These limited-edition items are available now for pre-order at a special introductory price at www.warsteins.com. An additional 500 Legendary Collection steins per design are available, and are signed and numbered. Every stein will also include an exclusive in-game item for players with a valid subscription which can be redeemed on Warhammer Online. Purchasing the “Destruction” Stein nets you a coveted gift from the great hall of the Warlord Tchar’zanek. Drinking from this stein will grant a +15% bonus to Experience, Renown, and Influence for 120 minutes. The purchase of the “Order” stein will arrive with a code for a gift from Emperor Karl Franz. Drinking from this stein will grant a +15% bonus to Experience, Renown, and Influence for 120 minutes.

Epic Collection steins are currently being offered at a special price, $99.99. The super-special Legendary Collection steins go for almost twice that — $189.99. Additional steins will be crafted in the future.

I always know a holiday is coming because the press releases from various MMO companies start coming in detailing their holiday celebration.

Today we have Mythic Entertainment detailing events in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Dark Age of Camelot and Ultima Online all of which start on December 15. Players can have fun with parties, win prizes and receive gifts.

Here are the details for Mythic’s Holiday celebrations:
Warhammer Online’s 2nd Annual Keg End Live Event runs from December 16th – January 4th: http://herald.warhammeronline.com/liveevents/2009KegEnd.php
• During the celebration of the Dwarf New Year, players can earn exclusive in-game rewards, including the titles “Brew Hound” (Order) and “Broo Dawg” (Destruction), a deployable Party Keg allies may interact with to increase their morale gain rate, and a Keg Tap with career-specific stats.
• Rare World Drop Items include the Battlebrew Backpack (one for each tier in which they are found) and your own personal keg toting servant – the Dwarf Keg Handler (Order) or Goblin Bar-Back (Destruction)!

Dark Age of Camelot’s Midwinter Festival kicks off December 17th and runs through January 14th bringing celebration and decoration to the coldest and darkest times of the year:
• During the festival, tavern keepers will decorate their buildings with holiday adornments while the citizens of each Realm set up decorated evergreens and offer them as gifts to those who provide them with assistance.
• The Realms will also be visited by four special guests: Olibar the Midwinter Tomte (all Realms), Santa Nicholas (Albion), Lucia of the Light (Hibernia), and Jack Frost (Midgard), each who come to bring Midwinter cheer and gifts.
• Players may also participate in the Trinkets for Tots quest to round out this season of giving.

Ultima Online’s Festival of the White Hart will take place from December 15th through January 4th:
• White Hart, a holiday white stag, will appear on each shard to give out Christmas goodies, including holiday cookies, Rum Balls, Angel Food Cake and Naughty Switches to all the bad boys and girls.
• All current players who have characters 30 days or older may choose from a collection of gifts for their homes, including a nutcracker, four statues (Mermaid, Pegasus, Seahorse, or Griffin), or icicles. There are also new holiday gift box containers and one special rare box.

Let us know what MMO you play so we know which holiday details GamingAngels readers care about!

Endless Trial accounts are restricted to Tier 1 of the Empire versus Chaos pairing. This includes Tier 1 scenarios but does not include access to the Capital Cities or the other racial pairings within the game.

Endless Trial accounts may receive mail and purchase from the auction house; however, they cannot send mail or create auctions.

Endless Trial accounts are limited to designated servers. If you’d like to play with friends on other servers, you will need to purchase a retail copy of the game and transfer your character to their server (or create a new character on their server). All characters Rank 11 and under on purchased accounts have access to unlimited transfers, with a max of one transfer per day. Please note that you can only transfer characters to the same server type as the server you created your characters on (Core, Open RvR, and Roleplay). Please see the full server list here for details about each server, including server type. Alternatively, if you have a friend who is currently playing WAR, you can ask them for a Recruit-a-Friend code that will allow you to create a Recruit-a-Friend trial account which has access to all servers. Please see the Recruit-a-Friend section for more information.

Sounds like a good deal, and a great way for you to play for a longer period of time to really see if you want to commit to that monthly fee. More details on the Endless Trial and where to download both PC and Mac versions can be found here on the official site.

Today we received quite a few announcements about MMOs and their Halloween plans. We’re going to start with Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and see what Mythic Entertainment has planned to scare their players.

The live event, Daemon Moon Rising will run from October 23rd through November 2nd and will feature the Daemon Mask event quest, a new Daemonball Rally Public Quest, a special Realm vs Realm scenario and treats.

“This is a terrifying time of year within the world of Warhammer and the Daemon Moon Rising live event is our way of fighting against the darkness that encompasses the land,” said Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer for Mythic Entertainment. “We call on all players to rise up against the malevolent creatures that threaten the land and keep safe the Realms. But beware, for under the cold, dark madness of the Daemon Moon, anything can happen!”

Players can also don masks and participate in “Wake the Dead” a special run of the High Pass Cemetery RvR scenario which all players can do during this event. There are other rewards available for playing during that time as well.

Mythic Entertainment has announced that they will be releasing Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning for Macs on October 28, 2009. WAR will be available by digital download to new subscribers at gametreeonline.com for $19.95 and includes 30 days of game time. Current subscribers can download the Mac client for free.

“We’re incredibly excited to bring Warhammer Online and its enthralling Realm vs. Realm combat to the Mac community,” said Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. “Come October 28th, the sides of Order and Destruction will be bolsters by a fresh recruit of Mac gamers experiencing for the first time exactly what we mean when we say that ‘WAR is everywhere!’”

A new MMORPG to the Mac is always a good thing. There is a beta for Macs going on right now where players can download the beta client on their Mac and play with their accounts. If a player is new to WAR then they can download a 10 day Mac beta trailer.

To download the beta version of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning for the Mac and the 10 day trial visit www.warhammeronline.com/mac

As the armies of Destruction continue their war upon the civilized lands, the Raven Host of Chaos is poised to march upon the Empire of Man in an unstoppable tide. To ensure victory against the Emperor’s Order of the Griffon, an elite party of Chaos warriors is tasked with the quest to find the Spear of Myrmidia and fully unleash the power of the Winds of Chaos. To work such awesome magic, the marauder Kormak must dare venture into the Bastion Stair, portal to the Realm of Khorne, and defy the Blood God’s wrath. However, the warriors of the Raven Host are not the only ones with an interest in harnessing the powers of Chaos; Treacherous Dark Elves and brutish Orcs each look to seize the power for themselves, while a desperate Imperial army races to deny all of their foes the dreaded might of Chaos.

“With the first two Warhammer Online novels, Empire in Chaos and Dark Storm Gathering, we saw the Realm vs. Realm conflict from the besieged viewpoint of Order,” said Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer for Mythic Entertainment. “Forged in Chaos provides readers with their first look into the dark, megalomaniacal minds of the forces of Destruction. Rife with internal conflict, shifting allegiances, and a never-ending lust for murder, we see firsthand how this unholy alliance of Destruction is just as deadly to each other as they are to the armies of Order.”

Forged in Chaos is slated to be released later this fall online and in retail stores. Keep your eyes on Gaming Angels and The Black Library’s website for more info!