During its investor call to discuss Electronic Arts' latest financial results, EA confirmed that Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning has been pushed back into EA's 2009 fiscal year, meaning that the game won’t be released any earlier than April of 2008 (and potentially much later).

Following the call, EA Mythic's Mark Jacobs dispatched a general message further explaining the delay. Like most such announcements, Jacobs attributed the delay to EA Mythic's desire to polish the game and add more features, especially for the game's Realm vs. Realm combat system. Jacobs quickly turned the discussion to the game's Beta, which he says will enter a new phase of testing in December.

Jacobs also commented briefly on the recent rumors of layoffs at EA Mythic, aggravated by EA's recent confirmation of job cuts. He confirmed that "While we did let several people go from the Warhammer Online team, the number was quite small and their loss had no impact on our development schedule. These layoffs were part of our normal studio operations..."