We just received word from the EA public relations group that the upcoming title Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will launch this September 18th, but before the launch it will get its own novel for gamers to learn more of the backstory that leads up to this epic battle. WAR looks to compete directly with World of Warcraft which means that it will need a vast plot and characters as well as great gameplay to even play in the same league. I like the release of the novel because that means that it will have plenty of material to draw upon to develop a great game. Go grab the novel now and start your homework before the launch.

The legions of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR) fans eagerly
awaiting the game’s launch on September 18th can now immerse themselves
in WAR’s rich lore with the release of EMPIRE IN CHAOS, the first novel
based on the upcoming fantasy MMORPG.

EMPIRE IN CHAOS, written by noted Games Workshop scribe Anthony
Reynolds, is now available in bookstores in North America. The epic
novel follows the journey of Annaliese Jager as she escapes her
destroyed village only to be swept up in an epic battle to save the
Empire from the marauding forces of Chaos. Joined by an injured High
Elf, a grizzled Witch Hunter, and a Dwarf Ironbreaker, she will battle
along side the armies of the Empire and Dwarfs against greenskin tribes
and the dreaded Chaos Raven Host. Together, this unlikely band of heroes
must fight like never before to turn back the tides of darkness, or the
future of the Empire is doomed.