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Mythic's MMO, Warhammer Online, published by Electronic Arts unveiled that the game has exceeded 800,000 subscribers, according to recently released Electronic Arts financial documents. Within the document it states, 1.2 million copies of WAR has been sold since its release in September.

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I never thought I would say this, but I think technology is moving too fast.  Perhaps I'm growing old, but it seems as if this generation has hardly learned to crawl and already there are rumors of the next generation of consoles due in 3 years.

Within the last 24 hours, rumors for both the PS4 and Wii HD have surfaced on the web.  Just for safety's sake, they're rumors, again, rumors.  That being said, it's not implausible that both are interested in getting onto the market first after seeing how much having a first place spot helped the Xbox 360 and PS2 (Let's ignore Dreamcast for argument's sake.) 

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Mythic Entertainment and Electronic Arts today announced that Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR), will ship tomorrow to retail stores across North America, Europe, and Oceania in preparation for launch on September 18^th. 

“This is truly a historic day for both EA and Mythic as we prepare to send more copies of WAR to retailers than any other newly launched MMORPG in North America and Europe. Over the course of our beta, over a million gamers throughout the world sent a clear signal to us - they want WAR, and we are more than happy to oblige them,” said Mark Jacobs, co-founder and general manager of Mythic Entertainment. “In three days the real battle begins – we have declared September 18^th the ‘Day of Reckoning,’ and WAR will soon be upon us!”

WAR set a company record for the most retail pre-orders placed by consumers for a PC title in EA’s 26 year history. Overall, the company has sold 1.5 million units of WAR to retailers.

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There's been some questions as to the game's quality, to be sure, but there's certainly some potential here: Amy of Two (Army Harder?) is a co-op shooter where your burly buddy can either be controlled via a real-life friend or, for lack of one of those, by AI and prompted by voice commands issued by yourself via the Xbox Live headset.

A new trailer released today. It features a lot of shooting and jumping and such. It's embedded after the jump.

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The PlayStation Portable isn't the only device getting Skype (Internet phone) access from Sony, as a quick check on Sony's CES 2008 blog reveals that its Mylo 2 (looks familiar, doesn't it?) will also utilize Skype for free.

So if you're crazy about Skype, own a "phat" PSP, and don't want to upgrade to the newer model of the same thing, a Mylo 2 might be an option. The Mylo 2 contains features for instant messaging and Web access along with Skype.

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According to GamePolitics, the Florida Bar trial against Mystery Florida Attorney (MFA) has completed, but after hearing him talk for two weeks, the judge needs some serious alone time. The ruling has been delayed until next month so Judge Dava Tunis can review the transcripts and maybe clean some crazy out of her ears.

After the trial had wrapped up, MFA's last motion with the Federal court to vacate the trial was denied. So he went ahead and filed another one.

Until then, MFA is free to sow discontent and further his reputation as a lawyer.

Watch this space for more updates.

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At E3 2006, the biggest show in the history of the event, I was shepherded through the thumping mosh pit that was the EA booth by a company rep and led behind a rope and up a flight of stairs into their media demonstration area. It was there that I first saw Amy of Two.

I didn't get to play it; rather, I watched it being played in a room outfitted with two televisions and four Xbox 360s (a debug and retail version for each TV). The small, unventilated room was like a furnace thanks to the heat-machine 360s, but despite the involuntary sauna treatment, I absolutely loved what I saw. Army of Two is a game featuring two protagonists, the secondary character can either be controlled by a buddy in co-op mode or controlled by AI following voice commands given by you.

The voice command feature rocked my socks. The player would speak into his Xbox Live headset commands such as "shoot those guys," "cover me," "help me up," "I need ammo, and so on. I wanted that game so badly and I wanted it to be good.

Xbox World, who had a chance to play around with the code that would have shipped this month, says that what they saw was absolutely horrible.

The game received many release pushbacks, including a recent release-change from November/December 2007 to first-quarter 2008. The extra few months will have to be spent doing some serious fixing, Xbox World says.

They say the two characters are supposed to seem "rebelious" but actually come off as completely unlikeable, and that the entire story is chock full of a ridiculous amount of violence and swear words and comes off as adolescent. Hmm, that sounds like another game I played recently. Unlike Kane & Lynch, though, Army of Two isn't being shoved out the door and the delay may actually give the developers a chance to straighten things up.

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We at GameBump have a policy about not mentioning the name of a certain troll/bully lawyer unless we absolutely have to. This not yet being one of those instances, I'd just like to say that -- whoever he is -- he faces trial today against the Florida Bar who seeks to disbar him for his legal antics as of the last few years.

His attempts to delay the trial this weekend failed, and as much as he decries the discrimination against him for his "Christian activism," because Christians are the most repressed minority in America, the trial will go on as schedule. The court has apparently even cleared out its whole schedule this week just for this.

Will MFA be disbarred? Without any legal leg to stand on, will he still try to poach grieving families and convince them to blame video games? Will he still be invited to appear on Fox News every time someone under the age of 25 commits any act of violence? Who knows. I can't see him going gently into that good night just because of a massive embarrassment like this.

If he were disbarred he would no longer be a lawyer, but one doesn't necessarily need to be a lawyer to file a civil suit for one's self.

Check out GamePolitics for full coverage.

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Ubisoft has announced that they are working on a new iteration of America's Army for the Xbox 360, America's Army: True Soldier.

Ubisoft has signed on action/shooter developer Red Storm Entertainment who plans to bring the Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 engine to the game. The title will feature single and multiplayer modes and give players the option to battle it out with a variety of fighters including snipers, rifleman and grenadiers. Meanwhile, the multiplayer will include eight maps for Xbox Live.

No date has been announced yet, although True Soldier is expected to release in September.

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Originally written by Brian Mohr

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