Will shut down permanently on December 18th when the IP license expires from Games Workshop.
http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/09...december-18th/
A shame. Probably the most fun pvp I've had in an mmorpg. It also had the best classes of any mmo that I can remember. They really should have gone free to play a few years ago, it might have picked up more players and perhaps given EA more motivation to support the game.