Funcom announced today that their upcoming MMO
Age of Conan:Hyborian Adventures will be delayed until March 25th, 2008. Funcom is pushing the release back in order to focus on "honing, polishing and improving the heralded qualities of the game, ensuring a fantastic MMO experience when it launches next spring".
While I'm a disappointed that the game is slipping to next year it does mean that the game doesn't have to compete with everything else that's coming out this year and it means that we will be getting a much better product when it ships. I really liked what
I saw at E3 and I think a combat focused MMO is going to be a nice change of pace. The game is still taking
applications for the open beta if you're really gung ho about playing some version of the game this year.
Funcom announce new release date for Age of Conan
- The highly anticipated MMO to release on March 25th -
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."
”We are honored by the immense reception our game is constantly getting, with an astounding amount of positive press coverage, awards and magazine covers, but we still see that we need to polish some aspects of the game even further, especially when it comes to the entry barriers,” said Gaute Godager, founder of Funcom and Producer / Director on ‘Age of Conan’. “With the added development time we can now deliver something even more unique and powerful, something which is worthy of the incredible Conan legacy.”
‘Age of Conan’ is consistently mentioned as one of the most anticipated PC games in development. It has received numerous magazine covers and awards, including 'Best MMO of E3' awards from IGN, GameSpot, GameSpy and Yahoo. ‘Age of Conan’ is a key title in Microsoft's Games for Windows line-up, as well as being a showcase DirectX 10 title for nVidia. The game is currently in general Beta, and applications for testing are available at
http://www.ageofconan.com.
