Age of Conan

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  • Conan's pillage delayed

    "We believe that by spending even more time and effort into polishing and enhancing the game we will ensure that the game reaches its full potential in terms of quality and subscriber base," said Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas. "


  • Age of Conan Directx 10 Version World Premiering at CES

    The groundbreaking new DirectX 10 technology brings a wide range of improvements for PC games, and it has several highly positive implications on the performance and looks of 'Age of Conan'. Amongst other things it gives Funcom a chance to increase the overall performance, as well as enabling better view distance, more realistic-looking characters, more special effects, better and more detailed environments as well as better light models.


  • Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Updated Impressions

    While the visuals did display a little slowdown in some intensive scenes, the demo averaged more than 35 frames per second, and Tharaldsen said that there was still plenty that Funcom could do to optimize and improve the frame rate.


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  • Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures

    The game looks fantastic and after reviewing some of the developer comments we are hopefull that this game will be a good one. If you are unaware of Conan and his quests, there are over 70 years worth of stories and comics which have allowed the devs to create "a realm tgat is a very deep and meaningful place to set an online Action-RPG in.


  • Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: servers, languages, open beta

    Unlike servers, players will be given a chance to change the language used by the game. However, the default language on the install disc will be according to what server that copy of the game is attuned to. They are still currently deciding if they should include all the languages on the installer or to offer it as a download for players who want to change the language.


  • Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures - Details and clarifications on massive PvP system

    The Guild PvP points are used to determine if groups or players have the right to siege battlekeeps. Players who participate in it will generate points for their respective guilds through the minigames and experience gained from PvP battles. These


  • Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Updated Impressions - Drunken Brawling, Spell Weaving, and More

    According to Godager, Funcom has spent about three years in development on the game, and the good news is that all the pieces are finally falling into place. Because Age of Conan is a showcase game for Windows Vista, Microsoft's new operating system, it will also ship with support for DirectX 10.


  • Funcom and NVIDIA Collaborating on Age of Conan

    As a part of the agreement 'Age of Conan' enters NVIDIA's 'The Way It's Meant To Be Played' program, which ensures smooth compatibility with NVIDIA products as well as engineering and marketing support. As the developer of a key MMO title in the program, Funcom has received extensive onsite aid ever since the first hand-built prototypes of the DX10 enabled graphics cards came around, all to give 'Age of Conan' players the best graphical experience possible.


  • Age of Conan Updated Impressions: More Than Just Swordplay

    Age of Conan developer Funcom probably could have gone the easy way with Hyborian Adventures and created a simple hack-and-slash affair with little depth. However, it seems like the team has grander ideas in mind for the game, and we're intrigued to see how all these seemingly disparate parts fit together in the final build.


  • Funcom lead designer on Age of Conan's development process

    It certainly doesn't sound like an easy job at the end of the day. We're just glad that we, as gamers, get to enjoy the fruits of their labor and don't have to bother with all the technical hullabaloo. Either way, everyone wins since we all get to see what a great game Age of Conan is turning out to be.


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