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Secret World Players Impress Funcom with Mystery Solving Ability

The Secret World has seen just one open beta weekend and the developers at Funcom are impressed with both the feedback coming from the player community and with their ability to solve the complex logic puzzles that the company has thrown at them. Trond Arne Aas, the chief executive officer of Funcom, has stated, &ld...

16 May 2012
15:11 GMT

The Secret War Social Experience Launches to Promote The Secret World

Video game developer Funcom has announced the launch of a new browser-based social game called The Secret War, which is designed to promote the upcoming The Secret World MMO by encouraging players to spread the influence of their chosen secret society. The game is played via Facebook and will match each player with ...

19 April 2012
13:11 GMT

The Secret World Highlights Illuminati and Their Ruthless Nature

The Secret World is one of the more ambitious MMO projects set to launch during 2012 and the developers at Funcom have chosen to highlight the concepts behind the Illuminati game faction, which focuses on getting things done no matter the price paid.Joel Bylos, who is the lead content designer working on The Secret W...

16 January 2012
17:41 GMT

Classless Structure for The Secret World Encourages Experimentation

The Secret World, an upcoming MMO from Funcom, will use a classless and skill based progression system that the developers believe will encourage gamers to experiment with their character builds and their play styles.Joel Bylos, who is the lead content designer working on The Secret World, told Rock, Paper, Shotgun t...

29 November 2011
17:41 GMT

Spirit World Replaces Player Death in The Secret World

The Secret World is one of the most interesting MMOs to launch during next year, with its structure that does not include any classes and allows players a high degree of customization and it's secret oriented gameplay, and it seems that another defining characteristic of the Funcom MMO will be the absence of act...

23 November 2011
15:11 GMT

The Secret World Names Poster Girl, Details Templars

The Secret World might be a MMO built around secret factions and undercover actions but the developers have revealed that the shotgun wielding kid that has long served as the promotional image for the game is named Rose and is part of the Templar faction.Ragnar Tørnquist, who is the director leading developmen...

21 November 2011
15:11 GMT

The Secret World Will Have Faction Specific Large Scale Player vs. Player Battles

The Secret World is one of the most interesting MMO concepts announced in a long time and now the developers working on the game at Funcom have announced that the game will include a number of large scale Players versus Player battle zones for each of the in-game factions which will be entirely separate from smaller ...

25 August 2011
13:41 GMT

The Secret World Will Be Published Jointly by EA and Funcom

Funcom, a developer focused on delivering MMO experiences, and EA Partners, a publishing division of Electronic Arts, have announced that they are working together to publish The Secret World, the upcoming massively multiplayer online game that is built around secret societies and how they influence aspects of the mo...

12 January 2011
04:37 GMT

Age of Conan's Expansion Gets a Special Gameplay Demo on December 7

Age of Conan did pretty well when it was launched, even with Mythic Entertainment's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning launched in the same year. The new things the game tried to bring were some very neat-looking graphics as far as MMOs went, as well as some single-player – story elements to propel charact...

4 December 2009
03:59 GMT

Funcom Predicts That It Will Release the Age of Conan Expansion by Mid 2010

When it was launched last year, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures stirred things up quite a little, and, as a result, Funcom saw a nice income boost. It proved to be an interesting massively multiplayer online role-playing title, with quite a few new ideas and it featured some pretty impressive graphics as well that ...

19 November 2009
13:01 GMT

Funcom Delays The Secret World

It seems that trouble related to Age of Conan is finally catching up with developer and publisher Funcom, which, last year, released the MMO based on the Hyperborian world so vividly brought to life by Arnold “The Governor” Schwarzenegger. There are reports that the company will be forced to cut off 20% o...

2 October 2009
12:41 GMT

Funcom Unveils The Secret World

Funcom is ready to move on past Age of Conan. While support of the 2008 MMO will continue, the weight of the company's development power is shifting towards the creation of another MMO, called The Secret World. And the biggest thing the game has going for it at the moment is the promise that it will feature no c...

9 April 2009
16:41 GMT

MMORPG Set in Modern Day Earth from Foncom

Tired of games that have constantly repeated storyline, endless foes to kill for God knows what reason and short campaigns that make you wonder why the heck you even bought the game in the first place? If so, how about switching to a game inspired by history and mythology, modern conspiracy theories and ancient myste...

11 May 2007
18:21 GMT


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