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Thanks to a fierce marketing campaign as well as years of positive showings at E3, Age of Conan has made quite a splash in the PC community since its release last week, having sold 400k units according to GameDaily. This makes the game one of the fastest-selling PC games in history, which becomes even more impressive when you consider that it's an MMO.

It's encouraging for MMO developers to see another MMO besides WoW doing well. If Age of Conan can build momentum and continue to gain subscribers, it could send the message that you don't have to be able to take on WoW to be successful.

While it's unlikely that anyone can challenge Blizzard for control of the MMO market right now (well, maybe if you have a billion dollars), successful releases of future MMOs such as Warhammer Online as well as the continued success of Age of Conan could start to slowly erode Blizzard's subscriber base.

For now, it'll be interesting to see how Age of Conan performs in the coming weeks.
]]> Tue, 27 May 2008 11:31:40 -0500 Funcom Announces Preorder Goodies For Age of Conan Zach Lott http://www.gamebump.com/go/funcom_announces_preorder_goodies_for_age_of_conan http://www.gamebump.com/go/funcom_announces_preorder_goodies_for_age_of_conan http://www.gamebump.com/go/funcom_announces_preorder_goodies_for_age_of_conan#


Funcom is busy gearing up for next month's release of Age of Conan, and today they announced that the MMO will have its share of preorder extras for gamers in North America, Oceania, and Europe. These include in-game items such as war mounts and weapons, retailer-specific items like game guides, and access to the game several days early for five dollars.

From Morten Larssen, VP Sales and Marketing of Funcom:

"We are very pleased with the reception Age of Conan has had in retail and we naturally hope that the early interest and our early access programs will materialize in an eventual success. The positive indications are naturally an honor, but they also bring a great responsibility. As we prepare the roll-out, we know our servers will be put to the test. We therefore hope potential players will aid us by signaling their interest as soon as possible so we can scale our servers and services accordingly.”

Hit the jump for more information and screens, and hit the link to visit the game's official website.

Funcom also released details regarding the collector's edition of the game, which will include more exclusive in-game items, a faux leather map, a making-of DVD, an official soundtrack CD, an art book, and five free guest passes. It will retail for $89.99.






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