If you are not busy checking out Spore as it ships to stores today, there's another major PC gaming event happening on a normally quiet Sunday. That's the launch of the open beta for Warhammer Online, the long awaited fantasy MMO from developer Mythic Entertainment and publisher Electronic Arts. It's the last chance you will be able to play the game for free before the official launch begin on September 18.

Our sister site Massively reports that some players are unable to log into the beta test but that's to be expected as Mythic was planning on hundreds of thousands of beta testers to be checking out the game. So if you were planning to join the event be prepared to experience some delays.