’t even come up in Firefox now. I just checked it with IE and it loaded after 5 minutes. *hope hope hope*
[…] a big-ass countdown on their front page, the hairs on the back of my neck perk right the heck up. Keen speculates that it might be info about release, the CE box, NDA drop or the pre-order box — all of which […]
Betting money it’s the final release date among other info. Looking forward to it.
Between this and Conan, it should be a very good year for MMOGs.
I think you’re getting a bit ahead of yourselves, this is probably just the Pre-order thing, AoC made a huge deal about announcing their Preorder/CE stuff too.
I’d guess it’s pre-order info plus a release date announcement. At this point they should probably be able to judge fairly well just how much more time they need.
“WE ARE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCING AN OPEN BETA FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN PLAYING OUR GAME…….except Keen, Graev and that other guy that post on his website.”
Mark Jacobs posted this in reply to some of the hype:
He sounds irritated to me which makes sense, since their big announcement was botched almost a week early. I inferred from this that it’s going to be nothing more than ‘official’ information on the CE/Pre-orders.
From Josh Drescher’s Blog:
I’m looking forward to the TON of info. Maybe it will be a release date or maybe just a heck of a lot more info. Perhaps info on the last class (which is more than likely the White Lion).
Any news at this point is welcomed. Regardless if the Paris event is nothing more than a rehash of leaked info, one thing is for certain. WAR is quickly coming.
i read in some site concerning Warhammer and lot of people saying warhammer is not ready for release. i hope its not true, i want warhammer to success 🙂
do you have information about the current state of gameplay in WHO ?
We only have what has been released by Mythic. Most of that you can find by reading their newsletters and watching the videos/podcasts.
I just had to remove two NDA violating comments.
Our blog respects and upholds the NDA’s of others even if we ourselves are not bound by them. As such please respect our wishes and do not post any NDA violations on our blog.
Thank you. 🙂
0_o
keen i thought you are not under warhammer nda ? is it against the law to post some info about some nda leak ?
I am not personally under the WAR NDA, but I do not wish for my site to act as a means for others to violate their promise. Whether or not it is against the law or simply breaking a promise, I think respecting the Non-disclosure agreements is important.
…and it increases said chances of getting into the beta.
Duh!
Oh, by the way Keen.
Remember that website we were chatting about yesterday? Go check the latest post that was made early today. It was written by someone who actually seems to know a thing-or-two about games and isn’t a complete bozo.
Related to some of the stuff floating about the internetz… I decided to make a lil trek to my local GameStop and preorder… preordering netted me a swanky Warhammer Beta Leaflet that has 3 keys on it….
1) 1st Key is a guaranteed spot in Open Beta
2) 2nd Key is to start playing X days before the official launch
3) 3rd Key is for 2 in game items
My gamestop still doesn’t have those leaflets.
//edit//
Scratch that! They just got them in 10 minutes ago.
well ken i respect your judgement for not posting NDA link, althought i got the link from Tobold’s site. i believe his posting of NDA breaker site led to a string of attack to this blog’s comment page by some troll.
They announced the pre-order in the monthly newsletter – and the delay of the game ^^
checkout some warhammer online videos until the game comes out – http://warhammeronline.tv