Things are looking up for FunCom with an announcement today that its MMO 'Age of Conan' has launched in Russia and Poland.
Funcom has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter, revealing an operating loss of USD 23.3 million, caused by a depreciation of USD 22.8 million due to the lagging performance of Age of Conan.
Via Massively: "The fantasy MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is a game that's notable for its score, and this aspect of the title has drawn accolades from gamers and music critics alike. Composer Knut Avenstroup Haugen was even nominated for Best Original Score in a Video Game in the Hollywood Music Awards. While ultimately that honor went to Wataru Hokoyama for Afrika, Haugen now has cause to celebrate his big win at the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) awards."
Age of Conan is being updated with patch 1.4 today, which is expected to include the long-awaited DX10 and some new instances.
One of the most hyped up games to come out in 2008 was Age of Conan. Sadly, the launch of the game was a different story. Stellar reviews and problems with the game itself caused a major downfall in popularity of the game.
Russel Ritchey writes "Best Buy is the sole deliverer of deals this week. Again, the focus is on PC games: Fallout 3 is $40, staying strong as the most-often discounted 'new' title ever, while Age of Conan: Hyborian Online is $30. Both Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir and Mass Effect are $20 - the downloadable content for Mass Effect is free on the PC, by the way (Live users gotta pay for it). Best Buy actually has a decent selection of action games on sale as well.
Funcom has published the list of planned server mergers for its fantasy MMO Age of Conan, revealing that it will be cutting the total number of servers from 49 to just 18.
Welcome to the very first MMO Report. This week on the report TGR talks about Age of Conan and EverQuest server mergers, soloing in Lord of the Rings Online to level 20, server lag fixes for World of Warcraft zones, and the announcement of a new Eve Online expansion.
When news of impending server merges in Age of Conan broke in December, it caused a bit of a stir -- particularly in the post's comments. Age of Conan Producer Craig Morrison later said the merges would take place in stages, but then technical issues arose, postponing these changes for roughly a month before Funcom was confident it could go off without a hitch.