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415,000 Age of Conan Users Drive Funcom's $13 Million Q2 [08.15.08] Netherlands-based Funcom's Age of Conan has sold, both digitally and at retail, over 800,000 copies, the company says, and now has 415,000 customers, propelling the company to second quarter revenues of $13 million.

Age of Conan Now Available on Steam

WorthPlaying writes: Age of Conan is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game that brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan.

415,000 Age of Conan Users Drive Funcom's $13 Million Q2

415,000 Age of Conan Users Drive Funcom's $13 Million Q2 [08.15.08] Netherlands-based Funcom's Age of Conan has sold, both digitally and at retail, over 800,000 copies, the company says, and now has 415,000 customers, propelling the company to second quarter revenues of $13 million.

Biomarkers reveal our biological age

(Nanowerk News) Not a day passes when we don’t get a little bit older. However, the exact processes involved in human aging are still puzzling. Scientists working with Lenhard Rudolph and Hong Jiang from the Max Planck Research Group for Stem Cell Aging in Ulm have now identified a group of proteins that reveal the biological age of a person. These biomarkers could be used in medicine to adapt therapies for older people to their individual biological age ("Proteins induced by telomere dysfunction and DNA damage represent biomarkers of human aging and disease").

Funcom Appoints New Producer and Game Director for Age of Conan

Durham, USA - September 17, 2008 - Funcom announce that Craig Morrison has been appointed as the new Producer and Game Director for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Craig Morrison has served as the Producer and Game Director on Anarchy Online for several years, as well as working as the Funcom Community Manager prior to that. Funcom believes he is the perfect candidate to take Age of Conan to the next level. Mr. Morrison will replace former Producer and Game Director Gaute Godager.

Under-14 cricket trials

THIRUVALLA: The trials to select the Pathanamthitta District Cricket Association under-14 cricket team will be held at the Marthoma College Ground, Thiruvalla, at 9 a.m. on October 4 and at the Municipal Stadium, Pathanamthitta, at 12.30 p.m. on October 5. “We had earlier announced that the trials would be for the under-13 age group but we got a circular from the KCA (Kerala Cricket Association) today saying that tThe BCCI has brought in a new under-14 category. The under-13 age group has been removed,� said the PDCA secretary Sunil Koshy George on Wednesday evening.Interested players, born on or after September 1, 1994 may report to Koshy George with proof of age.

Age of Conan: 415K Customers

The Netherlands-based Funcom says its recently released MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures currently boasts over 415,000 customers.

Age of Conan: 415K Customers

Edge writes: The Netherlands-based Funcom says its recently released MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures currently boasts over 415,000 customers.

Age of Conan Expansion Coming In 2009

At the recent Leipzig Games Conference, Funcom developers announced that the first expansion to Age of Conan is planned for a 2009 release. Details about the expansion are sparse, but a significant amount of new areas appear to be in development for that and a free upcoming content patch. Massively points out a video which showcases some of the new content. 1Up has a piece of concept art for the expansion.

Age of Conan Expansion Coming In 2009

At the recent Leipzig Games Conference, Funcom developers announced that the first expansion to Age of Conan is planned for a 2009 release. Details about the expansion are sparse, but a significant amount of new areas appear to be in development for that and a free upcoming content patch. Massively points out a video which showcases some of the new content. 1Up has a piece of concept art for the expansion.

Age of Conan's "rhythm, longevity, gameplay and style" may not work: WAR boss

Warhammer Online creative director Paul Barnett has said that it will be "very sad" if Funcom's Age of Conan collapses, saying that the game's "rhythm, longevity, gameplay and style" may not connect with the market in general.

