Yesterday, approximately two weeks after Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Game Director Gaute Godager published his state of the game announcement, Age of Conan received a terrific overhaul on their community portal.

The previous design was a burden upon the eyes and proved to be terribly difficult to find information about the title.Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is slated for a May 20th release. Speaking as a person who has already pre-ordered the game, I am excited to have the opportunity to observe the massively multiplayer online role-playing game evolve into a possible World of Walking competitor.

The directional battle system that has been implemented into AoC is a creative take on the often redundant combat scheme utilized in MMORPGs. The title will be the first MMORPG title to receive a Mature rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board.

Partial frontal female nudity has also made it into the game; logically, this is intended for those of us that have an uncanny fetish for pixelated boobies.

For more information check out the offical Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures website.



You’re fired!First, Eidos allegedly got GameSpot’s Editorial Director fired over a negative review. Now Microsoft is allegedly demanding that GamePartisan fire one of their writers, because he’s been having trouble with Microsoft’s customer service.

In brief, UK games writer Ben Paddon moved to the U.S., but Microsoft would not allow him to move his Xbox UK Live account, containing downloads that cost good money. Paddon’s attempts to address the problem got him lied to and hung up upon. Paddon shared his woes on the fora at Penny Arcade, and now Microsoft has asked GamePartisan to let him go in retaliation. Allegedly.

The full details are here and here.