Upcoming MMO from Funcom and Eidos gets off to impressive start with beta sign ups.
Funcom and Eidos have announced that more than 100,000 gamers signed up for the Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures beta test over the Easter holiday. Initial excitement was so high that the beta achieved more than 50,000 sign ups within the first 24 hours.
"We're naturally very pleased to see that so many dedicated gamers are signing up for the 'Age of Conan' Beta at such a rapid pace," said Trond Arne Aas, CEO of Funcom. "With more than 100,000 gamers signed up in such a short time-frame our confidence in the game's potential and its ability to be a major contender in the MMO genre continues to be strengthened."
Age of Conan is scheduled for release on PC on October 30, 2007 and is a showcase title for Microsoft's Games for Windows and DirectX 10. If you haven't already signed up then there's still time if you head over to beta.ageofconan.com.
An Xbox 360 version is also in development with a release planned for 2008.
