Warhammer: Wrath of Heroes announced, is free to play

BioWare announced Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes today, a free to play 6v6v6 PVP combat game currently accepting beta sign-ups.

Steve Watts

August 16, 2011 7:45 AM

At today's EA Gamescom press conference, BioWare's Ray Muzyka took the stage to talk about his division's plans, and announced a new Warhammer game in the process: Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes. The game focuses on three-team PVP combat, with 6 players each. The game is part of EA's Play4Free (free-to-play) push, and is coming this fall. You can sign up for the beta today at the game's official site.

Check out screens and the first video of the game in action below.

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August 16, 2011 7:45 AM

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BioWare announced Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes today, a free to play 6v6v6 PVP combat game currently accepting beta sign-ups.
- djustifier
  
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  August 16, 2011 7:51 AM
  
  Couldn't really tell from the video, but it seemed like the visual quality of the game wasn't all that great. I'm definitely not a graphics whore, but when it looked like they took the Warhammer MMO and made it into a fast-paced arena game.
  - the-deviant
    
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    August 16, 2011 8:20 AM
    
    Yeah I must say I didn't remember them being that bad.
  - Godhatesfatpeople
    
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    August 16, 2011 3:35 PM
    
    I can't get over how awful the effects look. Like they have a bad photoshop filter running on top of them
- geedeck
  
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  August 16, 2011 7:51 AM
  
  So it's Team Warhammertress?
- Cheeziologist
  
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  August 16, 2011 7:56 AM
  
  :(
  I was excited for a moment, but that looks real bad based on the video
- Lord Skellington
  
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  August 16, 2011 8:09 AM
  
  Got really excited reading then, then made the mistake of watching the trailer. It looks horrible.
  - hamachi
    
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    August 16, 2011 3:27 PM
    
    me too. ugh. why release a vid like that?
- exit button
  
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  August 16, 2011 8:11 AM
  
  Blood bowl is more entertaining than that looks
- duffman03
  
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  August 16, 2011 8:15 AM
  
  SPACE MARIIIINE
  - [deleted] 1856106348
    
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    August 16, 2011 8:26 AM
    
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- deadbeatsaint
  
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  August 16, 2011 3:14 PM
  
  Wow.. horrible - and I love the Warhammer franchise but I don't want to see it get perverted into this style of gameplay. Plus the graphics look horrid and I think I'd rather just boot up Tribes (now that its back *finally* thank god for all the new servers that are up)
- OverloadUT
  
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  August 16, 2011 3:22 PM
  
  Wow that looked really terrible
- Godhatesfatpeople
  
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  August 16, 2011 3:23 PM
  
  That looks terrible
- Wisp!
  
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  August 16, 2011 3:32 PM
  
  Uh....
- ColdbringeR
  
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  August 16, 2011 4:50 PM
  
  Not only does the video look bad, but the screenshots look terrible as well. What is with the horrendous texture quality? It looks like they were going for a Borderlands-esque graphical approach, but failed miserably.
- Visceral Monkey
  
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  August 16, 2011 5:53 PM
  
  What is this shit? Jesus. I loved Warhammer at one point :(
- f4lln
  
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  August 16, 2011 6:14 PM
  
  So we are recycling WAR Age of Reckoning PvP and releasing it as a seperate game?
  - rivalbo
    
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    August 16, 2011 8:07 PM
    
    Seems that way.
- [deleted] 793868853
  
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  August 16, 2011 8:10 PM
  
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  - Visceral Monkey
    
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    August 16, 2011 9:28 PM
    
    Soon? It's already garbage. The old Bioware is dead and buried.
- melkore
  
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  August 16, 2011 9:32 PM
  
  So Mythic took the PvP of Warhammer Online, added another team and make it look worse. Well done.
- Teirdome
  
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  August 17, 2011 10:34 AM
  
  EA's play4free brand has become pay4win. While I enjoyed PvP in WAR, that this title will be released under play4free has me completely disinterested.
- electric_wizard
  
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  August 17, 2011 4:35 PM
  
  1999 called... it wants it's game back.