14 DAY TRIAL // It looks like Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is being pushed back a little. According to an official report coming from Funcom and Eidos, a new release date for 'Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures' has been set. The two companies saw that there was more work to be done on the long awaited MMO game, thus pushing it back to 25th of March 2008. The game was originally slated for a 30 October release this year, for the PC.
As every delay goes, there's the good way and the bad way of looking at it. Let's start with the bad (I'll be brief):
Bad - Developer + Publisher delay the gamer's favorite title = gamer suicides; Good - Developer + Publisher delay game = developer has more time to polish up the game and deliver a more compelling experience (or so it should be). Either way, Funcom assures that's the case (the latter that is):
"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."
"We are honored by the immense reception our game is constantly getting, with an astounding amount of positive press coverage, awards and magazine covers, but we still see that we need to polish some aspects of the game even further, especially when it comes to the entry barriers," said Gaute Godager, founder of Funcom and Producer / Director on ?Age of Conan?. "With the added development time we can now deliver something even more unique and powerful, something which is worthy of the incredible Conan legacy."
Age of Conan is considered one of the most anticipated PC games in development. So remember, the new release date for the PC version of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is 25th of March 2008. The game has indeed been pushed back quite a lot, but let's hope that the extra time for polishing and tweaking up, provides a better gameplay experience.