I’ve tried several classes in Age of Conan, but there’s one I always come back to, and that’s the Barbarian class. Rogue classes overall are my favorite, I play an Assassin character too, but it lacks the flexibility of the Barbarian. Ranger isn’t an option, I don’t think it is particularly fun to shoot at people at a distance, even though I do it every now and then to get the party started, if you know what I mean.
Just a quickie! Age of Conan is now available on Steam, the download games store from Half-Life creators Valve. The price is $44.99, in case you hadn’t picked up the game yet, including a month’s subscription.
“The Xbox 360 version is still very much set to happen and we are working on it,” said Erling Ellingsen, chief horn-blower for Funcom.
“However, there are no dates set, even though we aim for a 2009 release. Our big priority now is, of course, the PC version and fixing the issues with it and improving it for our current players.”
Remember the Games Convention event in Leipzig that we wrote about some two weeks ago? For those of you who couldn’t attend, here’s a video tour of some of the new content in the game, presented by Funcom’s Erling Ellingson. Enjoy!
Funcom blabbermouth Erling Ellingsen said that Age of Conan will tie in with the upcoming Conan movie, produced by Lionsgate, due next year. The two companies are talking to each other, and Ellingsen even ventured to say that the movie is a $100 million affair, although not much is known about it. This from the Leipzig Games Convention, where a lot of Age of Conan stuff was shown. Images and movies are expected tomorrow.
Funcom will release a teaser image for the upcoming Age of Conan expansion, due in 2009, tomorrow, but Eurogamer have seen it:
The concept art shows three ninja-like warriors wearing green masks with a strongly oriental look. In the background are green banners decorated with dragons, and pagoda-like buildings.
I agree with them, it sounds like something from Khitai. Interesting.
Funcom’s Q2 financial papers reveals that Age of Conan has got 415,000 subscribers, and have sold over 800,000 copies. Not too shabby. The same papers points to World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King, and Warhammer Online, as the major competition. The latter looks really good, by the way.
At Games Convention in Leipzig a couple of days from now Funcom will present a lot of new stuff, both for press as well as consumers. New features, locations and content will be brought to the table together with tons of swag like trial accounts and limited edition game DVDs for some of the lucky visitors and Conan fans.
All of this will be presented by Funcom live on the stage and you can have a chat with the developers afterwards or in between. Plus you’ll also see a demonstration by Blue Orb Inc. on how to use a regular control pad for the game with their software.
And for press only, there will be an exclusive behind-closed-doors display of coming DirectX10 features.
Funcom’s Morten Larssen sums it up:
We are very pleased with the tremendously successful launch that we had, but this is where the real journey starts for Age of Conan. In the months ahead we will be putting a lot of effort into expanding and improving on the game, and we look forward to using the Games Convention to unveil some of the locations, content and features we have in the pipeline.
Interesting, to say the least. You’ll find them in Hall 5 at stand B10. If you’re in Germany, that is.
Getting ready for your first mount in Age of Conan, or perhaps it is time to get another one? Then IGN’s mount guide on the Age of Conan Vault website is a nice stop to get some information on what to get, and where to get it, as well as how much it’ll cost you.