Ladies and gentlemen of the Age of Conan community – welcome to your new home! Recently Funcom launched a brand new community site featuring not only a new and spectacular design, but also several additions and updates to the content. The new website follows the same branding as the official Age of Conan site, and we will be sure to keep updating it and using this as one of our primary channels of communication with you.

Check it out!.

You wake up on the beaches of Tortage Island. They call it the jewel of the Barachan Isles, but this is certainly a jewel with so many sharp edges that you can hurt yourself easily on it if you are not careful. It sure helps to know your surroundings better, and this guide was created so you know where to go – and what to stay far, far away from!

(Read the special feature here)

No Stygian tomb-robber would dare risk a venture into these chambers despite the riches that may be found there, but others are less aware of the dangers. Rumors of grave robbers from Shem are murmured in Kheshatta. No-one yet knows the horror they have disturbed down there but soon all will hear of Setsokhaten the death-knight.

(Read about the Onyx Chamber here)

The Scaleskins are blamed for disappearances in the city above but in fact they are content to dwell in the lightless chambers beneath and perform their cultish rites, but to what end is not known. Anyone foolish enough to trespass in their territory risks a grisly fate, being torn part alive and consumed by these gibbering, howling monstrosities.

(Read more about the Scaleskins)
(Read more about the Vengeful Mummy)

Every month website MMORPG.com will interview one of the many talented people that work on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures here at Funcom to create a developer profile, which is then posted on their website. This month, content designer Helene Johnsen is featured. MMORPG.com sat down with her to pick his brain about everything from his childhood to what she does at Funcom.

MMORPG.com

Funcom is proud to present the Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures comic book! Created by the talented people over at Dark Horse Comics,
it tells a story that ties into the game perfectly. Several hundred thousand copies have been produced, mostly bundled with various gaming mags, and we have now put the entire 23 page PDF on our website for your reading pleasure!

(get the complete comic book here!) (PDF - 11.6MB)

During the past few months Funcom has hosted a series of events at our offices in Norway where we have invited journalists from across the world to meet the developers and sit down with the game. In January we took it a step further and invited numerous Age of Conan fan sites to experience the same thing, and HyborianCodex - a French community site - have put together a comic book based on their journey to Oslo!

(get the complete comic book here!) (PDF - 7.8MB)

Every month we try to bring you some selected press coverage from
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. If you find something you would like to tell us about, please drop us an email. This is some of the coverage over the last couple of weeks. The last few months have been riddled with gaming conventions, so by following these links you are sure to find some really juicy stuff!

28.02.08 — Video interview with Jason Stone on TTH
26.02.08 — COMPILED COVERAGE FROM GDC 2008 #2
25.02.08 — Video interview with Gaute Godager on TTH
22.02.08 — Video interview with Erling Ellingsen on TTH
19.02.08 — GDC 2008 preview on Jeuxvideo.fr (French)
19.02.08 — GDC 2008 preview on Jeuxvideo.com (French)
19.02.08 — GDC 2008 interview on Gamekult (French)
19.02.08 — GDC 2008 preview on Gamekult (French)
16.02.08 — COMPILED COVERAGE FROM GDC 2008 #1
15.02.08 — Video interview of Gaute Godager on GameSpot
13.02.08 — Class interview #7: The Bear Shaman on TTH
05.02.08 — Voted “Most Anticipated of 2008” on JeuxOnline
05.02.08 — Class interview #6: The Ranger on TTH

More news on the Community Site!

Every week we give you an update on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures by posting our special Friday Update on the community website. Here are some of the Friday updates we've published recently:

22.02.08 — Website content updates
15.02.08 — What’s up with beta (Redux)?
08.02.08 — Screenshots and Collector's Edition info!

More news on the Community Site!

Take a look at this month’s exclusive screenshots! Journey to the dark depths of the Onyx Chamber, and discover the evil monstrosities that lie there deep beneath the ground. We have also uploaded a series of screenshots from various locations on Tortage Island!

(check out the new screens)

This month we’re featuring a video showing you the Onyx Chamber. This is a so-called social dungeon which means that you will end up sharing your experiences here with any other adventurer who decides to pay this place a visit. The catacombs are home to many monstrosities such as the Scaleskins, the Vengeful Mummies and evil magicians.

(The video will be available only at Gamespy, JeuxVideoPC, Buffed.de, Gamez, Goha, Multiplayer and Juegaenred until next week when it will be posted on the community website)

This month we bring you an exclusive wallpaper themed according to this newsletters’ location of the month: the Onyx Chamber. The wallpaper comes in four sizes.

(check out the new wallpaper)

Just because we are such incredibly kind people here at Funcom, we have decided to give away free loot every month. All you need to do is send us an email and hope for the best. Every month we pick out three people who will be sent a bunch of prizes such as inflatable Conan swords, the Age of Conan comic, games and even hardware.

These three people will also receive a place in the
Age of Conan beta test!

If you want to be one of the lucky three who gets Funcom kit delivered in the mail, you will need to send us an email and include your full name, address, and telephone number in order to be eligible. You must also keep the subject of the email "Age of Conan February Newsletter Sweepstakes". Those who enter and get picked out will have the opportunity to receive one or more prizes such as:

•  A spot in the Age of Conan general beta
•  Dreamfall: The Longest Journey PC game
•  Full-colored Age of Conan comic book

Send us an e-mail by March 26th and you might get lucky!

No purchase necessary. Prizes are three (3) beta keys, three (3) comic books, three (3) copies of the Dreamfall PC game and three (3) full-colored Age of Conan comic books. Odds of winning dependant on number of entries. Competition open to residents of the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K., and U.S. (except Rhode Island and Puerto Rico). Drawing will be made by random draw in Oslo Norway one day after the entry deadline. Any applicable taxes or customs fees are responsibility of winner.
Entry to this competition is void where prohibited by local laws.

The big German game portal inGame.de has launched a section for Age of Conan. Besides featuring the latest news and information about the game the portal also focuses on supporting guilds by providing them with all the tools necessary to have their own Internet appearance. And bigger, well-known Age of Conan guilds even have their own section where they can publish their own news and gossip. Great work, guys/girls!

Check it out!

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