MMORPGs, originating in the mid-to-late 1990s, become a popular PC trend and virtual online worlds become a reality as games such as RuneScape ( 2001 ), Final Fantasy XI ( 2002 ), Eve Online ( 2003 ), Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided ( 2003 ), World of Warcraft ( 2004 ), and Everquest II ( 2004 ), The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar ( 2007 ) and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning ( 2008 ) are released.

Many MMORPGS such as RuneScape, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, Warhammer Online, Lord of the Rings Online and Final Fantasy XI strictly prohibit buying gold, items, or any other product linked with the game, with real world cash.

Final Fantasy XI and Warhammer Online both have entire task forces dedicated to the removal of real money trading from the game.

On June 20, 2006 EA purchased Mythic Entertainment, who are finished making Warhammer Online.

* Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning ( 2008 ) by Mythic Entertainment

* Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Official Game Site

On March 6, 2009, Mythic's Mark Jacobs announced on the Warhammer Online VN Boards that plans for the Origins server for DAoC were put on hold indefinitely:

* Warhammer Online, a MMORPG

This followed in the wake of other MMORPG cancellations in 2004, including True Fantasy Live Online, Mythica, and Warhammer Online ( which was revived in 2005 ).

* Warhammer Online, abbreviation used internally by Games Workshop staff

* Andrew Meggs ( lead programmer )-joined Mythic Entertainment to work on Warhammer Online.

* Warhammer Fantasy Battle has been adapted as computer games: the 1995 Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, its 1998 sequel Warhammer: Dark Omen, Warhammer: Mark of Chaos and the MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning which was released on 18 September 2008.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning ( officially abbreviated as WAR ) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy setting.

Another Warhammer Online game which has been titled as Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes is a free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena game.

Unlike most RTS games, which feature four ( Age of Empires ), three ( Company of Heroes ), two ( Warcraft, StarCraft, Warhammer 40, 000: Dawn of War, and Rise of Legends, the sequel to Rise of Nations ), or one ( Homeworld, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, and The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II ) resource, there are six resources in Rise of Nations, five of which ( Food, Timber, Metal, Oil, and Wealth ) are used mostly to build units and buildings.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning features Mythic's Realm versus Realm ( RvR ) combat system, originally developed in Dark Age of Camelot.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is a Realm versus Realm ( RvR ) game with two factions: Order and Destruction.

** Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Mythic Entertainment released Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning on September 18, 2008.

Dark Age of Camelot support and development continues, in parallel with other EA Mythic projects, such as the 2005-announced Warhammer Online.

During the E3 trade show, on May 18, 2005, Mythic announced that it had licensed the Warhammer Fantasy IP and was starting to work on a new MMO, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.

* Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning ( 2008 )

* Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, a 2008 MMO video game

Hammerers were originally going to be a playable class in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, fulfilling the Melee DPS role for the Dwarfs, however they were dropped before release due to design flaws and later replaced by the Slayer class.

In other fantasy and role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons ( D & D, see plant creatures ), EverQuest, Thief 2: The Metal Age, Magic: The Gathering, Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Square Enix's Final Fantasy series, Warlords series and the Warcraft PC game series, Tolkien-like Ents are known as " Treants ", " Dendroids ", " Treemen ", " Woodskins " and " Treefolk ", for trademark reasons, much like Hobbits are only referred to as Halflings in such works.

Vaults include those for games such as World of Warcraft, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Final Fantasy XI, EverQuest II, Lineage and Lineage II, Guild Wars, Star Wars Galaxies, Dark Age of Camelot and many more.

Andy Brick has composed and / or orchestrated music for game titles that include Maxis ’ Sim City: Rush Hour, Midway Entertainments ’ Stranglehold, Electronic Arts ’ Sims 2 and Warhammer Online: Day of Reckoning as well as Nintendo's Super Mario Bros., Bungie's Halo 3, and Square Enix Final Fantasy series.

Jervis Johnson, designer of the game, has admitted this was not the best direction for the game, and has since stated that the Blood Bowl world is similar to, but definitely not the same as, the Warhammer world.

" Warhammer 40, 000: Dawn of War II " lead designer Jonny Ebbert commented that " We're really happy the IP has made its way home, and yeah, we're definitely looking at it.

