Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, the MMO hack-and-slash RPG released in 2008 is going free-to-play. Just in time for the upcoming Conan the Barbarian film! A reboot which releases to theaters on August 19th, 2011.
Coming alongside the free-to-play version of Age of Conan is a complete relaunch of the title in “Unrated” form.
To quote Funcom:
“Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures will receive a digital re-launch this summer under the new name ‘Age of Conan: Unrated’. As well as reaffirming its position as the sexiest and most savage MMO in the world, Age of Conan: Unrated will also feature a hybrid business model allowing anyone to freely roam the vast lands of Hyboria either as free players or premium subscribers with access to extra content.
The new business model will give players the opportunity to choose whether they want to play for free or become premium subscribers, and Funcom is also introducing an in-game store to the game where both free players and premium subscribers can purchase exclusive content such as weaponry and mounts.
Funcom promises that even though Age of Conan has always been a Mature gaming experience, going Unrated gives the development team freedom to stay even more true to the original works of Conan author Robert E. Howard, and use even more of the barbaric, brutal and sexy setting that is Howard’s Hyboria.
Funcom is already in the process of developing new locations, monsters, equipment and storylines for ‘Age of Conan: Unrated’. This includes the movie tie-in adventure pack, that will introduce content and characters from the upcoming ‘Conan the Barbarian’ movie.
I’ve always wanted to try Age of Conan, maybe now I will!
Here is a fun fanmade trailer for Age of Conan.
Here’s a trailer for the Conan the Barbarian 2011 movie!