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Who is Mythic Entertainment?

Mythic Entertainment, an EA studio, is one the most prolific and successful online gaming developers in the industry today. Since it was founded in 1995, Mythic Entertainment has been one of the leaders in developing pay-for-play online games and is currently one of the most successful developers of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games.

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What games has Mythic Entertainment done prior to this?

Mythic Entertainment has created over fifteen games and expansion packs. Our older titles include some of the most popular online-only games of their time including: Spellbinder: The Nexus Conflict, Aliens Online, Starship Troopers: Battlespace, Silent Death Online, Rolemaster: Magestorm, Darkness Falls, Darkness Falls: The Crusade, Splatterball, Godzilla Online and Dragon's Gate. Our most famous product is Dark Age of Camelot which has been one of the leading MMORPGs in the world since its release in 2001.

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What is an MMO(RPG)?

An MMORPG is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, more commonly called an MMO. In MMOs (including Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning), tens of thousands of people can adventure together or separately in worlds that are created by a game company. The most successful MMORPGs to date have several hundred thousand monthly subscribers. These types of games are created by teams that can range in size from forty developers to several thousand developers, and can cost over ten million dollars to produce a AAA title. Some games currently in development are rumored to cost many times that.

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What makes an MMO different from a single-player game?

Besides the fact that tens of thousands of people can play this type of game at the same time and interact with each other, the biggest difference is that MMORPGs can be constantly updated with new content and challenges for the player. In the case of Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Mythic creates new content and improvements for the game on a regular basis. Throw in five retail expansions, and you have a game that since it was released in 2001, has increased dramatically in size, scope, and features. This type of dedication to new content is what sets online games apart from single-player games.

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What is Realm vs. Realm™?

Realm vs. Realm, or RvR, is a term trademarked by Mythic Entertainment during the development of Dark Age of Camelot. RvR is team-based Player vs. Player (PVP) game-play where each Realm works together toward a common goal. Players choose a side by selecting a race and, in the case of Warhammer Online, they battle it out in areas and work toward goals provided by the game, including Scenarios, Keep Sieges, and City Sieges. It means that a player never has to fight alone because there is always an army of allies that has his or her back. Players can choose to level-up in RvR areas, or stay in safer, Player vs. Environment (PvE) areas until they are ready to jump into the real battles of WAR.

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What are the subscription fees for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

Below are the pricing plans for Warhammer Online:

One month subscription plan: $14.99 per month.*
Three month subscription plan: $13.99 ($41.97 total, charged in advance).*
Six month subscription plan: $12.99 per month ($77.940 total, charged in advance).*

*Plus tax where applicable.

All charges are recurring until the account is closed. Accounts must be closed before their next billing date to avoid additional charges. A closed account will still be active until the remaining time on that account has expired. Please note all subscription plans are in U.S. dollars. If you wish to see the dollar amount being charged to you in your native countries currency, please visit this page.

You may do a quick convert by selecting your country in the top left of the page and hitting "go".

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What are the recommended minimum system specifications for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning?

The minimum required system specifications to run Warhammer Online are as follows:

For Windows XP:

2.5 GHz P4 (single core) processor or equivalent
1 Gigabyte RAM
A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
At least 15 GB of hard drive space

For Windows Vista:

2.5 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
2 Gigabyte RAM
A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
At least 15 GB of hard drive space

Supported Video Cards:

2400, 2600, 2900
3650, 3850, 3870
4850, 4870
6600, 6800
7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
9400, 9500, 9600, 9800
9500, 9600, 9800
ATI Radeon(TM) series
FX 5900, FX 5950
GMA X4500
GTX 260, GTX 280
Intel(R) Extreme Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce series
X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
X300, X600, X700, X800, X850

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run the game comparatively slowly. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly. Integrated chipsets, such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants, will have low settings selected but should run satisfactorily.

Recommended audio hardware is the Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series sound card. (Note: Hardware requires Creative ALchemy for Windows Vista.)

Please note that attempting to play the game using video hardware that isn't listed above may result in reduced performance or graphical issues, or cause the game to not run at all.

The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.

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Does Warhammer Online have official forums?

Yes! You can find them at www.warhammeronline.com/forum or http://forums.warhammeronline.com. In order to participate in all the conversation at the official forums simply log in using your Warhammer Online active game account.

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What is WAR's ESRB rating?

Warhammer Online is rated "T" for teen. For more information regarding the Video Game Rating system please visit the ESRB website.

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Is there a Mac/other platform version?

Good news for all you Mac fans, we have launched the Mac beta client for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, and the retail version of the Mac client will be available on October 28, 2009. For more information, please check out the Mac FAQ here! Currently, we have no plans to launch Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning on Linux.

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