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Age Of Conan Expands At GamesCom
A work in progress for the better part of a year, Funcom is finally ready to take the next step with Age of Conan, teasing an expansion announcement to take place in Germany next month. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by excel_excel: *insert generic 'people still play *insert name on MMO*? comment* Still though, nice to see a MMO not called WOW going... 13 Responses | Other threads
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Age Of Conan Ventures Into Tarantia Commons
Funcom has just launched Update 5 - Gangs of Tarantia for their massively multiplayer online roleplaying game Age of Conan, introducing a whole new area, new storylines, and fundamentally changing how the game is played. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Malfunktion v2: Did they ever fix the fact that nobody will sit there like a retard while you try to pull off... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Age Of Conan Fighting On, Attracting New Players
For a while there, it appeared that Funcom's Age of Conan was on its last legs. Players were leaving, servers were closing. But still, the game lives on! More »
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Comment by kiramon: I enjoyed my trek up to cap way back at release of this game. That's pretty much all I enjoyed. So much... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Funcom "Opens The Floodgates" With Conan Free Trial
Funcom really, really wants new players to come try out Age of Conan, releasing a persuasive video and a free trial offer to try and make that happen. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by derFeef: Age of Conan is great. I love every minute of it. 12 Responses | Other threads
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Funcom Loses Big, Chief Financial Officer Bails
The Age of Conan has been rather rough on Funcom, whose fourth quarter financials reveal an operating loss of $23.3 million, possibly prompting the departure of chief financial officer Olav Sandnes. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Matt0505: ProTip: Blizzard owns the MMO world. Make your money elsewhere or peril. 56 Responses | Other threads
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Age Of Conan Servers Closing, Game To Be Issued Last Rites
We've heard how Age of Conan is in a state of decline. Now let's look at how it's in a state of decline. In particular, how over half the game's servers are to be shuttered. More »
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Comment by eddienoteddy: World Of Warcraft FOR THE WIN. why do other MMO's even try? the only WoW killer is Blizzards next game. the... 17 Responses | Other threads
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Looking at "The MMO Crash of 2008"
Hellforge posits that 2008 was the worst year on record for MMOs. But the "collapse" had nothing to do with the genre's viability, and everything to do with hubris and poor decisions by game-makers. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by will52: WoW is the only good MMO. And that ain't saying much. 33 Responses | Other threads
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Get Your Goat
Age Of Conan Features Festive Goat Killing
The festive folk at Funcom have managed to pull off a gaming event involving killing a goat that won't get the gaming community upset as part of the holiday festivities in Age of Conan. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Hafgrim: I pitty the fool who still plays AoC. 5 Responses | Other threads
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Age of Conan Tanked. Here's Why
With Wrath of the Lich King out, everyone's forgotten Age of Conan ever existed. But Funcom's level design gave its own title a head start to the trash can. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by jandlecack: Guys. I would totally play your MMO. Just make the online play free i.e. no subscription fees, and sell me the... 21 Responses | Other threads
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Age Of Conan Adds A Massive Chunk Of Content
One of the major criticisms of Funcom's Age of Conan when the MMORPG first launched was a considerable lack of high-end content. Now the developer addresses that issue directly with the release of the largest gameplay content addition since the game went live. The update introduces a huge new outdoor area, Ymir's Pass, that promises loads of new quests, new characters, new enemies, and a new storyline to follow along with. Also going live with the update is new dungeon The Amphitheater, that's supposed to hold "the most epic and memorable monster encounters ever created for the game." More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by antialias02: Guys, did Funcom just sneeze or something? I'm too busy romping around Howling Fjord to notice. 3 Responses | Other threads
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Age Of Conan Tries Its Luck In Korea
Funcom's Age of Conan MMO started off strong here in the states but quickly lost steam, due in no small part to not actually being a finished product. Developers are working hard trying to turn it around, but it could very well be too late for the game in North America. So where can a pretty yet not fully realized MMORPG go to find an audience in these rough times? Oh yeah, Korea! Korean online publisher Neowiz Games will be in charge of bringing Hyborian Adventures to the Korean peoples. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Lonewolf_Fenrir: Some newsmakers should stop their bullshit. Age of conan wasn't less finished than world of warcraft, warhammer, or any MMORPG that... 12 Responses | Other threads
