Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello expects EA Mythic's upcoming MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning to perform well, but not at phenomenal World of Warcraft levels.

"Warhammer Online [will be] a strong entry in the MMORPG space," Riccitiello said at the William Blair & Company's investor meeting Tuesday. "No, I don't think it's going to rival WoW, but no one would ever predict that. But it is a strong game that will ... get our returns for us. We're proud of it."

The MMORPG is slated to release later this year.

In addition, EA's new internal studio BioWare is prepping a single-player RPG experience in the form of Dragon Age for the PC. Riccitiello attempted to assure investors that this particular new piece of IP isn't that big of a risk to the company.

"[Dragon Age] speaks to a very, very, very important audience," he said. "This is a core RPG created for fans that love [BioWare], and it's about dragons. This is not risky. This is an audience that we know, that we can deliver for and generate very substantial profits by doing so."

No release date has been pinned on Dragon Age yet.