Late for WAR

Via Keen and Graev's blog I got the news that Warhammer Online is now officially postponed from Q1 to Q2 2008. I don't think that surprises anyone. And I'd still say that Q2 is slightly optimistic, I'd bet even money on another delay.

Mark Jacobs explains the delays in his State of the Game, in which he also mentions that yes, part of the layoffs at EA were from the WAR team, but not in large numbers.

The more interesting news in that letter was that they are now planning different Server Rule Set Systems, quote: "In addition, we’ll be making changes to the RvR (open field RvR FTW!) and Server Rule Set Systems. These changes bring WAR a step closer to fulfilling the promise that “War is Everywhere” while ensuring a great play experience for those that do not choose to engage in RvR 24x7." I read that as meaning that WAR will have normal and PvP servers, just like WoW, with PvP servers having PvP enabled everywhere, and normal servers having PvP enabled only in the specific PvP zones. I'll so be going for the normal, PvP-lite version here.
- posted by Tobold @ 4:43 PM Permanent Link