http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/age-of-conan-hyborian-adventures/g-2006111615465674097 en http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-194550.aspx WorthPlaying writes: Age of Conan is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game that brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan. news Sep 5, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-193191.aspx Funcom has told Eurogamer that an Xbox 360 version of Age of Conan will definitely be released. The Xbox 360 version is still very much set to happen and we are working on it, said Erling Ellingsen, chief horn-blower for Funcom. However, there are no dates set, even though we aim for a 2009 release. Our big priority now is, of course, the PC version and fixing the issues with it and improving it for our current players. Work began on the console MMO in December 2006, but was put to one side during the run up to the PC launch in May this year. news Sep 3, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-192429.aspx Mythic VP and lead Warhammer Online designer Mark Jacobs told MTV some of the things needed to make a successful MMO. But he also said if you're looking to make an online game nowadays, the odds are against you. news Sep 2, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-188803.aspx At the recent Leipzig Games Conference, Funcom developers announced that the first expansion to Age of Conan is planned for a 2009 release. Details about the expansion are sparse, but a significant amount of new areas appear to be in development for that and a free upcoming content patch. Massively points out a video which showcases some of the new content. 1Up has a piece of concept art for the expansion. news Aug 24, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-186839.aspx Eidos Interactive has revealed that it's working on the first expansion for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. The expansion will be released on pc, but further details were not given. news Aug 21, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-186759.aspx Speaking at the Leipzig Games Convention, Funcom's Erling Ellingsen confirmed that the company's Age of Conan MMO will tie in with the new Conan film being produced by Lionsgate. news Aug 20, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-184576.aspx Don your loincloth, polish your bastard sword, and get ready to invade Germany as Funcom announces their plans for Age of Conan at next week's Games Convention in Leipzig. They'll be showing off new locations, new content, and new features of their massively-multiplayer swords & sorcery title during live stage shows at the convention, with Blue Orb on hand to show players how to work the game with a gamepad and the TripleHead2Go guys granting hands-on time with the game on a three-screen setup. There's also loot to be had in the form of free game trials, limited edition game DVDs, and inflatable swords - because giving out real swords would have been pricey, and things would have gotten ugly rather quickly. news Aug 16, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-184708.aspx Edge writes: The Netherlands-based Funcom says its recently released MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures currently boasts over 415,000 customers. news Aug 16, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-184459.aspx Behind the tall walls of the King's fortress press and gamers alike can play the game, meet and chat with the developers, collect amazing give-aways and observe live stage shows where Funcom will reveal and demonstrate brand new and never-before-seen locations, content and features that will be put into the recently launched massively multiplayer online game 'Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures' in the months ahead. We are very pleased with the tremendously successful launch that we had, says Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Funcom, Morten Larssen. But this is where the real journey starts for 'Age of Conan'. In the months ahead we will be putting a lot of effort into expanding and improving on the game, and we look forward to using the Games Convention to unveil some of the locations, content and features we have in the pipeline. During the live stage shows Funcom will present new locations, content and features coming to 'Age of Conan'. Blue Orb Inc. will also be present to demonstrate how you can use their software to play 'Age of Conan' with a gamepad, while the guys behind 'TripleHead2Go' have prepared a machine with a three screen setup so that gamers can come and play 'Age of Conan' in all its unprecedented visual glory using cutting-edge technology. Funcom will also be giving away exciting loot such as the legendary inflatable swords and free trial accounts together with limited edition DVDs containing the entire game. This is the first time Funcom hands out free trials and the supply is limited, so we encourage you to make your way to Conan's outpost as soon as possible! news Aug 15, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-182123.aspx It seems that somebody has been sticking their sword into the wrong dungeon. The story goes that an Age of Conan player summoned a GM and convinced them to engage in a little role-playing. The GM then took the player to a more secluded portion of the game world and (after a bit of hemming and hawing) proceeded to describe a sexual scenario in graphic detail. Best of all? The whole thing is a setup. news Aug 10, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-181614.aspx Massively reports: Last night a new patch went to Age of Conan's Testlive server. As well as making the usual slew of fixes and changes, including addressing memory leak and crash problems, and introducing a revamped version of the Catacombs in Old Tarantia, there were some tweaks to the PvP consequence system. news Aug 9, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-180556.aspx Via Massively: As of this morning's small patch, a fix has been put in place: 'Altered the loot table of the Beguiler Demons in Potain so they are now dropping more appropriate loot.' Several days' worth of wanton purple looting has already taken place, so this is a bit like shutting the stable door after the horse has... well, not so much bolted as seduced your wife, stolen the family silver, drunk all your cognac, smoked your cigars, lost interest and ambled off. news Aug 6, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-180237.aspx From gameplayer, news that German 'Fantasy Metal' band Blind Guardian will perform in Sacred 2: This whole farrago sounds like something Spinal Tap would get up to! news Aug 6, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-179220.aspx Warhammer Online creative director Paul Barnett has said that it will be very sad if Funcom's Age of Conan collapses, saying that the game's rhythm, longevity, gameplay and style may not connect with the market in general. news Aug 4, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-178180.aspx Funcom and 1C Company announces the signing of a Service Partnership Agreement for a Russian version of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. According to the agreement 1C will fully localize voice and text and operate local customer service, communities, websites and in-game support for Age of Conan in Russian, while Funcom takes care of back-end technology, server infrastructure and continuous development of the game. A dedicated Russian realm is to be created, giving the Russian community an opportunity to stay together and communicate with each other in their native language. news Aug 1, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-177935.aspx Edge Online writes: You might say that it's an accomplishment in itself to pry a few World of Warcraft players away to try a different MMO. So Funcom should be commended for apparently drawing some of those WoW players away to play Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, which launched in late May. Blizzard president Mike Morhaime said during an Activision Blizzard earnings call on Thursday, Age of Conan released with some initial success a couple of months ago, and we did see some of our players leave to try the game. However, we've seen about 40 percent of those players return to World of Warcraft. In about a month's worth of time, Funcom's Age of Conan garnered 700,000 subscribers, according to the developer. news Aug 1, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-177700.aspx Patch Notes for the July 31st update to Age of Conan are now available. news Jul 31, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-174725.aspx Funcom have green lighted the Buddy system for the MMORPG Age of Conan. news Jul 24, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-169576.aspx GamingShogun writes, Direct2Drive, IGN Entertainment's digital retail store, today announced that Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is now available for digital download via Direct2Drive. Starting today, users can go directly to Direct2Drive to immediately download and begin playing... news Jul 15, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/f/gamings-most-repellent-anti-babes/a-2008071012115421032/g-2006111615465674097 So ugly they're almost beautiful. 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