wowinsider.com - 10/22/2008
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Oh, this is rich. We'll admit that WoW 's achievements system is Blizzard's reaction to Warhammer Online 's Tome of Knowledge system , and sure, we'll even go so far as to say that the PvE to PvP transfers are a shot off the bow of WAR , but claiming that WoW 's Lake Wintergrasp is a straight ...
herald.warhammeronline.com - 10/17/2008
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herald.warhammeronline.com —
Folks, After over three years of work and
one of the smoothest launches in MMORPG history, WAR...
is moving quickly towards the end of its first month. This is a perfect time to take a look at where we were, where we are and where we are going. First, on ...
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State of The Game - Mark Jacobs
multiplayerblog.mtv.com - 10/16/2008
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multiplayerblog.mtv.com —
When I spoke with EA Mythic head Mark
Jacobs earlier this year about developing MMORPG “ Warhammer...
Online ,” it was inevitable that we talked about the competition — namely a little game called “ World of ...
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Allegedly Blocked From Beta, ‘World Of ...
gamesindustry.biz - 10/21/2008
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gamesindustry.biz —
Massively multiplayer online games, or MMOs, are a
growing market. People see Blizzard operating World of Warcraft...
and imagine bags of money and critical acclaim. Very few companies rise to the occasion of producing an MMO and fewer succeed in ...
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MMO WAR // Interview
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... , and frankly, it surprised me to see him back down given his tone on the WI podcast at times. I was happy to see him edit the original post and acknowledge how unprofessional his comments were. Apparently, there was no reform, however. His tone in this recent post about the WAR developer’s comments about Blizzard is just … ugh. Embarrassing. As frustrated as I get reading WI sometimes, somewhere deep down, I’ve still been rooting for them because I do like some of their writers. But, between snark like this, the rampant misspellings, and the abundance of ...
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waaagh.wordpress.com 10/7/2008 — I, Syp, solemnly swear that I am done, now and forever, with World of Warcraft bashing, attacks, belittling or griping.
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walloftext.info 6/24/2009 — Straight from the WAR Herald
"Mark Jacobs, current General Manager of Mythic will leave EA on June 23, 2009. We thank Mark for his contributions at Mythic and wish him the very best going forward. Mark played a major part in the success of Mythic with his contribution as General Manager and Lead ...
WAR ships, Blizzard shares drop by 4 percent
tobolds.blogspot.com 9/18/2008 — From Ardwulf's Lair I got the news that WAR shipped 1.5 million copies, twice as many as AoC. Not bad, assuming they don't remain unsold on shelves. In other news Blizzard announced that Wrath of the Lich King will be released on November 13 . Lots of ...
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tobolds.blogspot.com 9/11/2008 — So Mark Jacobs has a blog . And some people are unhappy about that . I think we can all agree that Mythic's way to communicate with their players is substantially different than those of other MMO companies. SOE and Blizzard are so tight-lipped, ...
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gamasutra.com 9/22/2008 — After over three years of development, Mythic Entertainment last week officially launched its latest MMO, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning . The game represents a considerable investment into the Blizzard-dominated MMO space by parent company ...
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