<cite>Warhammer Online</cite> Pushed to 2008

EA Mythic's Mark Jacobs has confirmed that the U.S. and European releases of Warhammer Online have been delayed until the first quarter of 2008. Sorry, guys.

Jacobs' announcement came via the Warhammer Online newsletter, and put a positive spin on the delay, saying that Mythic was "taking full advantage" of the "wonderful development opportunities" that the EA acquisition had afforded them, including taking several extra months to work on the game. The team wasn't happy with some of their work on the game, and rather than just shrug it off and solider on, they're leaping at the chance to go back and give it a makeover:

While these areas were good, they were not great and glorious. We have always said that WAR was going to be great and we will not settle for anything less. So the team has gone back to our initial pairing and conducted an intense review of their work. They have implemented new ideas and applied all that they have learned over the past nine months. What has already emerged from this dedicated time of focused polish is nothing short of spectacular.
In the Dwarf and Greenskin zones there is now more war, more Warhammer, and more of what makes WAR great.

Warhammer Online Delayed [Voodoo Extreme, via Gamasutra]