A few days ago I posted a link to Ten Ton Hammer’s Release & Beta FAQ. At the bottom of the article there was a note saying there had been rumors that WAR could come to the 360.

Just a few moments ago an article popped up in Google Reader via Google News that was from GameSpot. It speaks of Stray Bullet Games developing an MMO for consoles, but that’s irrelevant for this article. What interested me was the line “Warhammer Online’s Gamebryo Engine is compatible with the [Nintendo Wii] console”. This particular compatibility is still fairly new, but it has been compatible with the likes of the 360 for quite some years, having powered the infamous Oblivion.

I may be just shooting in the dark here, but putting MMO’s within the evergrowing console market is becoming a trend amongst developers to reach a much wider audience, namely with the multi-platform nature of Age of Conan. I don’t want to stir up rumors of WAR on consoles (but seriously, I do, as that’s a great marketing tactic), but if WAR is a success I don’t see why EA wouldn’t try to milk all the cash they can out of it, especially with their past history of taking all they can out of a game. Then again, rumors for WoW on consoles continually fall flat.