Funcom's Age of Conan managed to snare around 400,000 subscribers during the first week it went live, and for a while it was one of the hottest PC gaming titles in North America.  Now Electronic Arts and Mythic believe they've set a new standard in MMORPG popularity with Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.  According to EA, WAR scored over 500,000 new players since the title's launch just last week.  Such subscription numbers help make WAR the fastest selling MMORPG yet.  By Crom, will we hear the lamentations of Conan's women?

Warhammer Fantasy franchise owner Games Workshop ought to be smacking its lips at the potential number of new gamers it stands to attract to its own tabletop miniatures war game as a result of WAR's mainstream popularity.  Now the question is whether or not EA and Mythic can keep the launch numbers steady as the days progress.  Meanwhile some of us are wondering when more Order players will actually start showing up.