Funcom - Funcom announce new release date for Age of Conan
I am not surprised by this. I spend over two years working with Funcom on their Anarchy Online title a member of their Advisors of Rubi-Ka program. After the near death of AO due to a bad launch, I can see why they want to wait on the release.
I also have to say that the guys and gals at Funcom I met were a great lot of down to earth folks and I wish them all the best!
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.”