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Funcom revealed this morning they have expanded their operations in both Romania and Sweden after a new acquisition The Norwegian game publisher acquired Swedish game developer The Outsiders, which will effectively make them in charge of the studio after purchasing a major stake in the company Meanwhile, in the same breath, the company revealed they[...]

Funcom celebrated a major game milestone over the weekend as Anarchy Online officially hit its 20th Anniversary The game originally launched on June 27th, 2001, and while the launch was a bit rocky with issues in account registration, lag, and crashes,  it overcame those issues and before the year was out, it won the MMO[...]

Funcom has officially released Conan Exiles: Isle Of Siptah this week on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, as well as on Xbox Game Pass The game has been in Early Access for the longest time, but now the world of Conan has been fully released for you to dive into Technically the full game has yet[...]

Funcom has revealed details today about Conan Exiles: Isle Of Siptah as the expansion now has a release date This one has been in the works for a while now and kept getting pushed back with little hints and teases here and there of when we'd finally see it But now we know the expansion[...]

Tell me if you've heard this one before. Conan Chop Chop has got a new release window from Funcom, this time for Early 2021 Back in June, the game was delayed, yet again, after having been delayed a few times already We assumed the game was basically relegated to development hell at that point and would[...]

Funcom and The Outsiders revealed a brand new gameplay music video for their upcoming rhythm FPS title, Metal: Hellsinger We've been looking forward to this one since it was announced over the summer, but until now there hasn't been a ton of info released about it Now we have an awesome little trailer which is[...]

Its been a long time since we heard anything from Funcom about Conan Exiles, but now we know the game is getting an expansion The new expansion called Isle Of Sipath will be released into the game on September 15th To get players into the game, from now until  Monday, September 14th, you can try[...]

Sad news today for those of you waiting on Conan Chop Chop as Funcom revealed the game has been pushed back again Back in February the company originally pushed the game back to Q2 2020, in what we thought would be the final push for the game as we awaited a proper release date for[...]

Indie game developer The Outsiders and publisher Funcom have collaborated to bring mortal consumers the upcoming music-driven first-person-shooter game Metal: Hellsinger! The game has just been announced and is set to release in 2021 for PC, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. Key art for Metal: Hellsinger, a music-driven indie FPS developed by[...]

Funcom announced today that they've added one of the biggest updates to Age Of Conan ever produced for the game The new update to the game is simply titled "Onslaught", which based around the 1993 short story Black Colossus, as part of the Conan lore This new content will put you at odds with a[...]

Funcom and Mighty Kingdom announced this week that the game will now come out sometime in Q2 2020 Here's a quick quote from the announcement. Credit: Funcom "We are almost at the finish line The additional time is to ensure that the game is optimized for online multiplayer, and to give us a chance to add some[...]

Tencent Interactive Entertainment announced this week that they have made a voluntary cash offer to acquire the Norwegian game company Funcom The company already owns a chunk of the company with nearly 29% of its shares Tencent is offering all shareholders NOK 17.00 per share, which according to Funcom, is 27.3% higher than the closing[...]

Funcom announced today that the console version of Moons Of Madness is getting pushed back, but only by two months into March 2020 The game was originally set to come out next week on January 21st, but now has been moved to March 24th The only answer they gave fans for the move was "The[...]

This week, Funcom and Mighty Kingdom have announced an official release date for the once-joke-now-very-real game Conan Chop Chop The game will be released on February 25th, 2020 for the PC and all three major consoles The game originally started as an April Fool's joke, but after major feedback from fans, turned into an actual[...]

Funcom and Rock Pocket Games announced today that their horror indie game Moons Of Madness will be released on PC this month The game will officially come out on October 22nd, 2019, while a PS4 and Xbox One version will be coming out in January 2020 Here's a little more info on the game, along[...]

The concept of a Lovecraftian horror story set in space is one that is near and dear to my heart, so naturally I seized on Funcom's Moons of Madness the moment it was revealed Playing the game, I got even more than I expected out of the concept Not only was the demo level at[...]

