Open Beta Starts Today and Gives Gamers the Chance to Face-off Online
with Their Favorite Warhammer Hero in 3-Sided, Fast, Fun PvP Combat
FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA), today
announced that Warhammer® Online: Wrath of Heroes™, a new
Player-Versus-Player (PvP) Play4Free game based on the critically
acclaimed MMORPG, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning™, has
entered open beta. Starting today, gamers around the world can challenge
others to highly competitive, fast and frenetic arena-style PvP combat
for free*.
"BioWare Mythic has a strong heritage in creating fun, intense PvP
combat, and they've stepped up their game to deliver a whole new
challenge to even more players with Wrath of Heroes," said Dr.
Ray Muzyka, Co-founder, BioWare and General Manager, BioWare Label. "I'm
really proud of the team for creating a fiercely competitive, fast-paced
online PvP arena experience; Wrath of Heroes has compelling progression
and awesome depth in strategy and tactics, — all in a highly accessible
free to play game."
"With Wrath of Heroes, BioWare has taken some of the most
exciting elements of Warhammer Online and created a wonderfully
compelling experience that will delight our existing fans and introduce
even more players to the unique and diverse Warhammer world,"
said Jon Gillard, Head of Licensing, Games Workshop Group PLC.
Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes is advancing online PvP
games by delivering instant, fast-paced and competitive three-sided
6v6v6 PvP arena gameplay — for free! As the latest entry in EA's
Play4Free portfolio, the game throws three teams into battle against
each other, where players can choose from a wide range of unique heroes
from the Warhammer universe on the fly. This cutthroat setup creates
highly dynamic matches where teams constantly live on the edge of
victory or defeat and alliances are quickly formed and just as quickly
forgotten. With the instant playability of battles that last an intense
15 minutes, a small download size, and no cost to enter, Wrath of
Heroes can scratch the competitive PvP itch for gamers of any type.
Players worldwide can sign up for the open beta and download the client
by visiting the game's official web site at www.wrathofheroes.com.
For more information on Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes, please
follow the game on Twitter
at http://twitter.com/wrathofheroes
or "Like" the game on Facebook
at http://www.facebook.com/wrathofheroes.
About Games Workshop
Games Workshop Group PLC (LSE:GAW.L) is based in Nottingham, UK. Games
Workshop designs, manufactures, retails, and distributes its range of Warhammer®
and Warhammer® 40,000 games, miniature soldiers, novels and model
kits through more than 392 of its own Hobby centers, the Internet and
independent retail channels in more than 50 countries worldwide. Further
details on the company can be obtained at www.games-workshop.com.
About Play4Free
Electronic Arts is committed to driving the industry with its digital
transformation. Offering a diverse portfolio of premium games, EA's
Play4Free titles are developed by Easy studios in Stockholm, Sweden;
Phenomic Studios in Ingelheim, Germany; and the Vancouver-based
Play4Free team. With a low barrier to entry and over 25 million players
around the globe, EA's world-class Play4Free titles allow gamers to play
in the universe of existing and new franchises. Play4Free games are
distributed worldwide in a wide selection of languages. For more
information, please visit www.play4free.com.
About BioWare
The BioWare Label is a division of EA which crafts high quality
multiplatform role-playing, MMO and strategy games, focused on
emotionally engaging, rich stories with unforgettable characters and
vast worlds to discover. Since 1995, BioWare has created some of the
world's most critically acclaimed titles and franchises, including Baldur's
Gate™, Neverwinter Nights™, Star Wars®: Knights of
the Old Republic™, Jade Empire™, Mass Effect™ and Dragon
Age™. BioWare also operates the award-winning MMOs Warhammer®
Online: Age of Reckoning®, Dark Age of Camelot™ and Ultima
Online™.
BioWare currently operates in eight locations across the world,
including Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), Montreal (Quebec, Canada), Austin
(Texas), Fairfax (Virginia), San Francisco (California), Los Angeles
(California). Sacramento (California) and Galway (Ireland). In 2008,
BioWare was acquired by Electronic Arts, a leading global interactive
entertainment publisher. In 2011 EA created the BioWare Label, alongside
EA Games, EA Sports and EA Play. For more information on BioWare, visit www.bioware.com,
or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/biofeed.
To join the millions of fans already registered with the BioWare
community, go to http://social.bioware.com.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) is a global leader in digital interactive
entertainment. The Company's game franchises are offered as both
packaged goods products and online services delivered through
Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and
tablets. EA has more than 100 million registered players and operates in
75 countries.
In fiscal 2011, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.6 billion.
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, EA is recognized for
critically acclaimed, high-quality blockbuster franchises such as The
Sims™, Madden NFL, FIFA Soccer, Need for Speed™,
Battlefield, and Mass Effect™. More information about EA
is available at http://info.ea.com.
Bioware, Mass Effect, Dragon Age and Jade Empire are trademarks of EA
International (Studio and Publishing) Ltd. The Sims and Need for Speed
are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. John Madden, NFL and FIFA are the
property of their respective owners and used with permission. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes © Games Workshop Limited 2012. Games
Workshop, Warhammer, Warhammer Online, Wrath of Heroes, Age of
Reckoning, the foregoing marks' respective logos and all associated
marks, logos, places, names, creatures, races and race
insignia/devices/logos/symbols, vehicles, locations, weapons, units and
unit insignia, characters, products and illustrations from the Warhammer
World and Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes game setting are either ®,
TM and/or © Games Workshop Ltd 2000-2012, variably registered in the UK
and other countries around the world.
*INTERNET CONNECTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF BETA AGREEMENT REQUIRED.
SEE FINAL PRODUCT DETAILS, EULA AND CONTENT PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY
AT WWW.EA.COM/1/PRODUCT-EULAS
IF AND WHEN AVAILABLE.
EA's BioWare Label
Alana Logan, 650-628-9240
Publicist
alogan@bioware.com
Stephanie
Driscoll, 650-628-7890
PR Coordinator
sdriscoll@ea.com
Andrew
Wong, 650-628-2781
Director of PR
anwong@ea.com
Source: Electronic Arts
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