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multiplayerblog.mtv.com - 10/16/2008

Allegedly Blocked From Beta, ‘World Of Warcraft’ Designer Plays ‘Warhammer ...

— 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 ... (more) Allegedly Blocked From Beta, ‘World Of ...

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gamesindustry.biz - 10/21/2008

MMO WAR // Interview

— 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 ... (more) MMO WAR // Interview

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brokentoys.org - 10/17/2008

This Just In: Blizzard Beats Up Mark Jacobs, Laughs At His NDA, Takes His Lunch Money

— brokentoys.org — Seems like everyone’s talkin’ about Warhammer these days. Including, you know, those wacky guys who work on... the most popular MMO ever made. Jeff Kaplan in particular had a few things to say : Now that “Warhammer Online” has been out ... (more) This Just In: Blizzard Beats Up Mark Jacobs, Laughs At ...

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Warhammer Online players returning to World of Warcraft?
Big Download Blog — ... Electronic Arts sent out a press release last week boasting that 750,000 registered players have already signed onto Mythic's fantasy MMO Warhammer Online. But are some of those players heading back to their first stomping grounds ...

WoW players coming back from the WAR
Massively — ... inevitable that many of those players would return to WoW after trying out the new shinies. Yet, according to a recent interview with Blizzard COO Paul Sams at GamesIndustry.biz, more than half of the players that left WoW for WAR have since returned.Sams states that this a typical trend for new MMO releases. "We've certainly had some of that happen, which is the same thing we experienced with Age of Conan and each time an MMO has come out we've seen some amount of...   Read | Permalink | Email this |  ...

Warhammer in Decline?
Heartless_ Gamer — Warhammer launched well. 750,000 people well. However, since that fateful announcement, various numbers have started to trickle in showing WAR may not be doing so well keeping those 750,000 logged in. First off, Blizzard is spouting off: While a number of World of Warcraft users dropped the widely popular MMO to play EA's recently released Warhammer Online, more than half of those gamers have already returned to Blizzard's market-leader. Hmmmm... the market-leader downplaying the success of a competitor. Maybe we'll just throw this ...

Who let the links out?
Book of Grudges — ... Blizzard claim that half of the people who left WoW to go to WAR have already returned. This is based on people who put Warhammer as the reason they quit when they cancelled their subs, so doesn’t include people who didn’t mention that or who are playing both games. ...

Mark Jacobs is thinking of quitting WoW because of the new achievement system.
ITG! I'm Talkin' Games — ... are millions of gaming dollars. I now think its no accident that stories like this have surfaced right around the time that the free month for Warhammer players is over. It makes perfect sense that leaking out information like this (true or not) would benefit Blizzard by shaking the confidence of some of its former players, just in time for them to come back to WoW and try out their latest big 3.0 patch. Other nefarious statements right around the same time to the effect that "half of the Warhammer players have come back to WoW already" make my point. The ...