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Over 100,000 sign-up.

Funcom and Eidos have announced that last week's Easter applications for the Age of Conan beta have soared over the 100,000 mark, racing past 50,000 in just 24 hours. It makes it amongst the most successful testing sign-up for any MMO.

And, as you probably know, Eurogamer was in the heart of the action, offering you 100 exclusive places when the beta kicks off sometime this spring. So, those of you who tagged yourself as an entrant from this site and were lucky enough to be plucked from Funcom's tombola-style hat will be emailed and notified, maybe as soon as this week.

However, it won't be a walk in the park, and shouldn't be viewed as simply a free trial of the game. Funcom has a team of 150 people working on the game and wants serious feedback, which was why the sign-up regulations required you to upload specific information about your PC configuration.

"We've been developing this incredible world for years now and today more than 150 people are working hard on achieving the ambitious goals we set out for the game," says Gaute Godager, founder of Funcom and Game Director on Age of Conan. "The team is very excited about the number of gamers who have signed up for the Beta so far, and we can't wait to see them charging into the brutal battlefields of Hyboria!"

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is an MMORPG set in the exotic world of Hyboria, as created by author Robert E. Howard. It will be a brutal and bloody affair, aimed at more mature gamers, who will be able to utilise an action-based and pioneering combat system to brutally slay opponents.

It's due out on PC on 30th October, following sometime in 2008 on Xbox 360.

Slice your way to our Age of Conan gamepage for more wistful tales of adventuring, or venture over to the game's website for more information.

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PearOfAnguish #1 5 years ago

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So how old is he, then?
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Royal Fool #2 5 years ago

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Even more popular than the WoW beta? That's hard to believe, honestly.
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optimusprym8 #3 5 years ago

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21 again
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Maldoror #4 5 years ago

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Conan looks graphically good, but every MMO effort seems so futile against the WoW behemoth. The only one that stands a fighting chance is the Warhammer one, it's similar to WoW and it has a very strong brandname.
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skillian #5 5 years ago

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It's not my sort of game, but maybe this'll convince game-makers that you don't need orcs and elves to make an MMO interesting to the masses.
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Gurgeh #6 5 years ago

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@Royal Fool

No, not more popular than the WoW beta or the LotRO beta, and I bet less popular than the Warhammer beta too. But then it wouldn't make much of a story.
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Maldoror #7 5 years ago

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Problem is that the majority of people want this sort of high fantasy world. Sci-fi is the only other sort of universe that could prove popular. But it's immensely more difficult.
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Macross #8 5 years ago

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can i point out that there are likely to be absolutely no orcs or elves in this game and I am looking forwards to this as it sounds ace, been lurking on the forums there on and off for a while and theres some interesting ideas in there.

PS i agree totally id love a different setting for a change, roll on the wh40k mmo i heard about a while back!
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AOFanboi #9 5 years ago

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Yeah 0.1% of the total - I bet they feel oh so exclusive
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otto #10 5 years ago

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"It will be a brutal and bloody affair, aimed at more mature gamers, who will be able to utilise an action-based and pioneering combat system to brutally slay opponents."

Leaving the split infinitive to one side for a moment

I've got to say, that description of the gameplay does not sound as if it's aimed at "more mature gamers" to me. The fact that they're targeting the 360 says it all.
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Orange #11 5 years ago

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Well I'm very interested in it and it doesn't surprise me that they got a lot of Beta applications. Sounds like it could carve out a nice little niche for itself in the marketplace.
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