In even more exciting news today, Mythic announced that Warhammer Online has gone gold !  This means the game is completed in its current state and will be sent to production lines for later distribution to retailers.  Check it out:

FAIRFAX, Va. - August 26, 2008 - GET READY FOR THE WORLDWIDE WAAAGH! Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Mythic Entertainment today announced that the highly-anticipated MMORPG, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning™ (WAR), has gone gold and will open its servers on September 18, 2008 at an MSRP of $49.99 in North America.

"We've done our best to create the next great MMORPG experience, but it's the fans that will bring our world to life," said Mark Jacobs, vice president at EA and general manager of Mythic Entertainment. "The Day of Reckoning approaches and it's going to be glorious! It's time to go to WAR."

To view the rest of the announcement, head on over to the official site .

Now that many of you have had a chance to dip your feet in the game and see whether the water is warm or ice-chilled, we want to hear what you think!  Here are a few polls and other links in our forums that I've selected for you this weekend based on 'Preview Weekend' topics and other highlights!:

Click the link below to vote for the Allakhazam ORDER server:

ORDER AKZ server poll

Click the link below to vote for the Allakhazam DESTRUCTION server:

DESTRUCTION AKZ server poll

Kirana has started a race and class discussion here:

What character path are you choosing?

And last but surely not least, visit the 'Preview Weekend' discussion:

Preview Weekend forum discussion

We want to hear what you have to say about the game so far this weekend.  Also note at the end of the post our request for your screenshots.  Give us your best ! We'll add them to a collection here later next week.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning has been listed as the 'Best Online Game' of this year's Leipzig Game Convention':

The creators of the online RPG legend "Dark Age of Camelot", still so successful today, are back with "Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning". GOA squares up to the alpha male "World of Warcraft with spectacular visuals, innovative play modi, neat control and an enormous, appealing fantasy world."

If you're interested in viewing what other games won awards at this year's Leipzig Game Convention, head on over to leipziger-messe.de for the complete list.

As with any beta process, things change, and they certainly have been changing with Warhammer Online.  There are times when entire wiki sections must be updated in order to be accurate to the in-game information.  This is one of those times.  To continue to grow and make this wiki the best Warhammer wiki for the community, we want to ensure the information we provide to you is of top accuracy the day it is changed in the game. 

There will be a few additions today and changes along the way.  If you're watching the wiki closely, keep in mind that some things may suddenly move around without warning.  Right now we're focusing on references to "WAR Army", "WAR Realm", and other NPC/Faction related links.  If you are editing the wiki, also keep this in mind with additional refreshes to pages to ensure the latest information possible.

We also plan to announce a weekly "What's new in the wiki" feature that will highlight all those important additions and edits that we've made from the previous week, explaining critical changes to ensure you know why we made them.  There are change lists built into the wiki already, but we want to ensure we can give you a nice comprehence reference, that will also include those areas we hope to have the community focus on when editing the wiki.

Thanks everyone for your cooperation!

To get started in WAR, you have to first select a server.  Doing so can be aggravating for some, while mindlessly random for others. Here are some tips from the developers in helping you choose a server that is right for you.  Also keep in mind that we are currently voting in our forums for the Allakhazam Order and Destruction server selection!

In order to help you get started we wanted to provide a few tips when choosing a server. Currently players can create characters on any server, however, you may be placed in queue aftewards. To reduce the chance of waiting in queue select a server that has a lower population. We'll continue to add servers as existing ones fill up but reduce wait times now and help yourself!

Click on "More" below for the Producer's Letter about 'Preview Weekend'!