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Opinion: Funcom Defends ‘Age of Conan,’ Unfurls Plans To Improve Game

07 Oct 2008 14:00:54 PDT

Written by Tracey John
When “Age of Conan” came out in May, the hype machine was in full force for the M-rated MMO based on Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian. How does Funcom feel about the current state of “Age of Conan”? How is the Xbox 360 version of “Age of Conan” coming along?

Original story at MTV Multiplayer .

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Review: Warhammer Online Lives Up to the Hype

30 Sep 2008 17:03:30 PDT

Written by Earnest Cavalli
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning delivers on its promises, in a way that other World of Warcraft competitors don't. After Age of Conan promised so many innovative, intriguing additions to the massively multiplayer genre, then delivered on so few, no...

Original story at Game .

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Opinion: MMOdus Operandi: Warhammer Online - the next big thing?

27 Sep 2008 12:25:03 PDT

Finally, onto the combat itself. From what I’ve read, the game’s combat is somewhat slower than in other MMOs, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I’d have to play it myself become I commented more on it, but don’t expect to be see casters being killed in two seconds flat like they can be in o...

Original story at VirginWorlds MMO .

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Opinion: MMOdus Operandi: Age of Conan Player Diary Introduction

27 Sep 2008 12:25:03 PDT

Age of Conan is probably the closest anyone will get to a WoW-killer at any point in the next couple of years. There are plenty of MMOs coming out, but few have garnered the attention and hype that Funcom (the company behind Anarchy Online) have with their latest effort - in fact, over a millio...

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Opinion: MMORPG - MMOCrunch - World of Warcraft: The Steak Just Walked Out

17 Sep 2008 08:31:16 PDT

While I wish Gaute the best of luck in his new career - and speculation on where that will be will only cause fear in the collective MMO community - I think it’s safe to say that MMO’s probably aren’t your forte. That might be a bit harsh, but for those keeping count, that’s 0/2 for Mr. Godager - Ana...

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Opinion: MMORPG - MMOCrunch - World of Warcraft: Hell Froze Over: An Interview with Funcom’s Erling Ellingsen

16 Sep 2008 08:01:37 PDT

Erling Ellingsen: I disagree with you that the game launched without a PvP system. You could PvP players from day one, both in mini-games, in the open world and in sieges. One of the things we received the most positive feedback on was actually PvP, and Age of Conan is unique in regards to the fa...

Original story at VirginWorlds MMO .

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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures news and blogs - October 11, 2008

11 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• AoC Gold Guides Review? -- from aoc gold
• Opinion: Does FunCom Really Penalize Female AoC Characters? -- from Softpedia News - Games
• Opinion: What's The Best Graphics Card For Age of Conan? (Hint: It's the ... -- from Kotaku Australia
• Review: Age of Conan 's Player-Versus-Player Combat a Blessing, Curse -- from Wired Blogs
• Opinion: A ding world: Is this the Age of Funcom? Conan open beta impressions -- from VirginWorlds MMO News
• Opinion: The Daily Grind: AoC collectors or regular edition? -- by Kyle Horner from Massively
• Opinion: Massively: The Daily Grind: AoC collectors or regular edition? -- from VirginWorlds MMO News
• Opinion: G4tv's MMO Report covers Age of Conan -- by Martuk from Ten Ton Hammer Headlines

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Opinion: Age of Conan could still be a huge failure!

27 Aug 2008 18:20:50 PDT

Written by ferv0r
1) Funcom’s dedication to the game and past history with Anarchy Online Expansion next year? A Conan movie next year? Xbox 360 version? DirectX 10? PvP patch, new zones, new items, etc.? That sounds like an awful lot to handle for a company like Funcom. 4) The combat system

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Age of Conan In-Depth Review

23 Jun 2008 02:01:47 PDT

Written by Nicod3mus
Overall - Age of Conan may be the first 3rd generation MMORPG to get the model right. Many have come and many have failed. I have never had this much fun in the earliest stages of any MMORPG and if the PVP and siege mechanics turn out to be as good as everyone thinks they will be Age of Conan: Hybordi...

Original story at MMOStrategyGuides.com .

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Joystiq: Massively Week in Review: June 11-17

17 Jun 2008 21:45:12 PDT

News Are female characters really penalized in Age of Conan?First glimpse of Age of Conan PvP gear!AoC grinds out the fixesLinden Lab's big content takedownNew Final Fantasy XI update drops big changes into Vana'dielAT&T says internet data caps and overage fees 'inevitable'Is C...

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Age of Conan Review

17 Jun 2008 20:08:57 PDT

Written by Shayalyn
When Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures hit store shelves, there was a flurry by many MMOG gamers to pick up a copy and begin their journeys through the dark and bloody lands. For the past few weeks, Ten Ton Hammer's Cody "Micajah" Bye has been traversing those same hills and dales of Funcom's...

Original story at tentonhammer.com .

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Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Best AoC review evah!

16 Jun 2008 22:16:36 PDT

Of course he is writing about the Herald of Xotl, the class I played too. Scott says: "Age of Conan clearly has staked out a niche: people who like burning things. My suspicion is that this may be a fairly large niche." And my problem with AoC is probably that setting virtual people on fire only am...

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MMORPG - MMOCrunch - World of Warcraft: Age of Conan Review: Lev 1-20 Demonologist

04 Jun 2008 18:32:49 PDT

AoC so far is basically like any MMORPG I’ve ever played except with nudity. Yes, it has a unique combat system, but so far for demonologists it hasn’t come into play. Demonologist are basically mages who can use fire or lightning spells and also get a demon pet that follows them around. While t...

