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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures News
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How Important is Marketing to Conan?
MMORPG.com Age of Conan Correspondent John Humphrey writes this look at marketing and how Age of Conan, a totally revamped game with an expansion on the way, can learna thing or two from Blizzard.
Reported on Nov 18, 2009 -
Secret World Beta in New Funcom Offer
Funcom has re-launched their re-evaluation campaign for Age of Conan, this time offering players new incentives to return and subscribe to Age of Conan for extended periods. As part of the re-evaluation campaign players who have inactive subscriptions are invited back to play Age of Conan free for two weeks, and will receive a double XP boost during their free period.
Reported on Nov 12, 2009 -
Blog - Behind the Scenes: Content Team
The Funcom team has updated their official AoC Blog here at MMORPG.com. This time, Glen "Famine" Swan takes a behind-the-scenes look at the game's content team.
Reported on Nov 10, 2009 -
Morrison On Melee vs. Ranged Balance
Today, we ask Funcom's Craig Morrison about his philosophies on attempting to balance ranged and melee combat styles in an MMO.
Reported on Nov 09, 2009 -
October's Letter from the Game Director
Age of Conan Game Director Craig Morrison addresses the community once more in this latest Letter from the Game Director. This month's letter focuses on a number of new initiatives Funcom has taken to cultivate the Age of Conan community, the new Recruit-a-Friend Program, the Volunteer Program, the upcoming 1.06 patch cycle, and more!
Reported on Nov 03, 2009 -
Rise of the Godslayer Screenshots 2
Funcom has released these three new, exclusive screenshots from their upcoming Age of Conan expansion, Rise of the Godslayer
Reported on Nov 02, 2009 -
Update 5.6 Now Live!
Update 5.6 has gone live on all servers today and brings with it the launch of the "Night of the Lost Souls" seasonal event, the Veteran Rewards system, and the new high-level Iron Tower dungeon.
Reported on Oct 27, 2009 -
New Subscription Rate Discounts!
Funcom has announced today new discount rates for multi-month subscribers of Age of Conan. Customers who opt for a three month subscription will receive a 20% discount, six month subscriptions will receive a 30% discount, and 12 month subscriptions will see a whopping 45% discount.
Reported on Oct 23, 2009 -
Nights of the Lost Souls Event!
Nights of the Lost Souls has been announced for Age of Conan as this year's Halloween event, and it is scheduled to go live following the release of Update 5.6. The event will consist of several new quests that will pit players both solo and teamed against three Lost Souls. Defeating these Lost Souls will earn brave adventurers a number of interesting rewards. my favorite of which is the "Undead Backscratcher," which is basically a large bone handle with a detached arm affixed to it by
Reported on Oct 20, 2009 -
The Iron Tower
The team over at Funcom has penned this developer journal giving us details on the newest dungeon in the game: The Iron Tower.
Reported on Oct 20, 2009 -
Iron Tower Internal Q&A
Funcom has provided us with this internally conducted interview with Carola Berens, one of the developers working on the Iron Tower dungeon for Age of Conan.
Reported on Oct 20, 2009 -
Veteran Rewards Explained
In this developer journal, the team from Funcom lays out the Vertean Rewards system, how it works and what items will be available to players to reward them for their loyalty.
Reported on Oct 20, 2009 -
Rise of the Godslayer Screenshots
Funcom has released these three new, exclusive screenshots from their upcoming Age of Conan expansion, Rise of the Godslayer.
Reported on Oct 19, 2009 -
Free Trials Return!
Funcom has announced the return of their seven day free trial program! Gamers who haven't yet given the game a spin, or those who've not been back in some time are encouraged to check out the update notes section of the website and see what they've done with the game since they launched it in 2008.
Reported on Oct 14, 2009 -
PvP Interview
MMORPG.com's Garrett Perkins recently spoke with Tim Donks, the developer in charge of PvP for Age of Conan. Some players might better know him as "Didek" from the test live forums, about the past present and future of PvP in AoC.
Reported on Oct 09, 2009 -
Staff Cuts Will Not Delay Godslayer
Yesterday, we reported on a 20% cut to staff at Funcom that also came with the comment that Funcom's upcoming horror themed MMOG, The Secret World, would indeed be delayed several months due to these changes. The report left many of us wondering if these changes would also have an affect on the release of Age of Conan's Rise of the Godslayer expansion, and today, a Funcom spokesperson speaking to Jamie Davey of Strategy Informer reassures us that the recent cuts will have "little to no effect".
Reported on Sep 30, 2009 -
Veteran Rewards Detailed
Game Director Craig Morrison updates us on the state of Age of Conan with this month's Letter from the Game Director. Much of the letters subject matter centers around the oft talked about Veteran Rewards system. This time, we've got solid details on how the system works and what you can expect to earn for your loyalty.
Reported on Sep 28, 2009 -
Last Bastion Machinima Director Q&A
Recently, we brought you news of an Age of Conan machinima project called The Last BAstion. Today, MMORPG.com AoC Correspondent Garrett Perkins brings us an interview with the director of that series.
Reported on Sep 18, 2009 -
PAX Rise of the Godslayer Demo
Carolyn Koh was at PAX. While there, she met up with Funcom's Craig Morrison to talk about the upcoming Conan expansion, Rise of the Godslayer.
Reported on Sep 11, 2009 -
August '09 Game Director's Letter
Game Director Craig Morrison addresses the Conan community in this latest issue of the "Letter From the Game Director". This month's topics include the recently announced expansion, "Rise of the Godslayer", the 1.06 update schedule, the House of Crom, Veteran Rewards, Tier three raiding, and more.
Reported on Sep 01, 2009
