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Of course, no challenge is too great for Conan the Barbarian. Funcom said today that more than 400,000 players have stepped into the online realm of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Not long after the game launched for the PC last week, Funcom stated that the collector's edition for its M-for-Mature-rated MMOG had indefinitely sold out. |
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So far, we're impressed by what we've played of Age of Conan, but there's a lot more to see and do before we're ready to issue a final verdict. Until that time, we'll be updating Under Review, GameSpot's reviews blog, with quest logs and media to tide you over. |
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So be sure to tune in on Friday, May 23 at 6 p.m. PT to watch Kevin VanOrd hack, slash, and decapitate his way through the Hyborian kingdoms. |
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Age of Conan is presently in closed beta and is slated for release on both PC and Xbox 360. While the PC version will be running on DirectX 10, the Xbox 369 version will be utilizing DirectX 9. |
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On the downloadable front, Hothead Games' Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One lands on Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday for 1,600 Microsoft points. |
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The DirectX 10 version will be premiered at the German Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, August 20 - 24, 2008. A special preview showing off the advanced graphics made possible by DirectX 10 technology will be unveiled this summer at nVidia's NVISION event in San Jose, California, August 25 - 27, 2008. |
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