Age Of Conan Begins In October News

Eidos and Funcom have today confirmed a release date of October 30th 2007 for the MMO, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. The game, which will launch under the Games for Windows banner, sees players enter the world of Aquilonia ruled by the legendary fantasy character created by Robert E. Howard.

"'Age of Conan' brings something brand new and highly innovative to the MMO genre," says CEO Trond Arne Aas. "'Age of Conan' today looks and plays fantastically, as countless press previews and industry feedback attest to. Even so, we believe that by spending even more time and effort into polishing and enhancing the game we will ensure that the game reaches its full potential in terms of quality and subscriber base. We are confident that our fan base will appreciate this commitment to quality. The prolonged development time reflects our ambition to meet and exceed the expectations of our fans for this game."

"'Age of Conan' is truly a labor of love for Funcom and I am proud and amazed at the accomplishments of our world class development team. The extra development time on 'Age of Conan' will enable us to deliver a truly awesome MMO gaming experience - with next generation MMO-combat and a lush and vibrant world to live in," said Gaute Godager, founder of Funcom and Game Director on Age of Conan. "Now we can pack even more punch into the brutal world of Conan, and, by Crom, I feel certain that we will deliver a game that will appeal to a broad range of players as we introduce new features to the genre."

Despite being published under the Games for Windows label, today's statement also suggested that the Xbox 360 version of the game will be operated separately, and won't provide cross-platform gameplay like Microsoft's Shadowrun. In the release, Eidos announced that: "Following the release of the PC version a dedicated console version will be released for the Xbox 360."