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Gamesindustry.biz interview with Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas

Gamesindustry.biz has talked to Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas about topics like the recent restructuring, the plans for 2009 and also about the XBox 360 version of the game.
It's been year of ups and downs for Age of Conan developer Funcom. The title eventually launched in May 2008 after delays, with an impressive one million units shipped to retail, as 800,000 signed-up for the MMO, and 400,000 committed to monthly subscriptions by August.

However, it's not been without technical and gameplay issues, so much so that Funcom co-founder Gaute Godager stepped down as game director in September, and left the company. Later the same month, the company took the decision to merge servers in the US and Europe.

Although MMO developers are notoriously cagey when discussing exact figures, Funcom was willing to discuss the problems, evolution and future of the company with GamesIndustry.biz in this exclusive interview with CEO Trond Arne Aas.

Here, he discusses the recent redundancies, the changes to Age of Conan, the development of the Xbox 360 version of the game, plans to dip a toe into the casual market, and upcoming MMO The Secret World.

Read the whole interview at Gamesindustry.biz