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.
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.
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.
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!"
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.
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.
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.
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..."