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 In any game, but especially in a large MMO, the numbers can get crazy if you don’t keep them on a tight leash. It’s a delicate balancing act between making character abilities exciting and cool (which to most players means they look great, feel unique and do lots of damage or other useful effects) and keeping everything scaled appropriately in relation to everything else. To accomplish this, everything must be built around a framework of numbers. | | Read Steve's Prodution Diary >> |
| |  | | This month's featured zone is the legendary Dwarf port of Barak Varr. If you missed the past zone features, be sure to check them out in the Zone Overviews section of the website. Barak Varr is the lone seaport of the Dwarf lands, and has long been a key commercial center of the Old World. Although the lands of Barak Varr technically include all of the ports, docks, and anchorages that line the easternmost limb of the Black Gulf, what most mean when they refer to 'Barak Varr' is the Great Cove, the massive port facility hewn deep into the Cliffs of Gamrud.  | | | Read More About Barak Varr >> |
| |  | | | "At the head of the Bloody Sun Boyz tribe, Grumlok and Gazbag set about subjugating all of the tribes between their lands and those of the Dwarfs as they marched toward Karak Eight Peaks. By the time they reach the great Dwarf fortress, their horde had swelled to a size unequalled in all of history". 
The Fall of Karak Eight Peaks
By Alex Boyd
This is the second of three paintings commissioned by Mythic to illustrate the events leading up to the Age of Reckoning. This painting details the assault by the Bloody Sun Boyz, led by the massive Black Orc, Grumlok, and the diminutive Goblin Shaman, Gazbag, (seen in the distance) on the Dwarf hold of Karak Eight Peaks. The Making of The Fall of Karak Eight Peaks
From Inspiration to Completion and Everything in Between - Take a behind the scenes look at the making of The Fall of Karak Eight Peaks by acclaimed Games Workshop artist, Alex Boyd. Go behind the scenes >> |
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| |  | | Join Paul Barnett, WAR’s Design Manager, for a behind-the-scenes look at game design, map making and if you watch closely you may get a glimpse of Chaos and the Humans. View the Video Blog >> |  |
| |  | Fan art submissions are starting to come in and we thought we’d share our favorites so far. Keep the artwork coming! | | | 
Warrior Priest Concept
by Theo | 
Rat Ogre
by Alex Franieczek | 
Goblin Shaman
by Alex Franieczek | | Visit the Fan Art Gallery >> | | | Feeling creative? Send us your WAR-inspired art. We will choose the best entries and feature them in upcoming newsletters and on our website. Note to aspiring artists: Color submissions will usually get more love than those done in pencil. | | | | Submit your artwork >> |
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protected account yet, click here to register.
| Robbie Munro, Europe | | Bianca Burak, Europe | | Jeremy Lienard, Europe | | Daniel Rubinstein, North America | | Balin Huntley, North America |
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Earlier this week we announced that Electronic Arts will be acquiring Mythic Entertainment. This is exciting news for fans anticipating the release of WAR in 2007. EA's resources as a publisher will ensure that we can create a game of unsurpassed quality, scope and scale. It will also ensure that we can reach players all around the world. 
GOA has successfully operated Dark Age of Camelot in Europe with Mythic since 2001 and has built the game into one of the leading MMORPG's in Europe. With five years of experience working together and a proven track record, we look forward to this partnership achieving an even greater level of success with WAR. The game will ship simultaneously in the US and Europe in the fall of 2007. 
