Despite having released the game 3 months ago, the Funcom team had set up shop this year right in the heart of the Messe. They had a wonderfully crafted castle-like hub, complete with a stage, demo booths and of course scantily clad women.
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While they're not ready to spill details on their upcoming expansion to their Age of Conan MMO, a concept art piece hints a possible oriental flavour. The team is aiming for a 2009 release they say and are expected to detail some major updates on the way for the game soon.
The online adventures in Hyboria for console gamers is still at the whetstone, but the PC version is the "big priority" at Funcom. It has always been the plan for Conan on Xbox 360 to show up fashionably late 12 months later. With the needed attention of the PC version Funcom must be very busy indeed.
Producer and Game Director for Age of Conan, Gaute Godager, has chosen to resign from Funcom after working on Age of Conan since the initial conception, and he leaves the company after 16 years. Godager was one of the original founders of Funcom, and leaves a large legacy, having contributed to making Funcom the largest MMO company in Europe.
Jorgen Tharldsen, Product Manager for Funcom, told MTV recently that the departure of Producer and Game Designer Gaute Godager from the company will allow Funcom to take their Age of Conan product in new ways. Godager cited dissatisfaction with Age of Conan for one of his reasons for leaving Funcom. However Tharldsen was quick to point out that Godager is "one of the luminaries of the MMO world".
Funcom has announced on the official Age of Conan forums that it will start merging the game's servers, due to a lack of players, in both Europe and the US.
Strategy Informer recently had the chance to ask Jorgen Tharaldsen, Product Director for Funcom, a few questions relating to the recently released MMO Age of Conan, which has been released on the PC, but is also expected for the Xbox 360. We asked Jorgen about the recent server merges that had taken place, to see if he could enlighten some of the concerns that sparked from this announcement, because some people thought that this could be the beginning of the end for the MMO. Jorgen said that he was confident that people playing Age of Conan are happy about the news, and that it was requested from the playerbase.
Strategy Informer recently had the chance to ask Jorgen Tharaldsen, Product Director for Funcom, a few questions relating to the recently released MMO Age of Conan, which has been released on the PC, but is also expected for the Xbox 360. Funcom has been quiet about the Xbox 360 version of Age of Conan, so we asked Jorgen Tharaldsen how development for this version is coming along, and he told us that the Xbox 360 version is not the companies key priority as there are a massive amount of PC gamers already playing the game.
According to a TenTonHammer report, Funcom are giving the boot mostly to the staffers in customer service and quality assurance in their US employee roster. This throws great uncertainty over the Age of Conan MMO which was greatly anticipated but might not be retaining interest after all. No word from Funcom just yet.
In a bid to cut costs and alleviate 'lonely barbarian syndrome', Funcom have hunted their server population down to near extinction. From a bicep bulging 49, the official count will soon be just 18 online servers. Funcom have published a list of all the Conan realms expected to cosy up and play nice.
Some big changes are coming Conan's way and users should be happy to know a new endgame dungeon is opening; Xibaluku. There's one for mid and lower level players too so don't feel left out. An all new wing has cracked open in the Black Ring Citadel, and why not stop to visit the Cradle of Decay?
Age of Conan looked to have the bounty of the online world before it but now times are proving hard for developers Funcom. The company has posted a fourth quarter operating loss of $23m, their CFO Olav Sandnes has tendered his resignation and analysts estimate under 100,000 now play the MMO.
Yesterday we reported that Funcom posted a $23m loss, CFO resigns, and Conan numbers under 100K, which lead us to question the development of the Xbox 360 version. Based on this bad news, we contacted Funcom to see if development of the Xbox 360 version was still ongoing. "Yes, the Xbox 360 version is still in development. A team is working on it, and we are making progress. However, we are not setting any release dates at all just yet." Said Erling Ellingsen, Product Manager for Funcom.
Announcing through the games official website, Funcom have decided to "open the flood gates" for trial accounts into Conan's Hyboria. Age of Conan has "matured tremendously" since it went live, it's "simply bigger and better" now than ever before says Funcom's Morten Larssen. DirectX 10 has been patched in too.
An 89-page document has been power-slammed onto the Internet, it's Funcom's Annual Report and could replace the sleeping pill industry. Revealed inside its deep recesses are plans for a third free-to-play game, a pat on the back for Conan pre-selling like hotcakes and hopes the MMO will take off again in the next 6-9 months.
Writing on the MMO website, game director Craig Morrison reveals some more on the 1.05 update being put through its paces for King Conan and co. Every characters class will be getting ability, feat and spells tweaked. A new RPG system is being implemented, with promises of much better loot generation. Plus a whole new playfield!
MMO Age of Conan has done some spring cleaning, in fact it's been sprucing up the joint so hard they 'accidentally' flushed away an entire system. Update 5: Gangs of Tarantia adds a huge overhaul to stat and itemisation mechanics to the game, which means more powerful and less cryptic loot for all. Plus loads more new stuffs.
Noting that players "will be pleased" with the announcement and what they've got to show this August at GamesCom, developer Funcom can't wait. Funcom's Erling Elllingsen has said a "dedicated team" have been working on the expansion for quite a while now, it will "build upon the strengths" of the barbarian MMO.
Funcom are bringing their first expansion to Age of Conan, and it promises to be "a strong addition" they say. It's on show at GamesCom and called 'Rise of the Godslayer'. It's all about opening up the Empire of Khitai which isn't doing so well ever since a young Conan slayed their Elephant God a while back. It's a "whole new perspective" on Conan lore.
Developer Funcom will be including a Veteran reward system in Age of Conan when the next game update is made live to the servers. It basically rewards long-time subscribers. The longer you've been subscribing to the MMO the more Veteran points you accrue, which can then be spent with special Veteran vendor NPCs. Point awards jump after six month milestones.