Featured on Xbox360Fanboy, the trailer for Warhammer: Battle March is pretty self explanatory - factions fight to the death. Releasing in two flavors, as an expansion pack for Warhammer: Mark of Chaos on the PC and as a retail console release, Battle March continues the real-time strategy Warhammer storyline. Published by Bandai Namco the upcoming release will hopefully add some juice to the experience which at this point is as dry as the paint on our pewter miniatures....

MMORPG.com has posted part two of their interview with Mythic Entertainment's Mark Jacobs, VP and General Manager of the development studio. In the interview, Jacobs reveals that Mythic has partnered with Punkbuster to crack down on the cheaters expected to inhabit Warhammer Online's servers."We think this is a huge win for the players," Jacobs said in regards to the partnership. "We are an RvR-centric game and anything that gives a player an advantage over another player in an RvR-centric game is a very bad thing. We take this stuff incredibly seriously, our history shows that. We wanted, by doing this deal with Punkbuster, to show the players that we're willing to go an extra step for them."Jacobs also confessed that Warhammer Online's reported six capital cities has been downsized to two in the interest of fun gameplay. "We decided to focus our energies on two capital cities; one for Order and one for Destruction, and make them fabulous, said Jacobs. "Not good, not great, but fabulous. We wanted to make our Capital Cities the best cities in any MMO. We think we're doing that, but it came at a price and that price is that the other cities aren't going in the game right now."Visit MMORPG.com to read the full interview....

Did you know that EA Mythic's Warhammer Online has "a queue button on your UI that lets you cycle through available scenarios to play"? How about the distribution of loot, which works on an aggro basis: "basically, if you're doing the job of your class well (dps, tanking, healing), you'll be awarded the loot you deserve"?At the Gamers Day event held in Baltimore this past weekend, those interesting tidbits, in addition to 48 others, were revealed by EA Mythic. The folks over at waaagh, a Warhammer Online blog, have taken the liberty of organizing all Warhammer facts for your reading pleasure. Head over there now, lest you enjoy remaining ignorant of the fact that "Marauders have debuffs they can throw on casters or melee that, when their skills are used, causes them to take damage."...

The first trailer for developer Relic's Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II has arrived, available for viewing on publisher THQ's site. Depicting crumbling bridges, exploding pylons, massive mechs, and wanton orc abuse, the anticipated RTS sequel's release date has yet to be announced.Big Download will offer an HD version of the trailer as soon as it becomes available. In the meantime, make sure to watch the trailer at THQ's site....

All week long, Massively.com has been offering up feature after feature on EA Mythic's in-development MMO, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. The Massively goes to WAR feature series takes you front to back through almost every moment of our time at Mythic's Virginia headquarters. To wrap it all up, we've got a handy-dandy clickable guide to the series. Whether you're into hardcore PvP, dungeon delving, crafting, or are a total MMO newb, we've got you covered. Click on through, and explore the world of Warhammer. Gallery: Warhammer Online Screenshot Gallery ...

Currently in development, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR) is positioning itself to be the ultimate blend of PvP and PvE gameplay. All aspects of the game, from the Living Guild system (where the whole guild gains levels and bonuses) to the Public Quests (quests that can anyone nearby can help complete) work in support of WAR's brand of massive battlefield action called Realm-vs.-Realm (RvR). Big Download chats with EA Mythic's Jeff Hickman, Senior Producer for Warhammer Online for insight on the game's features and how RvR will change the face of PvP gameplay. Read the interview after the jump....

Comic fans and gamers often overlap. We've seen a lot of game-related comics over the years, from Halo to World of Warcraft, and now we can add Warhammer to the mix. BOOM! Studios, who tend to make quite a lot of comics based on nerdy IP like Blood Bowl and Gears of Wars, have released issue 1 of their Warhammer comic. While this is news for any comic fan, the real deal is that it comes with a beta key to Warhammer Online. You heard us correctly. Buying this comic will give you access to the WAR beta. You can pick it up off their website or at your local comic store (hopefully)....

Namco Bandai is mostly a console game publisher but they do release the occasional PC game.The company held a recent press event to show off their upcoming titles and one of those games just happened to be Warhammer Mark of Chaos: Battle March, an upcoming expansion pack to the 2006 released fantasy RTS title.Developed once again by Black Hole Games and based of course on the Games Workshop war game series, the expansion will add new units, factions and an all new single player campaign to the original Mark of Chaos title. The new screenshots released by Namco Bandai show off the graphical goodness of the expansion which apparently includes units that ride upon walking dragon-lizard things. You can't go too wrong with walking dragon-lizard things. Expect Warhammer Mark of Chaos Battle March to be released in September alongside the Xbox 360 Warhammer Battle March game (which will contain the original title and the expansion's content)....