Funcom has once again pushed back the release of their Age of Conan MMO. The game was already pushed back last August when it received the March 25th release date because the devs wanted to "focus on honing, polishing and improving the heralded qualities of the game, ensuring a fantastic MMO experience when it launches next spring."
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan. Funcom community manager Shannon 'Pharamond' Drake revealed that there will be an open beta for ten of thousands of people ramping up to the game's launch.
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a brutal multiplayer end-game. In addition to the game itself the box comes with an art book, the original soundtrack, a bonus DVD, a faux leather map of Hyboria, 5additional gamekeys which can be given to friends, and priceless in-game items.
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is in full swing and The Game Reviews is here in Las Vegas to bring you our initial impressions of the games and gaming hardware featured at the show. TGR was lucky enough to spend an hour in Microsoft's limousine rubbing elbows with none other than Corporate Vice President of Global Marketing Jeff Bell, Xbox Live's Director of Programming Major Nelson, GamerscoreBlog.com's Online Community Manager Chris Paladino, and several others.
Funcom team is never short on news, and this Friday, they have announced the release of a major client update and a new wave of Beta invitations for those lucky enough to stick around the official forums. Additionally, all current testers will be participating this weekend in a Capture the Flag PvP minigame, similar to what was shown in DragonCon.
Hyboria will be filled with women of all kinds, from the "to be expected" female prostitutes to the extremely able female fighters. In addition to a large selection of clothes, armor, and whatnot, Funcom is delivering a character creation tool which allows for a stunning variety in looks and appearance.
Funcom has cried havoc and let slip details of the siege warfare in Age of Conan.
Fresh off the presses at the Games Convention in Leipzig, MMORPG.com has learned from a reliable source at Funcom that characters will be able to have sex and will receive a buff for the action. That is not to say, however, that there will be explicit sex in the game.