Preview Weekend was such a success with the community that we had two dedicated Allakhazam forum members eager to talk about their experiences and how they see the state of the game at this time. Please welcome Tenebrae and Allegory as they talk about Preview Weekend!

Please introduce yourself and tell us what your favorite realm, army, and careers are so far in WAR.

Tenebrae: "My name is Tenebrae. In the MMO community most people know me as Tepetkhet or Tep. I started off playing D&D in high school in the 80's (yes, I'm older). My daughter got World of Warcraft for a Xmas present from her father. I was sucked in by the shinies and bought my own copy shortly after...and that was my first experience with a true MMORPG.

For Warhammer Online, Dark Elves seem to be a logical choice. I like the imagery and the ferocity. I tend to side with the "evil" characters because, gosh darn it; they just have better fashion sense. ;) I'm really digging on the Witch Elves and the Disciples of Khaine so far."

Allegory : "I'm a long time poster of the Allakhazam forums. I found the site a few years ago when I was searching for FFXI information, and I it has carried me through FFXI, WoW, Lotro, and hopefully WAR. I plan to roll a Greenskin Shaman, but I have to say Runepriest might actually be my favorite career."

Tenebrae and Allegory talk further about the community, their preferences in choosing a realm, and more. Click on the "More..." link below to read the rest of the interview. Thank you Tenebrae and Allegory!

The client download for participation in the Open Beta is now available for download at FilePlanet. If you have Pre-Ordered and have received your Open Beta key, click the following link to download the client.

Warhammer Open Beta Client

This is only for players resident in North America, Australia and New Zealand.

The servers for Open Beta will be online Sept. 7th.

Huge thanks to Allakhazam forum poster Tranquility for this find !

At long last, the 12GB Open Beta client is now available for download through our website. This download is open for anyone who is logged in at our website, but only Open Beta testers will be able to run the client. Open Beta testers include all current beta testers, Collector's Edition pre-order customers as well as customers who bought a Standard Edition pre-order via one of our premium partners. To download the client without Open Beta access will only slow the download for other users so we kindly ask you to respect this.

Please note: current beta testers will be able to patch their clients; no new download is needed if you already have one.

Get downloading folks!

In even more exciting news today, Mythic announced that Warhammer Online has gone gold !  This means the game is completed in its current state and will be sent to production lines for later distribution to retailers.  Check it out:

FAIRFAX, Va. - August 26, 2008 - GET READY FOR THE WORLDWIDE WAAAGH! Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Mythic Entertainment today announced that the highly-anticipated MMORPG, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning™ (WAR), has gone gold and will open its servers on September 18, 2008 at an MSRP of $49.99 in North America.

"We've done our best to create the next great MMORPG experience, but it's the fans that will bring our world to life," said Mark Jacobs, vice president at EA and general manager of Mythic Entertainment. "The Day of Reckoning approaches and it's going to be glorious! It's time to go to WAR."

To view the rest of the announcement, head on over to the official site .

Now that many of you have had a chance to dip your feet in the game and see whether the water is warm or ice-chilled, we want to hear what you think!  Here are a few polls and other links in our forums that I've selected for you this weekend based on 'Preview Weekend' topics and other highlights!:

Click the link below to vote for the Allakhazam ORDER server:

ORDER AKZ server poll

Click the link below to vote for the Allakhazam DESTRUCTION server:

DESTRUCTION AKZ server poll

Kirana has started a race and class discussion here:

What character path are you choosing?

And last but surely not least, visit the 'Preview Weekend' discussion:

Preview Weekend forum discussion

We want to hear what you have to say about the game so far this weekend.  Also note at the end of the post our request for your screenshots.  Give us your best ! We'll add them to a collection here later next week.