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construed.wordpress.com - 9/12/2008

Construed

— construed.wordpress.com — With the servers down for maintenance & my itching for WAR starting to peak, I happened across an interesting post by Pete, who pens Dragonchasers. The post details what the WAR game client folders contain, here’s an extract: Logs Let’s start with the ... (more) Construed

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warhammeronline.com - 9/18/2008

Mythic Entertainment

— warhammeronline.com — It's LAUNCH DAY! There's a lot going on all over the office and around town as we bring WAR to the public at long last! Check in all day for behind-the-scenes footage to see what it's REALLY like to launch a blockbuster MMORPG! WAR Has Come At Last! - ... (more) Mythic Entertainment

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Mythic

Mark Jacobs

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westkarana.com - 9/19/2008

Straight Talk Warhammer: Believe in WAR

— westkarana.com — Producer’s note: Hey folks, just a head’s up. I know a lot of you were looking forward to a full set of 100 editions of “Straight Talk Warhammer”, our exclusive look at the amazing World of Warhammer. And we did our best, but ... (more) Straight Talk Warhammer: Believe in WAR

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• fwap

  +1

  From the third paragraph in the article, it sure looks like WAR designers took WoW and said: "How can we undercut this for newbies + transitional players?"

   Smart thinking. 

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• jennatar

  +1

  Maybe this is a cop-out, but I really liked the comments after the blog entry best.

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