General Discussion

Sad but not entirely unexpected news for fans eagerly awaiting the release Age of Conan; Funcom has announced that the release date for Age of Conan has been pushed back again. The game which was originally set for release in the second half of 2007 now has a new release date of March 25th 2008.

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 the heralded qualities of the game, ensuring a fantastic MMO experience when it launches next spring.

"We naturally regret that we have to push back 'Age of Conan'. However, after careful consideration, and analysis of recent Beta feedback, we believe that the new release date is in the best interest of the gamers, our company and our owners," said Trond Arne Aas, CEO of Funcom. "We are fully committed to delivering games with absolute qualities, and in the current MMO marketplace we know that only the best is good enough to truly succeed. With the new release date we have therefore given ourselves more time to meet and deliver on the massive expectations for the game. We are certain that our choice will ultimately pay off, and that all 'Age of Conan' players will get a special online experience."

Read the full release here.

Well shit on me.

at least this gives me time to save up money for a new computer :D but on the downside i really wanted to play this in october =/

Well, that makes my decision a lot easier. Guess i only have to choose between Gods and Heroes and Tabula Rasa

Well, while this is sad news indeed, I'm glad to see that they want more time to further hone the gameplay and make further adjustments. Still, Crom weeps this day .

Damn

Heh, still doing better than Darkfall.

Good for them, and definitely good for all the players who will be getting the game.  I hope other developers start to take extra time to polish their games, instead of releasing buggy, unfinished mmos that need patches on day 1.  I'd rather wait for quality than settle for something half-ass right now.

Not a good move by Funcom.

WAR will be released now before AoC, more people will be settled into WAR and will not leave for AoC.  The major point for AoC from where I was standing was the loyal early adopter base.

Funcom 'should' of seen this coming years ago and hired the extra staff then.  I really hope this is not another great MMO hurt by poor management -- what do these MMO producer/managers get paid for anyway ?  Standing around and scratching thier a** apparently!  This is going to hurt AoC a lot.