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AoC: Border Kingdom Cryer - AoC's Big Bang Theory - Ten Ton Hammer

09 Oct 2008 14:51:57 PDT

Written by Martuk
Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures (AoC) got a nice bit of exposure this week in the CBS hit series "Big Bang Theory." The episode revolved around the game as one of the characters became obsessed with playing. This led to a comical episode of Internet lingo and typical gaming stereotypes. Desp...

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MMORPG - MMOCrunch - World of Warcraft: Warhammer Online Revitalizes PvP

09 Oct 2008 10:17:14 PDT

This is one of the best features that Warhammer introduced, being able to join a PvP battle from anywhere at anytime. Not only will Blizzard be adding this to WoW, but I’m sure this will become a must have feature for all future MMOs that have PvP.

Original story at VirginWorlds MMO .

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Broken Toys: Age of Conan Talks About Future, Insists They Have One

09 Oct 2008 00:30:45 PDT

I think it’s okay to say that we simply didn’t deliver as good as we should have on all the launch features. That said, I do think we went out the gate with some extremely strong ones too (i.e. combat, graphics, presentation, audio, maturity, story and quests, Tortage etc.), which made us a giga-...

Original story at VirginWorlds MMO .

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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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The Big Bang Theory: "The Barbarian Sublimation" Review

07 Oct 2008 14:00:17 PDT

CA - Sheldon, who is home playing Age of Conan, heard her pounding on her door, frustrated and invited her over until a locksmith could come over and fix the ...

Original story at IGN TV .

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Game Director Interview at MMORPG.com - Ten Ton Hammer

06 Oct 2008 21:36:53 PDT

Written by Martuk
Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures new Game Director, Craig 'Silirrion' Morrison recently spoke with MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood about his history in the gaming Industry, his influence as Game Director of Anarchy Online, and some of his plans for the future of Age of Conan.

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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures news and blogs - October 10, 2008

10 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.

• Warhammer: The Cold Equation -- by Ardwulf from warhammer-online « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• GM Creates Cow Riders - Ten Ton Hammer -- by Martuk from Latest News
• How Far Away Are Truly Persistent Worlds? -- by tenfoldhate from mmorpgs « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Age of Conan Director Leaves Citing Dissatisfaction with Game -- by Mike from Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
• Age Of Conan Funcom -- by AOC Gold and Leveling Guides from AOC Gold and Leveling Guide Reviews n More - Everything On Age Of Conan Guides
• Funcom gør status over Age of Conan -- from Boomtown
• Tobold's MMORPG Blog: Groundhog Day -- from VirginWorlds MMO News
• Tobold’s MMORPG Blog: Groundhog Day -- by VirginWorlds MMO News from Games and MMORPG
• Groundhog Day -- by Tobold(noreply@blogger.com) from Tobold's MMORPG Blog
• Massively: Age of Conan conquers The Big Bang Theory -- from VirginWorlds MMO News

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Fix for Settings Button - Ten Ton Hammer

06 Oct 2008 08:26:21 PDT

Written by Martuk
Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures' little glitch from the latest update made the settings button not work like it was suppose to. This weekend Funcom's US Community Coordinator, Wayne 'Yakomo' Soong

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A data-fueled examination of Warhammer Online's launch

05 Oct 2008 22:00:00 PDT

Written by Kyle Horner
The coolest thing about all of this is that GamerDNA plans to continue its data mining over the coming months in order to build up a big pile of information. WAR has undoubtedly made a big splash in the ocean of MMOs and we can't wait to see if any big waves -- either good or bad -- come of it. Did you e...

Original story at Massively .

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Latest Testlive Patch Brings Lots of Changes - Ten Ton Hammer

01 Oct 2008 12:02:13 PDT

Written by Martuk
The latest update notes for the next big update for Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures is now available on the Testlive server forums. The latest notes include a huge list of new items that are in part related to the upcoming notoriety system. Along with this system a slew of new content has been...

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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...

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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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MMOdus Operandi: Why I quit Age of Conan

27 Sep 2008 12:25:03 PDT

4) The combat is repetitive. Sure, it looks better than in most MMOs, but that's only due to the quality of the animation of the player characters. The actual combat system is average, from what I've seen of it. I'm not saying that the standard MMO combat model is particularly good, either, but...

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Van Hemlock: The Cancellation of Conan...

22 Sep 2008 12:31:25 PDT

While the timing may seem suspiciously coincidental, I can confirm that I am not quitting to sign right up for Warhammer. Age of Conan has reinforced the Three Month Rule for all MMOs quite comprehensively for me. I'm also not quitting out of solidarity for the recently resigned Game Direct...

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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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Opinion: Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures preliminary patch notes for August 6

04 Aug 2008 11:10:47 PDT

Written by Enrico S.
If the attacking guild takes over a battlekeep, any city guards that are left will now despawn.Players can now only spawn a ballista while the city is vulnerable to attack.Catapult progress bar no longer shows Trebuchet Blast.Once the siege battle is finished, the siege weapons and siege c...

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Opinion: Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures preliminary patch notes for August 6

04 Aug 2008 11:10:47 PDT

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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...

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Opinion: Tobold's MMORPG Blog: AoC and the future of story-telling in MMORPGs

16 Jun 2008 04:16:50 PDT

World of Warcraft doesn't really have a main story, but I never really missed one in that game, because the whole world, every quest, every zone, is of such high quality that you simply forget that there is not much purpose to killing another 10 foozles, except for gaining some xp and reward....

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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...

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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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Instanced dungeons and loot/items

24 Feb 2008 00:46:43 PST

Written by Cheggelund
Today I’ll summarize some information on items/loot and instancing in Age of Conan. Funcom has stated many times that they aim to please both hard-core and casual gamers, and with that in mind they will provide both instanced and non-instanced content in AoC.

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