Original story at VirginWorlds MMO .

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Opinion: WarCry Network : Latest News: Age of Conan: 400,000 Subscribers Already

26 May 2008 08:59:12 PDT

Durham, USA - May 26th, 2008 - Funcom is proud to announce that Age of Conan is one of the fastest selling PC games of all time. More than 400.000 gamers have entered Hyboria over the last few days, with almost half coming from the North American market. This amazing figure for a PC game shows that...

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What I have learned about Age of Conan so far? AoC mini review.

25 May 2008 10:58:49 PDT

Written by AOCHA Blogmaster(noreply@blogger.com)
Quests are also well designed and fun for the most part. However, there are still some WoW-like quests, and the map issues mentioned above do annoy me sometimes when questing. Feel free to message me on the Dagoth server, my Shaman is named KacynSubscribe to the Age of Conan blog RSS feed

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Opinion: Age Of Conan Impressions

21 May 2008 14:00:00 PDT

Written by Mike Fahey
Setting The Scene Combat If you were to take the MMO completely out, those first 20 levels would make an excellent, if somewhat short single-player RPG. That's really the highest praise you can give an MMO. I would buy a single player game that played like this.

Original story at Kotaku .

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Opinion: pΘtshΘt: Age of Conan Closed Beta Impressions– Part III

14 May 2008 04:20:18 PDT

I did both single player instance (Tortage night) and multiplayer instance (Tortage day) quests. I didn’t do any PvP minigames having tried them in the stress tests which was enough for me. I liked the idea of the destiny quest and ultimately how well it was executed in single player RPG fash...

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Opinion: Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Age of Conan announces 250 hours to level cap average

14 May 2008 02:47:59 PDT

Via Massively I got the news that leveling a character from 1 to 80 in Age of Conan will take 250 hours on average. For comparison the orignal Everquest was considered to take about 2,000 hour to reach the level cap, and the average number of hours to reach level 60 in World of Warcraft when it ca...

Original story at VirginWorlds MMO .

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Bildo’s Age of Conan Beta Review - A LONG READ

13 May 2008 09:45:39 PDT

Written by Bildo(noreply@blogger.com)
The biggest selling point of Age of Conan is its much more interactive and lively combat system. If you’re sick of the traditional approach and are looking for something different but still with a medieval air… then Age of Conan might be right up your alley. As I said in our Ten Ton Hammer Beta P...

Original story at The Ramblings of a Bildo .

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Joystiq: Massively Week in Review: May 6-12, 2008

12 May 2008 21:36:53 PDT

News Exclusive Vanguard Game Update 5 mounts videoBlizzard unleashes a storm of Lich King informationExclusive Vanguard Game Update 5 interview with Lenny "Tiraslee" GulloCoX Issue 12: Journey to CimeroraThe top five subscription MMOs in the USMassive PvP battle to end the Age of Co...

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Opinion: pΘtshΘt: Age of Conan Closed Beta Impressions– Part I

12 May 2008 03:18:40 PDT

Combat The vaunted combat system is a welcome departure from typical Diku MUD autoattack combat but not without its limitations. Attacks are left, middle, right (1,2,3 keys). You don’t swing, you don’t attack. As you progress, characters learn combos that are special attacks you can init...

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Opinion: Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Share your impressions of Age of Conan beta

07 May 2008 01:15:30 PDT

What I did like in Age of Conan are the destiny quests in the single-player part of the game. For my first character, a Tempest of Set, they were not very class specific, I just had to kill stuff. But for my Barbarian, which is a rogue sub-class, I had several sneaking quests. The destiny quests ar...

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MMORPG - MMOCrunch - World of Warcraft: CrunchPreview: Age of Conan, The Necromancer…

05 May 2008 15:59:17 PDT

As many MMO gamers already know, Age of Conan is boasting a new combat system unlike any other MMORPG out there. It is fast paced, action-oriented, and near-useless to the mage classes of the game. So where does that leave all the struggling magic-seekers during the beginnings of the game? P...

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Opinion: Keen and Graev's Gaming Blog: Where I stand on the Issues

27 Apr 2008 10:00:47 PDT

1. PvE Raiding Gear that influences the outcome of PvP 2.1 Epic Dungeons and Raids can be fun if you design them that way! coming soon* 3.1 PvP Death Penalties and Progression coming soon* 4. AoC Specific: Battle Keeps and who gets them. The role of the Mini-games.

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Opinion: Where I stand on the Issues

27 Apr 2008 09:30:24 PDT

Written by Keen
1. PvE Raiding Gear that influences the outcome of PvP 2.1 Epic Dungeons and Raids can be fun if you design them that way! 3. Should only the Hardcore players get the gear? PvE and PvP. 3.1 PvP Death Penalties and Progression 4. AoC Specific: Battle Keeps and who gets them. The role of the Mini-games.

Original story at Keen and Graev's Gaming .

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Opinion: Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Looking forward to Age of Conan?

15 Apr 2008 05:22:43 PDT

The one thing that speaks for Age of Conan is its timing, presuming it is too late to change their May 20 release date now. By then everyone will be fed up by WoW patch 2.4, and Wrath of the Lich King will still be far away, so it is a perfect opportunity for a new game. I just have to hope that AoC is actu...

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