Electronic Arts announced today that more than 200,000 players have signed up for the Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR) closed beta test

The Warhammer Online Beta Center opened simultaneously in North America and Europe on May 30th, and the 200,000 registration mark was surpassed over the weekend, less than ten days after launch. This makes the beta test of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning one of the most rapidly growing beta tests in the history of the MMORPG category. The Beta Center is still open and accepting applications for those late comers looking for a piece of the action at https://betacenter.eamythic.com/signup.php.

Mark Jacobs, VP and General Manager of EA Mythic said, "We would like to thank the community for their tremendous response to Warhammer Online. The overwhelming worldwide reaction to the beta test has been phenomenal. The team has been working incredibly hard to create a genre-defining experience, and the beta sign-ups certainly validate the direction we're taking the game. Player input and testing will be crucial in our efforts to complete the game, and we look forward to beta participants' help in shaping Warhammer Online."

Based on Games Workshop's epic tabletop fantasy war game, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning features Realm vs. Realm(tm) (RvR) game play and is scheduled for release on the PC in the first quarter of calendar 2008.