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On September 18, 2008, the servers for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR) went live in North America, Europe and the Oceanic territories. Now that the game is out of the beta stage and is open for public consumption, players are invited to join in the mayhem.

WAR is the grim MMORPG version of a gothic world that has literally gone to Hell. Some parts of the world may have once been a paradise. However, wars between anyone who can fight and the forces of Chaos have essentially put the world on a path raging toward ruin.

As shown to those who participated in the beta version of WAR, it will be played like a mixture of the miniatures strategy game Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (essentially Warhammer’s answer to Dungeons & Dragons).

It utilizes Realm vs. Realm (RvR) gameplay where each individual character constitutes a soldier in the army of one side of the battle. In other words, when you band together, life or death will depend on two things: how well your unit works together and how well the opposition’s unit works together.

While the beta version was free, Mythic Entertainment is shifting to a pay-to-play system. They are offering different subscription deals to gamers. For one month the cost is US$14.99. A 3-month subscription costs $41.97 (which comes out to $13.99 per month) and a 6-month subscription costs $77.94 ($12.99 per month).

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is now available in stores for PC for $49.99 and is rated “Teen” by the ESRB. Prepaid Game Time cards are also available at most game stores.

Enjoy the ensuing wartime Chaos.

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