Conan Receives Award at Leipzig

[Zeli]

source: www.rpgamer.com/news/Q3-2007/082607b.html

R P G A M E R - N E W S B U L L E T I N
Conan Receives Award at Leipzig
08.26.2007

JAKE MILLER
NEWS REPORTER

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures was honored with the "Best Online Game of the Show" award at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany earlier this weekend. It competed with titles such as Warhammer Online, Hellgate: London, and Unreal Tournament 3 as well as many others across all genres and consoles. The winner was decided by the press at the event.

"This is a great honor to everyone working on 'Age of Conan'," says Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas. "These awards really show that our massive efforts are paying off and that the public, the press and the industry are recognizing the very strong qualities of the game."

At Leipzig, Funcom unveiled two new features of the game: siege warfare and mini-games. The Games Convention is the biggest venue for video games in Europe and contends with E3 and TGS for biggest in the world. For more information on Age of Conan or to sign up for the general Beta, visit www.ageofconan.com.

[Winin]

Nice! I like what I've seen so far on the web. And I guess it is a good sign if they pushed the game back so far in order to address fundamental issues. Better now than later *cough* Vanguard.

[Maeve]

This game intrigues me. I mean, any game that is going to have drunken brawling as a PvP form has to be worth a sneak peek!

[Nefertiti]

Same here. I have been keeping my eye out for this one. ;D

[GrilledCheese28 (aka Aruth)]

I really like the graphics!

[Macaubre]

One thing that intrigue me is that the first 20 levels will be single player game.

[Winin]

They pretty much are in any mmo these days. Unless you have friends who happen to be in the level range. They go fast and peeps are so focused on leveling, they don't want to slow down by grouping.

Also, it fits the Conan canon. He escaped the slave pits and struggled through the wilderness alone for a while, before reaching civilization as a hardened warrior/thief.