Fancy playing Age of Conan a couple of weeks before its release? Well, as luck would have it, we've got 500 beta keys up for grabs, courtesy of E ... » Read More

Funcom's taken the time out to create a little tutorial video focussing on combat and magic use in Age of Conan. You will have read about the game's real-time combat countless times in countless previews, but here you can finally watch it - and that magic use - while having it all explained to you in this walkthrough movie voiced by a very well-spoken gentleman. He says "self-buff" like he really means it. ... » Read More

"What do you get when you mix bad renaissance fair caliber acting with online gaming? The dreaded dedicated role playing server. FunCom has released some preliminary rules for its Age of Conan RPG servers if you want to read the lamentations of the name nazis"
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On their official site the BBFC has took the time out to rate two more upcoming games. The first is the forthcoming boxing title 'Don King Presents: Prizefighter' by 2K Games and the other is the MMO 'Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures' by Eidos. Both games got a 15 rating.
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To add an extra patch to improve the gaming experience and quality of gameplay, the official start time of the IGN Open Beta now is 20:00 GMT (8 pm GMT).

Funcom wanted to add the extra update prior to launching the servers rather than to fix it shortly after the start of the Open Beta.
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Just to prevent any potential collapsing in shock upon discovering subscription costs for Age of Conan on launch day, Funcom's revealed the full pricing structure for the MMO three weeks before release.In the UK it's £10.34 per month - which is £8.99 plus VAT - £28.95 for three months or £53.06 for a six-month block. So obviously it works out cheaper if you pay for the subscription in three- or six-month blocks ... » Read More

Funcom announced today that their upcoming title, Conan: Hyborian Adventures, will be localized by CD Projeckt for Poland.
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The time has come for Funcom to bare all beneath the loincoth, metaphorically speaking. The game will cost around $59.99 and €49.99 in their respective unwashed tribal lands.

The tribute to your barbarian King Conan is $14.99 for North America and €12.99 for Europeans.
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Age of Conan, the highly-anticipated MMO from FunCom and Eidos has finally gone gold! The game was pushed back from a March release to its current one of May 20th for North America and May 23rd for Europe due to the need for 'additional polishing'.
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Durham, USA ¿ April 17th, 2008 ¿ Funcom, Eidos and IGN are proud to announce that Open Beta for Age of Conan will start on May 1. The Open Beta will be hosted exclusively by IGN's popular game download site, FilePlanet.com, as well as being offered through partner IGN sites such as Gamespy.com, Tentonhammer.com and Warcry.com. The application pages at FilePlanet.com are now open for registrations, and gamers from across the world can sign up. As 50.000 gamers prepare their Hyborian assault, rivers of blood are about to flow, and it's exclusively available through FilePlanet and IGN partner
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Funcom and Eidos announce that Age of Conan pre-order programs are now fully available in all major territories, including USA, Germany, France, Spain, UK, Oceania and the Nordic countries. Conan fans and MMO gamers are already raving about the incredible pre-order items, including the War Mammoth and Killer Rhino, and today Funcom ups the ante and confirms that everyone who pre-orders may access Hyboria several days prior to the retail launch.*

* The early access program is only available with certain retailers. A participant list can be found on the official Age of Conan websites. The early access is entirely voluntary, and opens up on the 17th of May for Oceanic and North American gamers, and on the 20th of May for European gamers. Pre-loading of the client will commence in advance. You need to pay a nominal 5 USD / EUR fee to take advantage of the offer, which includes client download and 10 days of subscription. When the early access offer expires you must enter the physical retail box gamekey to continue playing.
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Eidos and Funcom is proud to announce a unique Beta partnership with GameSpot.com, one of the world's biggest gaming websites. In a highly exclusive event, 15,000 gamers from across the world can log in and play Age of Conan, non-stop, from Friday April 18th to Sunday April 20th. The unique PvP weekend allows lucky gamers to test a limited part of the PvP functionality of Age of Conan, and the two different PvP mini-games Capture the Skull and Team Annihilation will be available.
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New details on PVP combat in the upcoming MMORPG, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures.
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Funcom's seen fit to conjure up details on Age of Conan's PvP modes as the MMO creeps ever closer to release.The big, big, big end-game PvP feature in the title is siege warfare, which finds guilds and players fighting for control of battlekeeps with might of arms and siege weaponry. Successful conquering of enemy-held battlekeeps and subsequent ownership rewards all members of the conquering guild with buffs and bonuses.On top of this Funcom ... » Read More

Funcom says Age of Conan will never attract the same number of players that have flocked to Blizzard's World of Warcraft. "When it comes to World of Warcraft, it's going to run up to World of Warcraft and kick it in its knees, I think," product manager Erling Ellingsen quipped about the forthcoming MMO before adding: "It's never going to get the number of players World of Warcraft has." Ellingsen likened WoW to Facebook, calling it a social ... » Read More

We've been wondering since the dawn of time - well, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration - about the PC hardware specs that'll be required to pump Age of Conan polygons around our monitor, and they've now been confirmed.Ready to weep or cheer? Here we go... ... » Read More

Required
OS: Windows Vista/XP
Processor: 3GHz Pentium IV
RAM: 1GB RAM
Video Card: Shader Model 2.0 and 128MB RAM: NVIDIA GeForce 5800 or ATI 9800

Recommended
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz (E6600) or better
Vdeo Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7950GX2 or better
RAM: 2GB or moreEnhanced for: DirectX 10, 64-bit processors, multi-core
Supports Parental Controls on Windows Vista
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Funcom has released the latest FAQ for their upcoming MMORPG, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures:

"It's said that FAQs heave themselves from the dark places of the Earth and return to terrorize the surface world every few years.

The time is upon us once again.

The stars are right and the FAQ is nigh, covering such popular questions as:

¿ What kind of PC do I need to run Age of Conan?
¿ Will player-made items be better than dropped items?
¿ How many people can play on each server?

While we're under no illusions that this will settle all the debates out there, it will give you a place to start and a handy reference. You'll find the new FAQ here.

We hope you enjoy."

The FAQ contains 15 sections:

1. General
2. Real Combat
3. PvP and Siege Combat
4. Classes and Feats
5. Races
6. The single player experience
7. Magic
8. Quests
9. Guild
10. Crafting
11. Technology
12. Equipment
13. City Building, Player Cities, and Defense
14. Gameworld
15. Conan Lore
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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures game director Gaute Godager said that he believes that the MMO's unique and controversial combat system, which has been scathed by some critics, will be ideal for the conversion of the game to a 360 format.

Speaking at GDC yesterday, he also said that the 360 version is likely to appear 12 months after the PC game.
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Funcom's showering us with new screenshots from Age of Conan in honor of the Game Developers Conference kicking off today in San Francisco. 14 shots have whizzed down our internet pipe onto the site. Don't be shy - take a look. ... » Read More