Electronic Arts today announced that Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning from EA Mythic has surpassed 500,000 closed beta registrants in North America and Europe. Beta testing resumes next week with a special sneak peek at the new Dark Elf lands and careers. Thanks to the tremendous response from fans around the world, the development team has a strong pool of gamers to engage in WAR's final tuning stages. WAR is slated for official launch in Q2 of calendar year 2008. The Beta Center is still open and accepting recruits at betacenter.eamythic.com/signup.php .