The simplistic level designs, Cyanide & Happiness style characters, and spastic animations do little to hide the fact that, in this game, you can and will die to the early-level slime enemies. In fact, while playing co-op with another member of the press, we both needed to resort to dev cheats like "max health" in order[...]

The top five scores will be listed in-game for some public recognition, as well. credit// Funcom While a few people have already tried their luck against the dev team, a few lucky challengers have won against Petroglyph's Renato Orellana Apparently all it takes is a score over 556, 500. Hopefully, the challenge makes Conan Unconquered a bit less of a[...]

Conan Unconquered is a real-time strategy game (RTS) that at best "means well," but could have been much more. Developed by Petroglyph Games and published by Funcom, the team behind the title have worked on acclaimed titles like Command & Conquer and Star Wars: Empire at War The PC game puts you in control of one[...]

The upcoming RTS game, Conan Unconquered, is now due to release late afternoon on May 29th, one day earlier than previously announced. "We're eagerly looking forward to launch and to getting Conan Unconquered into the hands of players. The game has really come together and although the skill cap is high, it's tremendously fun to play," says Lawrence Poe, Chief[...]

credit// Funcom Command & Conquer veterans Petroglyph will be launching Conan Unconquered in just thirty days on Steam. Conan Unconquered is a real-time survival strategy game and is the first set in the brutal world of Conan the Barbarian. One of the key features of the game is the ability to play it fully in co-op, working together with[...]

Petroglyph and Funcom's survival RTS Conan Unconquered is many things, but while you might expect it to be absurd, it's far more straightforward In fact, Unconquered is pretty much a standard RTS game. As several of the team at Petroglyph are former Command & Conquer devs, there was bound to be similarities between the games[...]

Funcom and Petroglyph have announced a release date and price for survival RTS Conan Unconquered, designed to coincide with the start of pre-order sales. Conan Unconquered will release on PC on May 30th, 2019 You can pre-order the standard and deluxe editions now on www.conanunconquered.com and Steam. The Deluxe Edition comes with a few exclusives, including two[...]

Funcom has revealed a brand new trailer today as they announce a chilling cosmic horror game called Moons of Madness If this game looks a little familiar to you, it's because the company Rock Pocket Games had shown footage of it a while ago as a demo, which prompted Funcom to come on board and[...]

In case you've been wondering what Conan Unconquered was going to look like, good news! Funcom released a gameplay trailer revealing a little more about the game People attending GDC this month will get to try it out first with a hands-on demo, but for the rest of us, the company provided a special look[...]

Our dreams of riding worms on Arrakis with our friends is closer to being a reality, as Funcom has just partnered with Legendary Pictures to create new games based on Frank Herbert's seminal science fiction novel, Dune. The official press release reads: Funcom has entered into an exclusive partnership with Legendary Studios to develop games based on the works[...]

The developers at Funcom have released a brand new DLC addition to Conan Exiles this week with Seekers of the Dawn This isn't a major update, per se, as it doesn't do much to further anything you can do in the world, it's more for a cosmetic effect. The pack itself gives you 39 new pieces of[...]

In case you were wondering just what exactly is Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, publisher Funcom and developers The Bearded Ladies are here to explain you a thing or two in the latest Developer Commentary video. But for some background, here are the basics: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden combines XCOM-style tactical combat with real-time exploration, stealth,[...]

Funcom announced this week they'll be adding in a new major content update for Conan Exiles called Savage Frontier, which has now been added to the game The short version to this free update is that you get to train animals, a new dungeon called Midnight Grove, and a new religion allowing players to summon the massive[...]

Publisher Funcom and developer The Bearded Ladies, have released 20 minutes of new, unedited gameplay with developer commentary from Lead Designer Lee Varley and Producer Mark Parker. Road to Eden will be available for digital download on December 4th, 2018 The game combines XCOM-like tactical combat with real-time exploration, stealth, and story as it puts players on[...]