The Warhammer faithful have cause to rejoice: the street date for the highly anticipated Warhammer: Age of Reckoning has finally been announced.

Marc Jacobs, founder and general manager of Mythic Entertainment, released a statement on WAR’s website this morning along with the announcement heralding the release.

“The countdown has officially begun. Mark your calendars! September 18th is the Day of Reckoning,” said Jacobs. “For the last three years, the entire team at Mythic has poured their hearts into making Warhammer Online the next great MMORPG. We are so excited to open up this world and share it with the fans that will live in it, quest in it, go to war in it and make it come alive.”

Subscription rates were also announced this morning at $14.99 per month, $41.97 for three months, and $77.94 for six months.

Pre-order customers will also be allowed to participate in the WAR open beta, a “head-start” program that allows player to gear up and level before launch, as well as bonus in-game gear from specific retailers.

Developer Mythic Entertainment has been notorious for pushing the release date that many gamers felt the game would be in a permanent state of development limbo. Citing technical issues such the inability to produce individual capitol cities for all playable races and no racially specific traits for orcs and dwarves, many gamers felt that this title would exist in closed beta in perpetuity.

Now that an open beta is available, it is only a matter of time before gamers may make the final determination amongst themselves.

Source: warhammeronline.com

Tags: EA, Mythic Entertainment, Warhammer Online, Warhammer: Age of Reckoning

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1 Comment » Wade on August 6, 2008 11:30 am Finally. I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while. Hopefully it’ll live up to the high expectations I have for it. RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.