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Rise of the Godslayer to launch on May 11th
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April 23, 2010 |
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Durham, USA – April 23rd, 2010 – Funcom is proud to announce the launch of the pre-order campaign for ‘Rise of the Godslayer’, the first expansion for the highly acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game ‘Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures’. The expansion, set in the eastern...
New mounts come with Rise of the Godslayer in AOC
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February 6, 2010 |
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The folks over at Funcom have snuck us a peek at the mounts which will be released as part of their upcoming expansion, Rise of the Godslayer. They have two mounts, the wolf and the tiger, that will be available to players through a curious quest series. Apparently you will pick up your mount as a young...
Age of Conan: Patch notes Feb 4, 2010
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Update Notes 1.06 – 4th February
New Feature: Guild Renown
Guild Renown is a new leveling and reward system for guilds in Age of Conan. Members of guilds can experience their epic adventures as they normally do today while contributing to their guild’s Renown simply by playing the game. There...
Unlimited free trial for Age of Conan
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December 14, 2009 |
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Following in the footsteps of their rival mmo company, Funcom announced that they are offering unlimited free trial accounts to those that register before January 1st, 2010. Back in November, EA and Mythic announced a never-ending trial for Warhammer Online, with a level cap of 10 of course.
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Age of Conan Letter from the Game Director
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December 1, 2009 |
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This month has been a bit hectic with work on the next major update alongside the work on the expansion and managing to wedge in a trip to Korea for the GStar even in Busan. This has meant that it was a little bit of a rush for me between all the travelling to prepare this text.
Trying to write a coherent...
Funcom reports 69% drop in revenues
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November 17, 2009 |
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The Norway-based Game and MMO developer, Funcom, released its latest financial results for its third quarter. The financial results are grim and indicate that revenues were down year-over-year by 69%!
During this same quarter, Funcom posted a loss of 9.6 million US Dollars, compared to the 3.3 million...
Return to Age of Conan offer back in effect
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November 11, 2009 |
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The folks over at Funcom have renewed their “come back to Hyboria” campaign so previous players of Age of Conan can return to try the game out again for 14 days free of charge. No purchase is required to go revisit the land of Conan and they’ve extended some new appealing offers and...
Age of Conan Exec Producer talks melee balance
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November 9, 2009 |
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The folks over at mmorpg.com managed to tie down Age of Conan Executive Producer Craig Morrison and get his opinions on the future balance of melee versus ranged/casters. The article sheds some light on the developers perspective while still not giving us that ever elusive “balanced” pot...
Rise of the Godslayer Expansion info
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October 19, 2009 |
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What’s new in Age of Conan and and “Rise of the Godslayer” Expansion?
Funcom recently gave the community a pretty solid list of what’s upcoming with Age of Conan in the near future. Quite a bit of hype revolving their first ever Expansion, “Rise of the Godslayer”...
Age of Conan Free Trial!
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October 16, 2009 |
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Funcom is being freecom, well sort of. They announced their new free trial program recently in order to get new blood into the game through the tried and proven “test drive” programs common in pretty much all real MMO’s these days.
Here are the details/info on their free trial offer...
Rise of the Godslayer Trailer for Age of Conan
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October 1, 2009 |
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Inspired by the rich and colorful cultures of eastern Asia, “Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer” sends you on a voyage through the Empire of Khitai where countless hours of more brutal, sexy and savage adventure awaits, not only introducing a new storyline and a vast new world to explore,...
Funcom Layoffs on the way
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September 29, 2009 |
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“uncom has announced that it will layoff 20% of its workforce as a cost-cutting measure. The heaviest cuts will happen in Funcom’s Norwegian home offices. The layoffs are expected to delay the company’s next major subscription MMO project, The Secret World. It is not known what, if...
