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From the Warhammer herald:

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Links and source below.
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Jeff Hickman announced today a sad, but as he said needed delay of the game. A release date other then Fall '08 isn't set, but be be announced when one is available.

Mark Jacobs, one of the developers has created a thread on warhammer alliance where he'll answer any serious questions the community has. This constantly updates, but an excerpt is:

1) When’s the release date?
We are only prepared to say that the game will launch Fall 2008. Given the highly competitive nature of the MMO industry right now, we feel it is best not to establish a set launch date at the present time.

2) Will you still be able to launch the European and North American versions of the game simultaneously?
That’s always been our plan for WAR and nothing about this delay endangers that at all. Actually, it gives us a little more time to make sure that everything is ready to go at launch.

3) How’s the beta going?
It’s going quite well. We’re getting tons of great feedback and overall, we are quite pleased with the game’s progress. Given the rather complicate nature of MMOs in general, and the fact that WAR is both a PvE and an RvR game, getting it right at launch is paramount to the game’s success.

4) Do you think you are going to hit this release date?
About as sure as we were the last time, which means that we’ll be sure that we’ll hit the date when the game goes gold master. Our confidence only increases the longer we are in beta.

5) It seems that WAR is taking a long time to develop, is this true?
Mythic began work on WAR in Fall 2005. Even with this delay, if the game launches within the new window it will be only a three-year development cycle. That is far less than most other MMORPGs ... other than Dark Age of Camelot, of course.

6) How does EA feel about this delay?
They feel the same way about it that we do, sad but supportive. We all would have loved to release this game in the 2nd Quarter but it wouldn’t have been a great game at launch we know it can be. A good game absolutely, but not great. Our CEO has been a vocal proponent within EA and spokesmen outside of it of the need to improve the quality of all games, including EA. We are thrilled to be happy to help meet his trumpet call.

7) It’s going to be a pretty crowded couple of quarters in the MMORPG space, why do you think WAR is going to be able to stand out?
One of the lessons from developers like BioWare and Blizzard is that you can’t rush a great game to market. By taking the necessary time to make WAR a great game, we feel it will be able to stand out in any season. We would rather release a great game in the fall then a good one any other time.

Do you see any positives in the delay of the game’s release? Yes, lots of them. Extra time for polish, more time for iteration and a chance to be one of the standout products of the biggest selling season for the industry.

9) Why did you announce the date now?
We could have waited to announce a delay, and in doing so take advantage of the hype surrounding the of the Collector’s Edition to sell a ton of copies. However, that has never been the way we’ve done business and that is not about to change now. We’ve always told the community that when a delay was necessary we would tell them right away, and we’re doing just that. I wish I could say all other developers do this but the fact is that they don't. We did what's right for the game but delaying the release and what's right for the community by announcing it now.

10) Will this have any effect on any other overseas launches for WAR?
This has no impact on our plans for Asia.


From:
http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31118


Another bit of news is the collectors edition a fairly extensive article about it can be found here:
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=128498

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What do you know, it's out, I'm always so late getting it it's silly so I do like any other sane person, leech it of some site on the net. Warhammeralliance are usually nice and early with it, so head on over there to read it. LINK

We have voiceacting, explaination on keeps, the renown system, all kinds of nice reading.

Now, why isn't librarian a career? LINK It looks better then most of the actual careers damn it...!

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Our number is not that of legion, but we're still a force to be reckoned with. We've been forced to close a few careers since we just have too many players which have chosen to play that career. A few scattered spots are still available so don't hesitate to apply, perhaps there will be some changes to the rooster opening for more of just your career closer to launch, you never know. Check our application forum for details.

We received a small wave of recruits fairly recently, to date they have done well and seem to be integrating well with the existing members and veterans. They will in turn become veterans and will not hesitate to draw the blood of our enemies. We have been formed in Hades and fight for it until the end of days.

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The long wait is over, the Beta is back and our "Betaboyz" are in there and doing their noble work. A new wave of invites are being sent out for new participants, would hope to see more members get key's but only time will tell there.