Funcom announced the expansion in a press release, full of the traditional PR speak of course. This is particularly interesting, with the “just 100,000 subscribers?” thing in mind:

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.