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AoC And WAR Players Flocking Back To Azeroth
Each of the seven or so times I've canceled my World of Warcraft subscription over the past few years, I've found it curious that they ask your reason for leaving. What could they possibly do with said information? Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime answered my question for me during yesterday's earnings conference call to investors, during which he put the information to good use. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Musai: Why is this nonsense being posted on Kotaku? This is an example of flawed statistics being used to try and... 12 Responses | Other threads
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Age Of Conan Noteriety System Coming Very Soon
A little while ago, Age of Conan developers Funcom added the first portion of their player versus player overhaul, putting in place incentives to PVP such as the PVP leveling system that rewards you for killing other players. Unfortunately that half of the overhaul didn't contain consequences for just murdering anyone who happens by, bringing back memories of the early days of Ultima Online, where chopping wood resulted in "OooOooOOoOo" nine times out of ten. Now game director Craig Morrison tells Eurogamer that the Notoriety System, which makes it significantly less attractive to kill everyone, could be in place as early as next week. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Comatose Turtle: Holy crap, just now adding this? I was a sniveling coward in that game, constantly looking over my shoulder and... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Surprise! Age Of Conan Servers Merging
It happens to every well-marketing MMO (except WoW) sooner or later. Craig Morrison, Funcom's new game director for their well-intentioned but badly-implemented MMO Age of Conan has indicated via the game's official forums that a server merge will soon take place across US and European servers. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by 3lias: I have never in my life regretted a purchase as much as i did the day i realised i couldnt... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Age Of Conan Game Director Quits Dissatisfied
Age of Conan Producer and Game Director Gaute Godager has resigned from Funcom, stating his dissatisfaction with the game as the key reason for his departure. Anarchy Online Producer and Game Director Craig Morrison will be taking over the vacated position. Gaute was with the company for 16 years, and will be sorely missed by the Funcom and fans of their games alike.
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By Mike FaheyComment by Nimsim: Finally, I was so sad when i heard Gaute was the game director of AoC. Anarchy Online became such a better... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Games Convention 2008
Age Of Conan Invades GC
Don your loincloth, polish your bastard sword, and get ready to invade Germany as Funcom announces their plans for Age of Conan at next week's Games Convention in Leipzig. They'll be showing off new locations, new content, and new features of their massively-multiplayer swords & sorcery title during live stage shows at the convention, with Blue Orb on hand to show players how to work the game with a gamepad and the TripleHead2Go guys granting hands-on time with the game on a three-screen setup. There's also loot to be had in the form of free game trials, limited edition game DVDs, and inflatable swords - because giving out real swords would have been pricey, and things would have gotten ugly rather quickly. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Shockadin: MMO on gamecube? like phantasy star? oh wait >.> more » | Other threads
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Conan GM Cybersexes Troll With Predictable Results
One of Funcom's Age of Conan GMs was duped into cybersex with a male player (playing a male avatar, too) and dismissed for spanking him/him/her with his big sword. The entire transcript went up to a MMORPG message board at the beginning of the month, and the incident is just now making the rounds. Put on your robe and wizard hat, and watch as one GM learns about virtual bodies, and what "fapping" means.
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Age Of Conan Buddy Codes Are Go
Just received an email this morning from Funcom to let me know that the 7-day Age of Conan buddy codes that shipped with the collector's edition of the game are now ready to be passed out among your friends in a suitably lordly fashion. Unlike most MMORPGs, where friend codes tend to be active from launch, Funcom wanted to give players sufficient time to get acclimated to the game before flooding the servers with people that didn't care enough to buy it. It might seem to the outsider that the company was waiting until the game was in a more presentable state, but that's just crazy talk. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by vgerik1234: The devs fucked up yet again. The "buddy codes" that were given out were called "guest codes". The paper you... more » | Other threads
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Zero Punctuation Takes On Age Of Conan Naked
While Yahtzee isn't that big a fan of the Ememorpagah (MMORPG) genre, he decided to suck up his general distaste and plunge into the world of Funcom's Age of Conan anyway, a fact I am sure has nothing to do with the fact that The Escapist currently looks as if it were being forced out of one of the game's distended orifices. These sorts of coincidences always happen with website advertising, such as the other week when my Coors Lite review went up. Awkward! More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by islandknight: love the new opening. and that snake joke was funny as hell. more » | Other threads
