During the community event in Oslo last week, the formalities were concluded with a two hour developer Q and A session, which gave press and community representatives a chance to ask those hard-hitting questions about all things 'Age of Conan'.
Here's a small taste of things:
Parts two, three, and four of the Q and A session will come with next week's Funcom Age of Conan Friday Update.
You've read it in words, now see it in video as we are lead through the Funcom offices to show off developers and staff busy at work on 'Age of Conan', plus a glimpse of a dungeon raid and Necromancer play in action.
Here's a sneak peak:
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TenTonHammer reported today, according to its Funcom source, that two classes have been axed from the final release. The Scion of Set and the Lich will have their abilities redistributed amongst the other existing remaining classes.
We'll keep you updated on the details as soon as they become available.
Funcom launched a newly redesigned flash site for their upcoming Age of Conan MMO, complete with fresh videos, concept art and screenshots. Funcom is gearing up towards their March 25th release date and the much awaited open Beta preceding it.
Make sure to swing by the new site and check all the new content, plus you can read the official press release after the jump!
Pharamond has posted some clarification on what how open beta will work for Age of Conan. Seems there was a little confusion since CES on how it would work.
Looks like there was a miscommunication/misunderstanding at the show.
We are planning to have an open beta for the game as we get closer to launch, however, it will be through specific partners and require an application/registration process, much like most of the other betas for most other games.
We will be limiting the number of keys we release to a manageable number at any given time, rather than subjecting people to queues and loading screens and so on. By "a manageable number," we mean tens of thousands, not just a handful.
We're also ramping up some of our tech test betas, and, of course, we'll be doing key giveaways, inviting forum veterans, and inviting more people to the current, closed stage of beta as we ramp up for launch.
So, yes, there will be a wider-scale open beta, but it will require an application/registration process and won't be as simple as "press button, get key," which is what we wanted to say.
You can read the post over at the Age of Conan forums.
Avery from The Acolytes Guild recently put together a video tutorial showing every facet of gameplay we know about to date. It includes a look at the races, classes, UI, missions. If you want to know everything we know about Age of Conan in one shot, this is it!
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WarCry recently attended an event in San Francisco held by Eidos and Funcom. There we played Age of Conan and came back with a trove of art assets. Some of these are new, some not so much, but we have it all here for you today.
Here is a sample:
Funcom and Eidos have announced they have invited a staggering 10,000 beta testers to help playtest their upcoming MMO. They have also released a game trailer showcasing the land of Hyboria.
Funcom is hosting a community gathering over at their studio in Oslo in January, and Mitra's Method will be leaving on a jet-plane to get the skinny on all things 'Age of Conan' from January 17 to 19 at this exciting event!
Funcom is also giving one lucky winner the chance to partake in this community gathering as well:
"We have an event in Oslo coming up in January where we will present lots of information about the game, give plenty of hands-on time with the game itself, and answer quite a few of those unanswered questions. But we did save one slot for the most important member of our communities: an actual fan."
Read more after the click.
Right on time this month is the latest Clan of Conan newsletter. We are now at Issue #12 and it's chock full of new stuff!
Highlights of Clan of Conan #12:
* Feature: In-depth look at Mounted Combat.
* Location Entry: Sanctum of Burning Souls
* Enemy/Bestiary: The Acheronian Warlord and the Blood Defiler
* New Media: An assortment of new screenshots and video of the Sanctum of Burning Souls
* Wallpaper: Sanctum of Burning Souls
Click here for the full Clan of Conan Issue #12!
