Age of Conan is a fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) was developed by Funcom for PC and the Xbox 360. The full release of the game for North America was May 20, 2008. Age Of Conan: Hyborian Adventures has attracted over 400,000 gamers online which is great considering that over half of those gamers are from North America.

Age of Conan is a world controlled by cruel gods, horrid mythical creatures and a struggling barbarian human race that has finally seized the throne as king of Aquilonia. But Conan's rule is on the brink of utter chaos, with ancient evils threatening almost certain demise. In this twisted fantasy world, dark magic and combat awaits the gamer, and each man and woman must make their own destiny.

Hyborian Adventures is the first release in the planned Age of Conan series that will mostly likely have expansion packs. There is even talk of this in the official forums. The Age of Conan series is set in the Hyborian Age, which was is set in 1932. Age of Conan itself takes place within the continent of the Hyborian kingdoms, a year after the events depicted in Howard's sole Conan novel, The Hour of the Dragon. The release of Hyborian Adventures' will mark the 76th anniversary for the Conan franchise.

Age of Conan will have a subscription fee to accompany the up-front price of the game. The suggested retail price of an Age of Conan subscription card is $29.99 for two months. Gamers will most likely be given an option pay online by credit card for $14.99 a month. Gamers can be rewarded with discounts by ordering multiple months at one time.

Age of Conan is packed with DirectX 10-powered visual effects. You'll be blown away with the graphics which include rays of sunlight cutting through dark jungle canopies and life like crashing ocean waves. Age of Conan is perhaps the prettiest online role-playing game to be released to date. You may need to spend some money upgrading your computer though because to play with game in all its glory you are going to need some serious equipment. Are you wondering if your computer has the requirements to play Age of Conan? Here are the gaming requirements.

Minimum configuration (1024x768, detail reduced)

OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista

Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz or equivalent

RAM: 1GB Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better

Video memory: 128MB

DVD-ROM: Quad-speed (4x) DVD-ROM drive

HARD DRIVE SPACE: 30GB

Recommended configuration (Up to 1280X960, most features on)

OS: Windows XP SP 2 or Windows Vista

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz or equivalent

RAM: 2048MB Dual Channel DDR2

Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX or equivalent

Video memory: 512MB

DVD-ROM: Quad-speed (4x) DVD-ROM drive

HARD DRIVE SPACE: 30GB Enhanced for: DirectX 10, 64-bit processors, multi-core

Supports Parental Controls on Windows Vista

Online Gaming;

Broadband connection required.