Looking for a place to hang out and talk about the new Conan MMORPG? If so head on over to the Age of Conan community
portal which Funcom pushed out into cyberspace today. The site has a collection of information about the development of the game, FAQ's, and message board where you can blather endlessly about game minutia.
Funcom Launches new Age of Conan Community Portal
DURHAM, NC – Funcom, a world leading developer and publisher of multi
award-winning Massively Multiplayer Online Games, has launched their
new community portal website to support their upcoming Online Action
RPG
Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures.
“Building up a strong community and establishing good relationships
with players is a key component of developing a successful massively
multiplayer game and this new portal will play a key role in the months
ahead,†said Trond Arne Aas, CEO of Funcom.
“The strong communities around our games are something that we are
extremely proud of," said Craig Morrison, Funcom Community Relations
Manager. "With the launch of the new community portal players will be
able to keep up with and discuss all the latest news, screenshots and
videos that are released as development continues. We are really
looking forward to showing our ever growing legion of fans some of what
they can expect in Age of Conan!â€
In ‘Age of Conan’ the players will encounter a dark, lush, brutal and
sinful universe, presented in fantastic graphics and stunning 7.1
surround audio. In a world filled with cruel gods, mythical creatures,
lost civilizations and a struggling human race, the mighty barbarian
has finally seized the throne as king of Aquilonia. In this twisted
fantasy world, dark magic and the threat of combat lurks around every
corner, and each man and woman must carve his or her own unique destiny
under Conan’s reign.
“Age of Conan – Hyborian Adventures†is scheduled for a Windows release
in Q4 2006. The game won the Gamespot award as “Best MMO†of E3 2005,
as well as being runner-up as the “Most Innovative Game of Showâ€. It
recently won the MMORPG.com award as their “Most anticipated MMO of
2006†and was listed as one of the top games for 2006 in both PC Gamer
and CGW
The new community portal can be found at
http://community.ageofconan.com .
ABOUT FUNCOM - Funcom is an independent developer and publisher
of online games for PC, consoles and mobile platforms. Funcom has
provided outstanding entertainment since 1993 and continues to expand
its track-record of 24 released games to date. Recent successes include
‘The Longest Journey’ and ‘Anarchy Online’. For corporate information
please visit
http://www.funcom.com. For information about Funcom games visit
http://www.anarchy-online.com ,
http://www.dreamfall.com or
http://www.ageofconan.com . Funcom is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange as FUNCOM.
ABOUT CONAN PROPERTIES INTERNATIONAL - Conan Properties
International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Paradox Entertainment Inc.,
controls all rights to Conan, associated characters and the Hyborian
world, as created by Robert E. Howard and expanded upon by acclaimed
authors and artists for decades. Conan is considered to be the world’s
best-known fantasy character. For more information about Conan
Properties International, visit
http://www.conan.com. For information about Paradox Entertainment Inc., visit
http://www.paradox-entertainment.com.