Age Of Conan Invades GC

Don your loincloth, polish your bastard sword, and get ready to invade Germany as Funcom announces their plans for Age of Conan at next week's Games Convention in Leipzig. They'll be showing off new locations, new content, and new features of their massively-multiplayer swords & sorcery title during live stage shows at the convention, with Blue Orb on hand to show players how to work the game with a gamepad and the TripleHead2Go guys granting hands-on time with the game on a three-screen setup. There's also loot to be had in the form of free game trials, limited edition game DVDs, and inflatable swords - because giving out real swords would have been pricey, and things would have gotten ugly rather quickly.

The Age of the Blogger

Robert Fisk's "The Age of the Warrior" collects 500 stupendous pages of his columns from the past several years. Fisk is, of course, the Middle Eastern correspondent for the Independent (UK) based in Beirut. He writes about Iraq, Turkey, Palestine, the United States, literature, cinema, genocide, whatever grabs his interest, and he does so with a great deal of honesty and courage. I couldn't recommend the book more highly. It lives up to its rather epic title. But I have one point of disagreement, or at least divergent perspective....

CRICKET: Age becomes an issue for Indian stalwarts

India's four most senior batsmen, the engine room of the national side for more than a decade, are facing a debate over their age and whether the time is ripe to inject fresh blood into the test squad.

BioWare: Dragon Age could hit consoles

New RPG 'IP' Dragon Age could be set for a release on consoles in the future, according to word from BioWare chief Greg Zeschuk. The game is currently in production for the PC, but could be translated to other formats in the future, according to the exec.

Nelson's age pension bill set to throw spotlight on Labor stance

OPPOSITION Leader Brendan Nelson will introduce a bill to raise the single age pension in a bid to embarrass the Rudd Government and capitalise on increasing anger over the inadequacy of the payment.

Nelson's age pension bill set to throw spotlight on Labor stance

OPPOSITION Leader Brendan Nelson will introduce a bill to raise the single age pension in a bid to embarrass the Rudd Government and capitalise on increasing anger over the inadequacy of the payment.

More adjustments to Age of Conan's new PvP system

Massively reports: Last night a new patch went to Age of Conan's Testlive server. As well as making the usual slew of fixes and changes, including addressing memory leak and crash problems, and introducing a revamped version of the Catacombs in Old Tarantia, there were some tweaks to the PvP consequence system.

Major revisions in Age of Conan crafting revealed

Massively: "Okay, Funcom, we get it. You're deadly serious about fixing Age of Conan. First the beginnings of the PvP patch went live, 'Patch 2', giving players PvP XP and gear. Then we got to see the reworked notoriety system on Testlive, along with shady camps and six pages of patchnotes. And now we get a lengthy document about coming changes to the crafting system on the Testlive server. Good heavens, anyone would think that Craig Morrison bloke actually knew what he was doing.

Changes afoot for Age of Conan

With Funcom co-founder Gaute Godager having now departed the MMO specialist developer, it appears that new release Age of Conan could be set for a new 'player-centric' direction; the latest word from the developer hinting that good old 'creative differences' might have been to blame for Godager leaving.

Anarchy Online and Age of Conan Vulnerabilities Fixed

dachshund writes "The Baltimore Sun reports that security firm Independent Security Evaluators has disclosed vulnerabilities in the popular MMORPGs Age of Conan and Anarchy Online. The flaws (which have since been patched) allowed a malicious user to read files from and take control of another player's computer. The full details of the attack are available, including a video (hi-res MOV) showing how the targeted player's client can be crashed, and how an attacker can save and run scripts on the victim's computer."

Biomarkers reveal our biological age

The telomeres (dyed red) form the end pieces of the chromosomes. As they age they become shorter and some chromosomes eventually lose their ends completely. As a result the cells are no longer able to divide. Image: K. Lenhard Rudolph

Bloggers Nail China On Olympian Age Lies

China's Olympic gymnasts consist of athletes under the permitted age of competition, as illustrated at length by a number of hard-charging online sources.

Online retailer claims first in thorough age verification checks

Online off-licence TheDrinkShop.com has set in place new age verification checks which check customer's details against the electoral roll, BT and credit reference agency databases before allowing them to purchase from the site.

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