The company is hurting from the latest delay and costs associated with its massively multiplayer online role-playing game Age of Conan, which was put back in January from March to May 20. Funcom states that this is as expected, and that revenues are expected to continue to decline slightly until the game's release.

Despite the fact that its launch was just pushed back two months, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is in the final stages of development. That much was made clear as we recently visited developer Funcom's offices in Oslo, Norway, where more than 200 employees are busy putting the final touches on this intriguing massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the famous universe created by author Robert E. Howard more than 75 years ago.

Obviously that didn't happen, and the highly anticipated massively multiplayer role-playing game has been delayed again and again since. First it was coming mid-2007, then late October 2007, then--in what looked like Funcom's final answer--March 2008. From

There's something about high-fantasy settings that just seems to work well for massively multiplayer games. We're not sure if it's the pointy ears on the elves, but for some reason, the addictive gameplay of online role-playing games--the fighting, the questing, the looting, and the adventuring with other like-minded players--seems to go hand in hand with the colorful fantasy worlds that authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien helped inspire. However, not all fantasy stories are suitable for all audiences.

As Age of Conan gets ready for launch, the beta for the highly anticipated MMO draws ever larger crowds. More than 10,000 beta players have been invited to the beta, allowing Funcom and Eidos to prepare for a stable, fun and polished MMO experience next spring. The invaluable beta feedback has confirmed the ambitions for the title, with high fun-factor and outstanding immersion cited by beta testers.

Funcom and Eidos' highly anticipated massively multiplayer online game 'Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures' has been awarded the prestigious, official 'Best Online Game of the Show' award at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany.

Better late than never? The graphically intense, atmospheric slashfest Age of Conan has had designated roleplaying servers since day one, but it doesn't seem to have occurred to Funcom to give that status any kind of binding definition, let alone a formal code of conduct. Here is also a very interesting mmorpg game called Star Wars Galaxies.

Big Download's sardonic incubus Rafe Brox successfully ambushed Age of Conan developer Jorgen Tharaldsen at DragonCon, and demanded information about what AoC had in store for those who just love their hardware. And we all know that Star Wars Galaxies is a famous mmorpg game.

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