As for official news, not much has come out since the last newsletter, so we’re all anxiously awaiting the November release. There was GenCon in Anaheim, CA, but unfortunately I couldn’t make it there and lost out on some first hand info gathering.
The only official news of sorts have been adjustments to the beta schedule, which have seemingly been made more official now with the EA stamp of approval.
In unofficial news, several new interviews have been posted around the major sites, including a bit on the Chaos army over at Gamespy.
As for the Warrior of Tzeentch
He’s a warrior of Chaos who has given himself to the cause of Tzeentch. He’s a warrior who has decided that he and he alone is going to become the great power on the planet. He has decked himself in armor; he’s like a big tank with enormous swords, and he has decorated it with all the elements of Tzeentch. Tzeentch is comprised of eyeballs, the color blue and eternal fire. He’s all about feathers and birds and claws and beaks. What’s marvelous about this is that not only is this piece of armor fantastic and completely captures what we’re doing, it’s not even one of the top sets of armor! How great is that?
What you’re looking at there is a chosen warrior, someone who is absolutely into Chaos, absolutely given to Tzeentch, the Changer of the Ways, the Great Manipulato. He’s going to slaughter anyone who stands in his way — or on his side — or anyone who’s near the top of the pyramid, ’cause that is the way of Chaos. Although they will fight on the ground with great swords, there will come a point when they will be able to fight strongly… by not having their feet on the ground.
I can’t wait! Additionally, he spoke of the Sorcerer of Tzeentch as well…
So you ask yourself, what do Sorcerers of Tzeentch do? They fly around on disks with great big spikes that glow and they grab energy from out of the air and they can turn it into fire and lightning that they can throw around. They’re resplendent in their enormous fluted shoulder pads and helmets in the Tzeentchian colors. He’s not like an old-fashioned wizard: bloke, beard, hat, stick. As for his gimmick? He’s on a flying disk, armored, claws, and throws lighting bolts at you! Will you shut up?
Chaos is fantastic. It’s been the one area that the artists have been mad on … After working relentlessly on Dwarves and Greenskins, you really do need a bit of breathing room. You need a bit of Chaos corruption in your life. It makes you happy.
Finally, I posted a few new videos that you should definitely check out. They are interview bits from Paul Barnett addressing some Q&A from IGN Vault.
