HomeLan reports that PC Gamer has an article in which Climax CEO Karl Jeffrey reports that "development of their MMORPG Warhammer Online is still continuing" and that Climax are hoping to launch "approximately 18 months from now". The same PC Gamer article is referred to at CoolMiniOrNot on a thread which has been picked up on by the Unofficial Warhammer Online Forum which was started when Games Workshop closed down the official Warhammer Online forums. Are the rumours true? Will we see Warhammer Online in 18 months? Can an MMO be killed and then resurrected and then succeed? Can an MMO get to a point where it can't be killed? What will people think?
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Oct 13, 2004
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I am from the unofficial Warhammer Online forums and I can't verify the rumours but I can say that the WO community has no evidence that they are true - but that we too are aware of the rumours.
Posted by: The Shadowmancer | Oct 13, 2004 at 17:00
The story has now been picked up by gamesindustry.biz
Posted by: Jim Purbrick | Oct 13, 2004 at 17:50
http://www.fatbabies.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2659 is an interesting peak into what office politics behind one of these games might be like. It's temptingly believable though quite likely to be faked in some way. Aparently Matt Sansam also quit quite recently. At the very least, it could be useful for investors, so they are aware of some of the tricks that could be used against them by dodgy developers.
Posted by: Biggles | Oct 14, 2004 at 14:50
It seems as if WO is back as Climax have confirmed the rumours on several site news reports and in an e-mail sent by one of our community. However they are not backed by Games Workshop anymore, so there may be some changes to the game and it may not come out in the way it was originaly expected to. So far we have no other news than the fact that it is confirmed back with Climax.
Posted by: The Shadowmancer | Oct 16, 2004 at 15:20
RPGVault now have an interview with Climax Online President David Nicholson revealing more details.
Posted by: Jim Purbrick | Oct 22, 2004 at 04:12
A different perspective
Posted by: Jim Purbrick | Nov 03, 2004 at 06:49
I'm about 18 months behind the discussion here, but Warhammer Online has been picked up by Mythic, the creators of Dark Age of Camelot. Things are looking extremely good. Mythic is planning to put the main focus on PvP and, well, war. Expect to see something similar to the RvR system in DAOC.
Posted by: Warhammer Info | Mar 21, 2006 at 15:59