However, a list written by Tuomas Pirinen, a Games Workshop designer, appeared in the Citadel Journal in 1995, and in 2004 Games Workshop released a Kislev army supplement similar to other Warhammer Fantasy Army Books.

He is best known for his Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40, 000 novels, and his previous role as games designer for Games Workshop.

The company also holds long-term rights to Bratz from MGA Entertainment and Warhammer 40, 000 from Games Workshop.

His notable music compositions are used in titles such as Dungeon Keeper 2, Populous: The Beginning, Warhammer: Dark Omen, Wing Commander amiga version, Duke Nukem 3D Total Meltdown, and he has since had sound design credits in games such as the Develop Magazine Audio Accomplishment nominated Race Driver: GRID, Develop Magazine Best art and sound nominated Sudeki, Shox, Formula One, and Theme Park World-which won a BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards award in 2000 for ' best sound in a video game '.

Warhammer 40, 000: Dawn of War is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment based on Games Workshop's popular tabletop wargame Warhammer 40, 000.

It was announced in the October 2007 issue of Games for Windows Magazine that Iron Lore Entertainment was assisting with the development of the Relic Entertainment title Warhammer 40, 000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm, which was the third and final expansion for Dawn of War.

Since then Artistry Entertainment has grown and scored a string of highly successful games such as the Guild Wars series, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Warhammer 40, 000: Dawn of War, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

Games such as Meridian 59, EverQuest, Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot were routinely called graphical MUDs in their earlier years.

* Bjelica, Drago The Bible For The New Age ( Online ).

* In the game Age of Empires Online, an army of computer-controlled opponents, who call themselves the Followers of Autolycus, must be defeated during several quests.

The most successful games after Ultima Online have been EverQuest ( released in March 1999 ), Asheron's Call ( released in November 1999 ), Dark Age of Camelot ( released in October 2001 ), Final Fantasy XI ( released in May 2002 ), World of Warcraft ( released in November 2004 ).

Beginning with the first expansion ( Ultima Online: The Second Age ), the original world gained the " Lost Lands ", with additional land, dungeons, creatures, and terrain.

* Malas: The fifth expansion pack ( Ultima Online: Age of Shadows ) added a world called Malas, including a Player versus Player arena and space for 1500 new homes.

* Ultima Online: The Second Age ( 1 October 1998 ) featured a new area of land called the Lost Lands, along with an in-game chat system and new creatures.

* Ultima Online: Age of Shadows ( 11 February 2003 ) brought the landmass of Malas with space for new housing, two new character classes ( Paladin and Necromancer ) and the ability to customize house designs.

This release was contained in a small cardboard box containing a triple-CD jewel case, featuring Ultima Online: Age of Shadows, but also included Ultima IX: Ascension install and play discs as a special bonus.

* Ultima Online: The Eighth Age ( 25 September 2005 ) was a boxed game CD with an array of in-game tokens.

Bardiya, called Gaumata in this case, plays a minor role in the video game Age of Empires Online.

* The Age of Rossetti, Burne-Jones and Watts: Symbolism in Britain 1860-1910 Online version of exhibit at the Tate Britain 16 October 1997 – 4 January 1998, with 100 works by Burne-Jones, at Art Magick

* Dragonlance-Official The Fifth Age Online Comic

It is best known for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG ) titles Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, and its The Longest Journey series of adventure games.

The Cinemas of Interactions: Cinematics and the ‘ Game Effect ’ in the Age of Digital Attractions, Forthcoming ( December ) in Senses of Cinema Journal, Online Journal AFI / RMIT, Melbourne, Issue 57.

* Tom Chilton was lead designer on Ultima Online: Age of Shadows and went on to be a lead designer for Blizzard Entertainment.

His current project is Age of Empires Online.

* Biography Online Gallery Ephemea freely downloadable at Fairyworx, Part of the Golden Age of Illustrators Collection

The Watcher drops rare First Age weapons in The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria, requiring a 12-man raid to beat it.

Dark Age of Camelot was the first graphical MMORPG to debut a formal dueling system ingame ( Ballista ); other MMORPGs such as City of Heroes, Anarchy Online, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, Lineage 2, Wurm Online, and RuneScape feature PvP as competitive, consensual dueling in a group setting.