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herald.warhammeronline.com - 2/4/2009

Update From Mythic

— herald.warhammeronline.com — Folks, Mythic has always been committed to maintaining a high level of development and customer service to our MMO players. In anticipation of rumors regarding staff reductions here at Mythic today, this seems like a good time to provide some insight ... (more) Update From Mythic

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blog.reroller.com - 2/9/2009

City sieges a frustrating letdown

— blog.reroller.com — Interestingly enough, in the last week or so since Mythic implemented a few changes to the difficulty of capturing zones and fortresses (in addition to the real-world beatdown Mark Jacobs has been taking in the press regarding layoffs and earnings ), I’ve seen Order on Skull Throne get ... (more) City sieges a frustrating letdown

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thegreenskin.com - 2/6/2009

I am appeased… almost! And more…

— thegreenskin.com — So I was listening in to the Eurogamer dev chat with several staff members from Mythic and I’m very pleased with the details they let slip about Lands of the Dead. Here’s my bullet point list of highlights I jotted down from the chat:  ... (more) I am appeased… almost! And more…

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You load 300k subs, and whaddaya get?
Book of Grudges — ... my beta review and it’s still true. Three hundred thousand is a solid number of players. It’s a solid income stream for Mythic/ EA. It’s definitely not a failure in any terms other than the overhyped ones. And right now, Electronic Arts could probably use all the guaranteed income streams and  non-failures that it can get. So what have the other bloggers been saying? Wizards and Wenches has a null reaction. Tobold discusses the attrition rate and why the early estimates were so high ...

Looking at Numbers
Ardwulf's Lair — ... Commentary on the recent announcement of Warhammer Online subscribers is HERE, HERE and HERE. I more or less agree with all three analyses; it’s a disappointing number only insofar as it’s reflected in the prelaunch hype and the projections of staunch partsians. Taking the 300K number as accurate (as I am inclined to do,) it’s higher than or at least roughly equal to any other western MMO except WoW. And WoW draws the majority of its “subscriptions” from Asia, and a significant number from places like South America, in ...