Mythic Entertainment boss Mark Jacobs has revealed that the EA studio is
axing large chunks of content from the launch version of its upcoming MMO, Warhammer Online: Age of
Reckoning in the interview with MMORPG.com.
Yesterday, we learned that EA Mythic would be changing their name back to
Mythic Entertainment. In that article, I mentioned that we would be revealing
three other exclusive pieces of news. Without any further ado:
Punkbuster
First, Mark Jacobs, the VP and General Manager of Mythic Entertainment,
announced to MMORPG.com that the studio has partnered with well-known anti-cheat
company Punkbuster in an effort to make sure that their upcoming RvR game (Warhammer Online) is as
free from cheaters, hacks and the like as possible.
"As you know," said Jacobs in an interview, "we have fought a long battle
against hackers, cheaters and other assorted slimeballs who think that it#DY#s both
fun and fair for them to have an advantage over other players."
"We obviously did a lot of things in Dark Age of Camelot
that worked," he continued. " We banned cheaters whenever we found them. We made
a tremendous effort to sort out and deal with hackers and companies or
individuals who promote this sort of stuff. Did we do a perfect job? Absolutely
not, nobody does, but we did a pretty good job."
In 2008 though, he said, Warhammer is seeing a much wider distribution than
its earlier counterpart and the landscape of MMOs has changed, leading to more
and more people who look to cheat. Rather than facing down these cheaters and
hackers on their own, Mythic is taking on a partner in Punkbuster, a company
with a strong reputation in the online gaming world.
