High Anticipation for the Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures MMORPG

The Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures MMORPG recently went into beta testing and is creating quite a stir in the online gaming communities. In joint development by Funcom (Anarchy Online, Dreamfall) and SCi/Eidos (Tomb Raider, Hitman), The Age of Conan MMORPG is currently in the technical stage of the beta testing process.

The Age of Conan MMORPG is set for an October 2007 release date and has won numerous awards from E3 the annual consumer electronics and video game trade show including "Best MMO of E3" by Gamespot, IGN, Gamespy, and Yahoo.

Ian Livingstone, the Product Acquisition Director of Eidos, said in a Funcom press release that: "The many E3 awards, the extensive worldwide press coverage, the vibrant online player community, the strong global brand and Funcom's extensive MMO experience are all factors which bode well for the future of 'Age of Conan', and we will do our best to contribute to making it into a successful MMO franchise in the years to come."

Anticipation for the Age of Conan MMORPG is high. Oliver "Tarib" Kunz, a Funcom Community Manager, announced in a post on the Age of Conan Developers Forum that over 100,000 users signed up to beta test the game over the 2007 Easter weekend. 50,000 users signed up within the first 24 hours of the initial announcement of an open beta test.

Interested players can still sign up for the beta test at the Age of Conan beta test website.

In a press release issued by Funcom, Microsoft and Funcom have signed a development and marketing agreement to optimize the Age of Conan MMORPG for Windows Vista. It will however still be playable on Windows XP.

Microsoft has also confirmed that they will be releasing the game on the Xbox 360 at a later date after the initial release of the game for the PC in a report from Team Xbox. This move will make the Age of Conan MMORPG game more accessible to a wider audience of gamers. There is already talk of the Age of Conan MMORPG being a World of Warcraft killer.