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Funcom - Age Of Conan Reviewable In A Month
I was visiting the Eidos area early, chatting with the man in the Age of Conan t-shirt waving a sword around about World of Warcraft, when a realization dawned on me. I never actually reviewed Age of Conan. I had done initial impressions, but I never deemed the game final enough for a full-fledged review. I asked the PR guy, but as the question left my lips, Age of Conan product manager Erling Ellingsen wandered by. You may remember Erling from the PVP video I posted a couple months back. Yes, he is just as glorious in real life. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by jakegravy: Been playing the game since paid launch. The starter city of Tortage gives the initial impression the game is... more » | Other threads
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Age Of Conan - A Million Shipped, 700K Registered
We often talk about the differences between 'sold' and 'shipped' announcements, generally coming to the conclusion that the numbers would be relatively close, but sometimes the gap can be a bit bigger. Early this month, Funcom announced that Age of Conan was about to pass the one million copies shipped mark, which is a lovely milestone to reach and all, but in their latest pat on the back press release they place the number of accounts at "more than 700,000". This means that somewhere between 25-30% of those shipped copies either a) haven't been purchased or b) have been purchased and haven't been activated. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Dukeman330: I dunno, 700k still seems pretty impressive. more » | Other threads
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Age Of Conan Director McRibs WoW
Funcom's Gaute Godager is pretty ballsy for a guy sitting on top of an unfinished MMO. The Age of Conan director cheap shotted his Blizzard rivals in an interview over at Eurogamer, where he compares World of Warcraft to fast food. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Rahzephen: Wow, he has big brass ones to say something like that, while he sits on an unfinished game. If WoW... more » | Other threads
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Age Of Conan's All-Dancing, All-PVPing Evolution Plans
So Funcom and Eidos released Age of Conan, and hundreds of thousands of players have signed up...what now? The two companies have revealed their plans for evolving Age of Conan over the coming months, with heaps of new content influenced directly by player feedback in the pipes. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by FunkyJ: My question is why wasn't this in the game in the first place, like promised? more » | Other threads
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Age Of Conan Gets Scandinavian Punk Rock Soundtrack
Get ready for difficult-to-pronounce names. Composer Knut Avenstroup Haugen has done a two-disc soundtrack for Age of Conan, featuring a variety of Scandinavian musicians, including Helene Bøksle, folks from Norway's State Opera Choir, and three songs kicked in by rock group Turbonegro, who performed at the game's launch event. More »
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Comment by avconsumer: I must be getting old and jaded. Lame imo. (and not very funny) Clever lyrics. That's all I... more » | Other threads
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Mounted AoC Camper is Patient, Contemplative
Here's a tip. If someone's astride a horse on a narrow ledge overlooking a deep gorge, and he's not faced to enjoy the view, you might want to, I dunno, not run behind him, or maybe just don't do PvP anymore. More » -
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Age Of Conan Biggest MMO Launch Since WoW
Funcom proudly announces that Age of Conan is now passing the one million copies shipped milestone, and with the game still selling out across the western world the number of subscribers should continue to grow at a steady pace. They're calling it the biggest simultaneous Europe/US game launch in history. Of course all of this success leads directly to the inevitable WoW-based marketing blurb. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by shendragon: @Odin: It'll last until then. The problem will be exactly how many people are willing to stick around and let... more » | Other threads
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Age Of Conan Girls Get Accidental Boob Job
As if Age of Conan subscribers didn't have enough to complain about already, now Funcom goes and forces involuntary plastic surgery on them. In a perfect, happy world, no one would have been paying enough attention to their character's animated breasts to notice, but when certain players logged in after the latest patch and broke out the tape measure, they realized their enormous busts had been busted. AOC forum user Gust even went as far as to provide photo evidence, seen above. No need to worry though folks, as Funcom promises things will soon be back to abnormal. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by freespeech: that's what makes the world of conan fun, WTF GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more » | Other threads
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Update on the Conan PvP Fiasco
I was gonna try to get this up yesterday but then we had our site meltdown. However, I know all of you are interested in the online civil rights of Something Awful MMO guild members, and Funcom has stepped in to assure they will not be griefally profiled now or in the future on Age of Conan. More » -
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Conan GM to Goons: You PvP Nice, Now ...
