Mythic has hailed the recent "Preview Weekend" closed beta event for Warhammer Online as a great success, involving potentially thousands of beta testers who stressed test online performance whilst squig herding.  Now Mythic confirms that WAR itself has reached gold master status, meaning the game is ready to head into mass duplication for retail releases in both standard and limited edition flavors this September 18th.

The developer itself previously opined that the basic game was essentially complete after seasoning to taste; several launch features were either canned or postponed in the process of polishing things for the initial launch as much as possible.  Mythic promises these postponed features (including actual cities for several races) will make it into the final game eventually.

WAR's open beta is still scheduled for September 7th for those of you who preodered the title early, so there's one last chance to get your fix prior to the game's official release the following week.