It's slightly strange to think that Conan the Barbarian - whose sword and sorcery adventures were best personified by Arnie during the '80s - was actually conceived some 70 years ago by Robert E Howard for Weird Tales magazine. It's this original incarnation of the most famous barbarian hero that Funcom has used for the design of Age Of Conan, which the game director Gaute Godager describes as: "A very dark, harsh and violent world, but also one that's very lush and lustful."
There's no pussy-footing around here making bowls or herding sheep - this is an MMORPG that's all about fighting. There will be three different types of regular combat in the game: normal hands-on weapon combat, formation combat featuring massive armies of followers and lastly epic siege combats against great strongholds and towers. PvP also comes in three different types with mass PvP, team versus team and brawling - one-on-one combat that happens in special bars and inns and usually involve lots of alcohol. Just like real life in fact...
