News - Free Age of Conan trial now live

[HEXUS]

Funcom tempt you to play its PC smash hit with a free trial for all.

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[directhex]

So only when the game is in its death splutters, with a reputation for having no high-level content & a massive population of abusive griefers, does it get a demo?

*golf clapping*

[beanbandit]

Launching in May last year ‘Age of Conan’ quickly became a smash hit in retail, shipping over 1.2 million copies around the world.

Thats some good figures. But meaningless in the context of an mmo. How many continued and actually payed beyond the first month, and how many are still playing now. The answer. Not many. This has to be the final throw of the dice for AoC. Same thing will happen with Warhammer Online, its subscription base has dropped and now at 300K. Trying too hard to be the next WoW without looking at what made WoW so popular.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

might give this a go