Posted by: Aaron Lockard on August 20, 2007 3:18:15 PM
Playable version available to gamers on the show floor for the first time ever
Funcom's highly anticipated massively multiplayer online game 'Age of
Conan: Hyborian Adventures' is getting ready to invade this year's
Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. Not only will the siege warfare
system be demonstrated to select press behind closed doors, gamers will
also be able to join in on the fun by playing against each other in
brutal, bloody, and ferociously fast-paced player-versus-player battles
on the show floor.
"It is time for the gloves to come off," says
Game Director Gaute Godager. "This is the first time we will let
consumers get their hands on the game at a trade show and we are
kicking off by letting them experience the intensity of
player-versus-player battles. This is the true Conan experience '"
bloody and barbaric!"
The siege warfare gameplay, one of the
most anticipated features in 'Age of Conan', will be shown behind
closed doors for select press for the first time ever. In the game
guilds will be able to construct entire battlekeeps for themselves and
they can even capture and destroy other guild's battlekeeps by going
into battle against them. Players will enter into epic struggles for
fame, fortune and land using swords, cavalry and catapults as they
charge towards each other on the blood-soaked battlefields of Hyboria.
"In
recent years the Games Convention in Leipzig has grown into one of the
most important trade shows in the business," says Funcom CEO Trond Arne
Aas. "This is a great venue for us to show off new material from 'Age
of Conan' and to let gamers play the game for the first time ever at a
trade show."
Everyone is invited to come and play 'Age of Conan'
themselves in the Eidos area in Hall 3, booth B20. Funcom staff will
also be demoing the game at the Microsoft area.
'Age of Conan'
is consistently mentioned as one of the most anticipated PC games in
development. It has received numerous magazine covers and awards,
including 'Best MMO of E3' awards from IGN, GameSpot, GameSpy and
Yahoo. 'Age of Conan' is a key title in Microsoft's Games for Windows
line-up, as well as being a showcase DirectX 10 title for nVidia. The
game is currently in beta testing and everyone is invited to sign up
for beta at the official website: www.ageofconan.com.