Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventure Delayed
As the title suggests, Funcom have decided to delay the highly anticipated Conan-based MMORPG until March 25, 2008 rather than October 10, 2007. The reasoning behind this is to "continue the focus on honing, polishing and improving the heralded qualities of the game, ensuring a fantastic MMO experience...." They made the decision after looking over and analyzing recent Beta feedback from gamers.
I had a chance to see Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures in action at last year's DragonCon and it was really an incredible experience. The fact that they are listening to their Beta testers is a good sign that the MMO (which has "received numerous magazine covers and awards, including 'Best MMO of E3' awards from IGN, GameSpot, GameSpy and Yahoo") will likely be pretty good and something that gamers will like. As with any other game, I would much rather have a developer push back the release date of a title rather than attempting to stick to the original deadline, or pushing it up, just for the sake of getting it out there. Nasty mistakes happen that way. Keep on doing what you're going, Funcom. I'm sure everything is going to turn out just fine and dandy.
Press release after the jump.
Funcom announce new release date for Age of Conan
- The highly anticipated MMO to release on March 25th -
Durham, USA – August 10th, 2007 – Funcom announce a new release date for 'Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures'. The highly anticipated MMO is now set to release on the 25th of March 2008. By setting a new release date for the game, Funcom can continue the focus on honing, polishing and improving the heralded qualities of the game, ensuring a fantastic MMO experience when it launches next spring.
“We naturally regret that we have to push back ‘Age of Conan’. However, after careful consideration, and analysis of recent Beta feedback, we believe that the new release date is in the best interest of the gamers, our company and our owners,” said Trond Arne Aas, CEO of Funcom. “We are fully committed to delivering games with absolute qualities, and in the current MMO marketplace we know that only the best is good enough to truly succeed. With the new release date we have therefore given ourselves more time to meet and deliver on the massive expectations for the game. We are certain that our choice will ultimately pay off, and that all ‘Age of Conan’ players will get a special online experience."
”We are honored by the immense reception our game is constantly getting, with an astounding amount of positive press coverage, awards and magazine covers, but we still see that we need to polish some aspects of the game even further, especially when it comes to the entry barriers,” said Gaute Godager, founder of Funcom and Producer / Director on ‘Age of Conan’. “With the added development time we can now deliver something even more unique and powerful, something which is worthy of the incredible Conan legacy.”
‘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 general Beta, and applications for testing are available at www.ageofconan.com.
Super Timsy
Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 10 August 2007
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