After having lower customer retention than anticipated in 2008, Funcom is now seeing a distinct turn of events when it comes to Age of Conan. Not only has the company seen a significant improvement in subscription retention, the trend is also that the players spends more time in-game. As a result Funcom continues to invest heavily in the game, and currently more than 120 people are working on adding new content.

Trying to take a positive spin are we? I guess that’s fine, so long as it is true and not just stalling.

Russian gamers should go here for more, and Polish ones can go here.

Age of Conan Launches in Russia and Poland hails from Living Hyboria!

According to the agreement 1C will fully localize voice and text and operate local customer service, communities, websites and in-game support for Age of Conan in Russian, while Funcom takes care of back-end technology, server infrastructure and continuous development of the game. A dedicated Russian realm is to be created, giving the Russian community an opportunity to stay together and communicate with each other in their native language.

Read the press release for more, but beware of the PR hype machine, it’s a nasty beast hiding in texts like this…

Age of Conan Goes Russian hails from Living Hyboria!