Reader Allison sends a chuckleicious play-nice — "just my advice, nothing official" warning— from an Age of Conan GM to a Something Awful guild member. (.jpg of the chat after the jump). Remember that large-scale player-vs-player? Well, just don't make it too large-scale. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by The Commissar: @ManjiKengo: For someone not playing the game, you seem awfully butthurt. Half the replies in this thread are yours. more » | Other threads
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Yes, Age Of Conan Is Having Problems
Since posting my impressions and my first steps into the Age of Conan, I've gotten daily emails from folks who would like to point out that the launch hasn't gone smoothly for everyone involved, and I figured I would take a moment to acknowledge this. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Cyrant: @Abriel I'm level 51 currently and the game does have in-game lighting. It's extremely evident when you go into the... more » | Other threads
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Age Of Conan Proves Somewhat Popular
Age of Conan may be Fahey's new best friend, but its found its way into more hearts than just his over the past week, with Funcom announcing today that 400,000 "gamers have entered Hyboria", which I'm going to suspect - though not assume - means 400,000 individual people, and not just 400,000 accounts. Healthy numbers! Though, as with all MMOs, how many they've got in six months could be the more telling figure. More »
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Age Of Conan - My New Best Friend
I've spent a lot of time on Age of Conan this weekend, mainly because I am quitting smoking (4 days now) and it gives me something else to obsess over. I've met many new friends, though none of them are quite as cool as this guy here, who I met while exploring the Stygian desert landscapes. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by MassiveMendoza: This is why AoC is a stupid game for stupid people. more » | Other threads
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Whorelore Incites The Rage Of Bonan
Apparently I'm not the only one enamored with Funcom's recently released Age of Conan. The creators of Whorelore (formerly World of Whorecraft) have jumped into the Hyborean Age as well with "Rage of Bonan". More » -
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Age Of Conan Impressions
The Norwegian branch of the Nordic region's largest gaming magazine, Gamereactor, gave Age of Conan a 9 out of 10. They are full of crap. It's not that Age of Conan isn't worthy of the score...it's just that there is no way of knowing that yet. They had their score ready before the game even went into early access, so in essence, they reviewed the beta of the game, which you cannot actually play now. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Chimmer: KOTAKU IS FULL OF CRAP. Dumbasses( dircted at teh readers to). Gamereactor had a world exclusive deal with funcom. They... more » | Other threads
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Age Of Conan Is Funcom's Smoothest MMO Launch Ever
Yes yes I know, that's a rather cheap shot right there, but having played Funcom's other MMO Anarchy Online on and off for several years I am entitled. Age of Conan is now up and running, and despite some extended server downtime over the early morning hours that had a certain Kotaku writer falling asleep in his computer chair waiting for the game to come up (*cough*) things are running particularly smoothly. There are bugs, to be sure, and some folks are experiencing random freezes now and again, but for the most part the servers are full of aggressively helpful beta testers and early release players giving the newbies helpful tips in that borderline prick fashion all early players seem to slip into upon release. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Daffy101: Lvl 22 and the game is just plain annoying now. No response from GM's average wait is 6 hours, this... more » | Other threads
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My First Steps Into The Age Of Conan
Despite having the odds stacked against me, I managed to secure a spot in the Age of Conan early start. While I missed the server opening by an hour due to Narnia-related activities, I did manage to spend a substantial amount of time playing over the weekend, creating several characters to try and decide which of the 12 initial classes was for me. After going through the initial beginning of the game at least six times, I decided to document the experience for those of you who either didn't get in or aren't sure about the game. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by ArgentAngel: @errington07, SigmundTheSeaMonster, Tesahli, Nisori, Allcars, Seiru, VakeroRokero, Dave Silva, ZhouYu, Coherent, devilhunterx, Pr1vate_D0nut, Covert_Knight, interstate78, KroKan: /sigh more » | Other threads
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Age Of Conan DX10 Version Delayed
Age of Conan's collector's edition is completely sold out, all over the world! This is the gist of the press release issued today, which points out that they actually printed more copies of CE, bringing the total to 111,000 units, which were all sold out, preorder numbers were astronomical, the game is set to be a tremendous success, and oh, the DirectX 10 version of the game isn't coming out this week. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by ElMoIsEviL: Abriael, It seems to me you're more upset with your gears lack of power than you are Age of Conan itself.... more » | Other threads
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The Week in Games: Always Seek Balance Board, Daniel-San
Age of Conan goes out this week, thus ending, if not exactly rectifying the early server access fiasco. UEFA Euro 2008 is the major cross-platform release. And in the props department, there's SingStar, which comes with a USB karaoke mike — and Wii Fit, which finally arrives to insult out-of-shape Americans. So, anyone out there getting in shape, or are you still sitting on your asses to play any of these other games? Let us know in the comments. More » -
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Age Of Conan Early Start Preorders Sold Out, Dammit
Just two days ago I switched back to DSL after a brief foray into the world of really slow apartment cable internet, which made it nearly impossible to download the 12.59 GB Age of Conan beta installer. I finally got the file downloaded yesterday with speedy DSL goodness, just in time for the whole thing to end. In my desperation, I ran out to GameStop to snag a preorder so I could at least get into the early start of the retail version. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Daimyo Nintendo: EWWWWWWWW the picture.....SHES A HE! EWWWWWWWWWW why cant people stick with the gender they are born with.... more » | Other threads
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