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Tuesday, Sep 1

Funcom Brings The Fun To Montreal

Incentive programs, an excellent talent pool, and that famous Canadian hospitality has MMO developer Funcom setting up a new development house in Montreal. Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas sings the praises of our neighbors to the North.

Tuesday, Jul 21

Champions Online Combat Preview: Challenge Accepted

My beef was that a lot of massively multiplayer online game developers claim that their combat is somehow fundamentally different than the usual system of point, click, cool down, then click again established in MMOs like EverQuest II and World of Warcraft. I said Cryptic's claim about C...

Tuesday, Jul 7

Age Of Conan Expands At GamesCom

After months spent tweaking and polishing the game play and overall experience of their massively multiplayer take on the Conan universe, Funcom is just about ready to pack their updates into a much more expansive format. Speaking to Eurogamer, Funcom director of communications Erlin...

Wednesday, Jun 24

Age Of Conan Ventures Into Tarantia Commons

The update also adds more life to guild cities, allows players to gain PVP experience through mini-games, and perhaps the most compelling new feature for those who migrated from World of Warcraft, social pets. See? Funcom totally knows what players want!

Tuesday, May 19

Age Of Conan Fighting On, Attracting New Players

Course, Funcom didn't go so far as to reveal how many new subscribers there were, exactly. Or how many have left over the same period. Or what the game's exact player base is. But still! Good news is good news, and the bad news can wait for another day.

Thursday, Apr 2

Funcom "Opens The Floodgates" With Conan Free Trial

Age of Conan has gotten off to a bit of a slow start. Well, that's not entirely true. More like it got off to a quick start, and then a large chunk of folks left. A slow middle, if you will. Now Funcom finally releases a free trial client, on the hopes that a horde of people have been just sitting around...

Sunday, Jan 11

Looking at "The MMO Crash of 2008"

The wreckage includes three titles whose names are either punchlines by now or dangerously close: Hellgate: London, Age of Conan, and the dumpstered Tabula Rasa, joined by the patched-too-late Pirates of the Burning Sea, as examples of how not to run an MMO railroad.

Friday, Nov 14

Age Of Conan Adds A Massive Chunk Of Content

Durham, USA – November 14th, 2008 – This week Funcom updated the ‘Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures’ live servers with the largest gameplay content addition since launch. By visiting the vast, new outdoor area of Ymir’s Pass players will now be able to find new quests to solve, new charact...

Wednesday, Oct 22

Star Wars: The Old Republic – What We Know So Far [News]

1) The lightsabers in the screenshots will shrink – but not by much. I’m skeptical about this – how many times have we heard it before? Argue Guild Wars, Tabula Rasa, or Age of Conan until you’re blue in the face; it didn’t do it for me as far as “story” went and BioWare doesn’t think it did it at al...

Wednesday, Sep 17

Age Of Conan Game Director Quits Dissatisfied

DURHAM, N.C.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Funcom announces that Craig Morrison has been appointed as the new Producer and Game Director for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Craig Morrison has served as the Producer and Game Director on Anarchy Online for several years, as well as worked as the Func...

Sunday, Aug 10

Conan GM Cybersexes Troll With Predictable Results

Norwegian web site Itavisen says it has confirmation from Funcom product manager Erling Ellingsen that the GM in question was fired for unacceptable conduct. "We are aware of this matter, and necessary measures have been taken against them," Ellingsen said. "We have clear guidelines fo...

Friday, Jun 13

Age Of Conan's All-Dancing, All-PVPing Evolution Plans

Funcom and Eidos Announce Massive Evolution Plans for Age of Conan Massive PvP Update in June – New Areas and Dungeons – Powerpoints and Guild Alliance Warfare to Come – PvP evolved – To the Death Guild Alliance Warfare New areas and dungeons Embracing community feedback

Thursday, Jun 12

Age Of Conan Gets Scandinavian Punk Rock Soundtrack

About Funcom - Funcom is an independent developer and publisher of online games for PC, consoles and mobile platforms. Funcom has provided outstanding entertainment since 1993 and continues to expand its track-record of more than twenty released games. Recent titles include 'The Long...

Sunday, Jun 1

Update on the Conan PvP Fiasco

I was gonna try to get this up yesterday but then we had our site meltdown. However, I know all of you are interested in the online civil rights of Something Awful MMO guild members, and Funcom has stepped in to assure they will not be griefally profiled now or in the future on Age of Conan.

Saturday, May 24

Kotaku Originals: Whole Lotta Whorelore

Age Of Conan Impressions Shareholders Stick With Take-Two Europe Gets Three New DS Colours Haze Review: It Sure Beats Pumping Gas Wii Fit Shipments Late? Not Exactly My First Steps Into The Age Of Conan The Dog Island Promotes Puppy Piracy ESA Spent $5 Million To Move E3 For a Year

Thursday, May 22

Whorelore Incites The Rage Of Bonan

Apparently I'm not the only one enamored with Funcom's recently released Age of Conan. The creators of Whorelore (formerly World of Whorecraft) have jumped into the Hyborean Age as well with "Rage of Bonan". What sword was Fahey holding when he cracked the icy throne of Blizzard?

Wednesday, May 21

Opinion: Age Of Conan Impressions

Setting The Scene Combat If you were to take the MMO completely out, those first 20 levels would make an excellent, if somewhat short single-player RPG. That's really the highest praise you can give an MMO. I would buy a single player game that played like this.

