According to the recent Q3 report from Funcom, gamers have higher expectations for its upcoming MMO The Secret World than they did for the company's other MMO, Age of Conan, at the same stage of development.
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Funcom has opened the Beta Application process for their highly-anticipated Massively Multi-player Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), The Secret World. Suggested for release in 2010, The Secret World is currently being developed for Xbox 360 and PC.
Age Of Conan developer Funcom will reportedly cut 20 per cent of its workforce and delay the release of its new PC and Xbox 360 MMO, The Secret World, by several months.
Funcom is the latest company to announce that it has adopted the market-leading lighting technology Enlighten from Geomerics. Enlighten will be used in the The Secret World as well as the highly anticipated expansion of Age of Conan. The new look of Age of Conan, with Enlighten technology incorporated, was first demonstrated publicly at GDC Europe and Gamescom in Cologne.
After a series of media-only presentations held at the Penny Arcade Expo 2009 in Seattle last weekend, Funcom today lifted the press embargo allowing gaming sites everywhere to reveal new details on The Secret World, Funcom's upcoming modern-day Massively Multi-player Online (MMO) game. As a part of the new reveals of the game, Funcom today also released the first ever official screenshots of the real-world MMO.
Durham, USA – September 10th, 2009 – After a series of media-only presentations held at the Penny Arcade Expo 2009 in Seattle last weekend, Funcom today lifted the press embargo allowing gaming sites everywhere to reveal new details on «The Secret World», Funcom's upcoming modern-day massively multiplayer online game. As a part of the new reveals of the game, Funcom today also released the first ever official screenshots of the real-world MMO on its official website. The website has also been updated with a list of features that provides an overview of the game.
Blend Games writes:
The Lost Gamer Writes "It seems that there isn't a day that goes by where we hear of another MMO, and today is no exception following the trend of a more recent tendency for Developers to start to look at console MMO projects. Secret World from Funcom is one such project, and will release on PC and Xbox 360 in 2010. Yet, what will set the MMO apart from the rest.
AggroGamer: "While Funcom has stated they were going to finally be showing more of their new IP, The Secret World, that doesn't stop stuff from being slipped out to cause a stir around the net. This time it is the continuation of the trailer we brought you way back in April. I'm sure you've seen it by now. It is the one with the random hot chick drinking a milk shake, going into her apartment, and then being attacked by mister bondage face. Ring a bell? No? Then watch that video before this one.
GamingShogun.com writes: "The website for Funcom's upcoming MMO, The Secret World, was just updated with a test to see what secret society you would be best suited for. It asks you a series of cryptic questions and then selects you as best for the Templar, Dragon, or Illuminati. You can select after this to be one of the three no matter your results and also sign up to possibly win beta access as well as some other goodies..."
Some all new information regarding Funcom's upcoming MMORPG project, The Secret World, will be revealed at the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo. The company teased that they'll "let quite a few secrets out of the bag" regarding the game.
New information on Funcom's upcoming Xbox 360/PC MMORPG, The Secret World, has been released. Scrawlfx give details on the story of the game as well as some of the game's main features.
Age of Conan developer Funcom has revealed it has made "big changes" to its upcoming MMO, The Secret World. However, Funcom's Ragnar Tornquist assures fans that the overall concept remains unchanged.
Anarchy Online content designer Nina "Aythem" Sund has been writing developer journal entries over at Ten Ton Hammer for several months, sharing game design wisdom and insider anecdotes with players. Her latest entry had a different tone, though, as she used the medium to bid farewell to AO players as she moves on to work on Funcom's next MMO, The Secret World.
In an interview with PC Zone magazine, Funcom (Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, The Longest Journey, Dreamfall) has finally revealed some more details on The Secret World. Product manager Erling Ellingson explained that the classic Japanese horror film The Ring is a major inspiration for their latest massively multiplayer online game.
A modern day online world of action, horror and intriguing conspiracies awaits. New action-packed MMO set to release on both Xbox 360 and PC.