Ladies and gentlemen, it’s official. Warhammer Online is a hit. Not even a small it. It’s a pretty decently sized hit. I just came across the news that Warhammer Online has sold over 750,000 copies. That’s still a far cry from World of Warcraft’s 10 million gamer installed base, but for a game that’s only been out for a month, I’m seriously impressed. I don’t know if you remember when WoW first came out, Blizzard’s servers melted over and over again. Eventually they caught up, but the crush of demand clearly has shown the industry that they need to be prepared. Warhammer Online seem to be up to the challenge because I haven’t heard of any major outages thus far.

Also, while I haen’t bought the game yet, two of my friends, who were very hardcore Warcraft players have switched to Warhammer and are absolutely loving it. While it’s too early to say for sure, it looks like Warhammer could be the first MMORPG to make a real run at World of Warcraft’s throne and I think the whle industry is better for it.