Monday, May 19

My First Steps Into The Age Of Conan

Character Creation Anyone who has played Anarchy Online knows that Funcom is a big fan of story-infused character creation, and Age of Conan is no different. Character creation takes place on a slave ship, with you choosing either a male or female slave from three races and then selecting...

Tuesday, May 13

Celebrate A Million Age Of Conan Beta Sign Ups With Women In Leather

In 2008, Funcom has also seen a tremendous growth in the amount of people who visit the official Age of Conan websites. Since January 2008, Funcom has registered more than 5 million unique visitors, from more than 200 countries. Last week alone over 725.000 unique visitors came to the Age of C...

Thursday, Apr 17

FilePlanet Presents The Age Of Conan Open Beta [Beta Watch]

The IGN and FilePlanet audience has consistently told us that Age of Conan is one of their most anticipated games of the year, and we are very pleased to partner with Funcom and Eidos on the Open Beta," says Senior Vice President of Consumer Products at IGN, Jamie Berger. "The Funcom team has...

Wednesday, Apr 9

Join GameSpot For Age Of Conan PVP Weekend

15,000 gamers get exclusive Age of Conan access from April 18th to April 20th For more information on Age of Conan - either in English, German, French or Spanish - visit the official website at www.ageofconan.com where you also can access the respective community websites.

Monday, Aug 20

Age of Conan Playable At Leipzig

Durham, USA - August 20th, 2007 - Funcom's highly anticipated massively multiplayer online game 'Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures' is getting ready to invade this year's Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. Not only will the siege warfare system be demonstrated to select press behi...

Friday, Aug 10

Age of Conan Pushed To 2008 [Delay Of Game]

Durham, USA - August 10th, 2007 - Funcom announce a new release date for 'Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures'. The highly anticipated MMO is now set to release on the 25th of March 2008. By setting a new release date for the game, Funcom can continue the focus on honing, polishing and improving...

Tuesday, Jul 17

E3 Megalist Round-Up

E3 on E3 Who had the worst luck at E3? Is E3 dead? A kinder, gentler E3 E3 Deathwatch Your very own E3 photostream The "This isn't E3" photogallery Who won the E3 press conference smackdown Justify Your... Army of Two Boogie Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Rock Band Warranty (Xbox 360)

Thursday, Jul 12

E307: Age of Conan Impressions

It's impossible to judge an MMO in a preview, even a hands-on one. (My demo with Age of Conan today wasn't hands-on, but it was live, run by three Eidos developers.) There are 185 square miles of terrain in AoC, filled with enough content to "keep someone entertained

Wednesday, Jun 27

By Crom!: Funcom Secures Big Money For Conan

Durham, USA - June 27th, 2007 - On the back of significantly growing external and internal expectations related to 'Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures' - Funcom's highly anticipated Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMO) - Funcom yesterday completed a private placement and through...

Friday, May 11

The Mmo Formerly Known As Cry Gaia: Funcom Reveals Secret World For PC, Xbox 360

Durham, USA - May 11th, 2007 - From the creators of 'Age of Conan', 'Anarchy Online', 'The Longest Journey' and 'Dreamfall' comes a brave new massively multiplayer online role-playing game for the PC and Xbox 360. Taking place on our earth, in our times, 'The Secret World' (TSW) is inspire...

Tuesday, Mar 6

GDC07: Conan, Combos and Fatalities [Age Of Conan]

I spent a little time this morning with the Funcom people and Age of Conan. Unfortunately, the servers for the massively multiplayer online game were up and down for much of the presentation so I didn't get to see as much as I was hoping to.

Monday, Jan 8

Direct X 10 Conan Hits CES [Age Of Conan]

The PC version of 'Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures' is a key title among the Games for Windows lineup for Windows Vista. The game won 'Best MMO of E3' awards from IGN, GameSpot, GameSpy and Yahoo. More information, newsletter sign-up, forums and a welcoming community portal can be found o...

Sunday, Jan 7

Microsoft Unveils IPTV-Enabled Xbox 360 [Iptv Xbox 360]

Robbie Bach tonight unveiled a new IPTV service for the Xbox 360 at the Microsoft keynote. Microsoft Unveils Wave of New Products and Services at CES Bill Gates and Robbie Bach hit play on new releases from Windows Vista, Xbox 360, Microsoft TV and more.

Wednesday, Dec 13

Conan MMO Heading to 360 [Age Of Conan]

I can't freaking wait, though the PC version isn't even due till this spring. "This is a groundbreaking leap forward for Funcom. The fact that we now get the chance to develop 'Age of Conan' for the Xbox 360 means access to a potentially whole new and large MMO market," said Trond Arne Aas, CEO o...

Wednesday, Jul 26

Age of Conan Delayed Until 2007 [Mmorpg]

Along with the rather dull industry news that Eidos picked up publishing rights for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures comes more depressing word that Funcom is also pushing out the MMORPG until 2007. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures picked up by Eidos, delayed till 2007 [Videogamesblo...

Monday, Jun 12

Fur Bikinis Online: Age of Conan [Conan The Barbarian]

I dunno, that sounds like the meaning that "binge drinking" has had all along. All joking (and moose) aside, the screenshots look mighty pretty and I'll be interested to give this one a whirl. As long as there's a feature where I can stand on a pile of PvP corpses with a fantastically bodacious...

Monday, Apr 17

Conan MMO Heading to 360? [Age Of Conan]

GameSpot's rumor control tackles the recent rumblings of Age of Conan hitting the Xbox 360. A posted on Gaming Age Forums claims that during a showing of the trailer someone asked the Funcom rep about other platforms for the computer-only MMO and the rep hinted the 360 would be seeing the ga...