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Funcom announced today that their upcoming MMORPG Age of Conan has gone gold.

Durham, USA – April 22, 2008 – After four years of development co-publishers Funcom and Eidos are proud to announce that Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures has gone gold. One of the most highly anticipated MMO games in history is about to hit the store shelves, and the gates to the world of the mighty barbarian will soon be open to the millions of gamers around the world.

“Even though it feels like this great adventure is coming to an end, it’s really not at all. The launch is just the beginning” says Game Director/Producer Gaute Godager. “I believe we have created a game that will stand the test of time by its own accord, but we are already busy planning future features and expansions. We want to continue expanding Conan’s world for many years to come, and we have great ideas on what to do!”

After years of development and testing Age of Conan is now finally ready for prime time! To prepare for launch, tens of thousands of players have tested the Beta, enabling Funcom to polish the game prior to going live. While the game gets closer to release the anticipation for the title is also building steadily. Just last week 475.000 unique visitors went to the official Age of Conan websites, and the pre-order numbers in some important retail chains track as among the highest for any MMO launched.

“Age of Conan has been in development for a long time, as with all MMOs, but we have spent that time well and ended up with a game we are incredibly proud of,” says Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas. “Creating a game of such epic proportions is an ambitious and challenging task, but we believe we have truly succeeded in realizing the vision of the game. We simply can’t wait to let the players in and let them experience the amazing adventures we have created.

Age of Conan is consistently mentioned as one of the most anticipated PC games in development. At launch the game will have received more than thirty covers on high-profile gaming magazines across the globe and more than fifteen major awards, including numerous "Best MMO of E3" awards and the official "Best Online Game" award at the Games Convention 2007. Age of Conan is a key title in Microsoft's Games for Windows line-up, and a showcase title for nVidia. Age of Conan launches 20th of May in North America / Oceania and 23rd of May in Europe

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Wow for some reason I thought AoC had been pushed further back, but I must be getting it mixed up with WAR or something.

Anyway that's great news.  I'm interested to see the game in action and hopefully it's as good as it sounds on paper... ok we all know that never happens.

too much hype for too less of a game. but hey hype brings the pre-orders and makes some rich

Originally posted by daemon

too much hype for too less of a game. but hey hype brings the pre-orders and makes some rich

or make some people regret what they posted after they actually played the game...

Game still needs another 6 months of class polish and bug fixing, but I guess good for them.

how does a game go gold of pre-orders?

what if a whole bunch of people cancel?  i always thought a game went gold after it sold X copies off the shelf of a game store and until it is released it cannot go gold..

anyway good for Funcom and good for Mythic.

Ah you're confusing Gold development status with sales numbers, like in the music industry an album can go gold or platinum.

In this case, going gold means the game is complete and will now be sent off to some manufacturer to create all the install disks, box it up and send it off the stores for sale.

Wonder why its released 3 days later in Europe. Funcom is even based in Europe.

Originally posted by TheChronic

 

Originally posted by daemon

too much hype for too less of a game. but hey hype brings the pre-orders and makes some rich

 

or make some people regret what they posted after they actually played the game...

    A little game called Dark and Light comes to my mind...... anyway not compairing AoC to DnL at all but in my oppionion hype over a game is only a marketing skeem to get people to buy the game at launch, and then of course comes the wave of angry people who didn't get exactly what they wanted, then the fans come back angry that people don't share their tastes...... the flame wars begin soon.....

Originally posted by Nasa

Wonder why its released 3 days later in Europe. Funcom is even based in Europe.

ah so true its weird, i guess they have to remove the tits for them ;)