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  • Funcom to cut Conan servers by more than half

    Funcom to cut Conan servers by more than half

    Mergers to be completed by the end of the week 14 January 2009 16:38 GMT

    Funcom has released the list of server mergers for popular fantasy MMO Age of Conan, that will see the total number of servers for the game cut from 49 to just 18.

    North America and the Oceanic regions will be worst off with the closures, with 24 servers being...

  • Funcom confirms redundancies in the US. Gaming, PC games, MMORPG, Funcom, Games industry, Byron report, BBFC, Sony, Nintendo, PS2, Microsoft, Pegi 0

    Funcom confirms redundancies in the US

    Reports suggest 70% workforce let go 25 November 2008 12:29 GMT

    Funcom, the developer behind popular MMORPG Age of Conan, has confirmed it has made some redundancies in the States, but has said it "does not want to mention any specific numbers".

    Even so, a report over the weekend has hinted that QA and customer services...

  • Funcom shares halve post-Conan. Gaming, PC games, MMORPG, Funcom, Racing games, Sony, Microsoft, THQ, Ubisoft, Eidos, Nintendo 0

    Funcom shares halve post-Conan

    Drop from $54 to $24 in a few months 28 July 2008 17:03 GMT

    Age of Conan developer Funcom, has seen a sharp fall in its shares since the MMO game launched in late May.

    Massively reports that the company's shares on te Oslo Stock Exchange have falled from $54 on May 20th to $24 at the time of writing.

    The...

  • Age of Conan patch causes

    Age of Conan patch causes "small" upset

    Some character "assets" involuntarily reduced 3 June 2008 4:37 GMT

    A recent patch added to Funcom's popular Age of Conan game has resulted in the involuntary reduction in size of character model assets, and in particular, the cup size of female characters.

    This of course, has not gone well with players, and has resulted in...

  • Age of Conan knocks GTA IV from top spot. Gaming, PC games, Xbox 360, MMORPG, Funcom, Sports games, Ubisoft, Puzzle games, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Atari 0

    Age of Conan knocks GTA IV from top spot

    Tops charts in Germany and Sweden, second in UK 2 June 2008 13:56 GMT

    Recently released MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures seems to be going strength to strength with its sales figures, and may just be living up to the press releases Funcom has put out about it.

    The latest German and Swedish games charts show that fantasy RPG...

  • Age of Conan hits 400,000 players. Gaming, PC games, Xbox 360, MMORPG, Funcom, Take-Two, Sports games, Puzzle games, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Atari 0

    Age of Conan hits 400,000 players

    In its first week of release... 27 May 2008 12:39 GMT

    After racking up some serious pre-order figures, Funcom has now announced that Age of Conan is one of the fastest-selling PC games of all time.

    More than 400,000 gamers have entered Hyboria since its release on 23 May (20 May in North America), making Age of...

  • Dungeons & Dragons to return with online interactivity. Gaming, PC games, RPG, Hasbro, Funcom, Gamecock, Codemasters, Activision, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo 0

    Dungeons & Dragons to return with online interactivity

    The old favourite moves into the internet generation 20 May 2008 16:45 GMT

    Dungeons & Dragons has got to be one of the most iconic games in gaming history, with over 25 million players since it was first released as a board game in the 70s.

    Now, on 7 June, a new chapter will be launched in its video gaming vein, with the release of...

  • Age of Conan breaks pre-order record for PC games. Gaming, PC games, Xbox 360, MMORPG, Funcom, Gamecock, Codemasters, Activision, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo 0

    Age of Conan breaks pre-order record for PC games

    And the limited edition sells out already 19 May 2008 18:49 GMT

    Funcom has announced that the Collector's Edition of Age of Conan is now completely sold out in all markets, and believes it has smashed the record for pre-order of a PC game.

    Despite the fact that the game isn't released until 23 May (20 May in America), the...

  • Eidos releases final details for Age of Conan. Gaming, PC games, MMORPG, Eidos, Funcom 0

    Eidos releases final details for Age of Conan

    Plus images from later levels 13 May 2008 13:01 GMT

    Eidos has announced the final details of its latest gaming title, the Age of Conan at a launch event in Oslo, Norway.

    The game, that hopes to take on the popular World of Warcraft, will be based in a fantasy world and offer gamers control over everything from...

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