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Age of Conan Servers To Merge, Funcom Sees Layoffs

Posted by Soulskill on from the bailing-water dept.

Two ominous signs have come recently for Age of Conan fans; developer Funcom went through a round of layoffs, and they announced plans to merge some of the game's servers in order to maintain a "healthy" population. Despite this, Funcom has maintained that development will continue for both the PC version and the upcoming Xbox 360 version of the game, confident that Age of Conan won't follow Tabula Rasa into oblivion. A writer at Vox ex Machina doesn't share that view, pointing to several of the game's flaws as reasons why it didn't maintain the popularity it enjoyed at launch.

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  1. Re:No surprise by strudslev · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow. You must not be an active WoW player, since you are not bashing the game or its developers. I completely agree with your though.

  2. Re:Is anyone supprised? by Kokuyo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm Swiss, that's my excuse for macking a spelling mistake. What's yours for being an ass?

  3. Re:Is anyone supprised? by Binestar · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm Swiss, that's my excuse for macking a spelling mistake. What's yours for being an ass?

    He's French.

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  4. Blizzard, SOE and Funcom raising the Titanic by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

    For different reasons.

    Blizzard wants the gold from the safe.
    SOE is interested in the technology.
    Funcom wants the board orchestra that kept playing 'til the end.

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  5. Re:Is anyone supprised? by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, I'm french, you insensitive claude!

  6. Re:so? by Mike+Buddha · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, Lee had had a buggy UI, and teh suck graphics.

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