The Future of WAR
DateTime:7/8/2009 5:21:12 PM

Mythic Entertainment's Mark Jacobs talks game updates and the MMO space.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is a success, so says developer Mythic Entertainment, with over 750,000 worldwide account holders. As we're about one month beyond launch, it's time to look into WAR's future. Mark Jacobs, VP and GM of Mythic Entertainment, recently posted on the game's official site an update entitled 'State of the Game,' detailing what's being targeted for updates in the coming months. We submitted a list of questions via email today to Mark to see if he could expand on what he said, provide some perspective on the MMO space in general, and answer a few other questions we had.

IGN: Obviously the big news is that two more careers are coming soon, the Knight of the Blazing Sun for Empire and Dark Elf Black Guard. When these careers are put into the live game, it'll round out each army grouping with one tank each. They were originally in the game, then removed during the beta testing phase. So first off, can you give us some insight as to why they were originally pulled?

Mark Jacobs: We pulled the careers because at the time, they weren't good enough to be included at launch. With the time to focus on two careers (instead of four) and a few additional months of development, we expect that the Black Guard and the Knight of the Blazing Sun will be great enough to be put in WAR.