Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is a fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by the Norwegian computer video game developer company Funcom for PCs. The game launched at 11 p.m. (GMT) on May 17, 2008 in a limited way, being available to those who had pre-ordered the game and registered for early access. The full release of the game for North America was May 20, 2008 and for Europe May 23, 2008 for the PC version. Although originally announced as being available for the Xbox 360, the console version is at least a year behind schedule.
Hyborian Adventures is the first installment in the planned Age of Conan series. Age of Conan itself takes place within the continent of the Hyborian kingdoms; a year after the events depicted in Robert E. Howard''s Conan novel, The Hour of the Dragon. Hyborian Adventures'' release celebrated the 76th anniversary of the Conan franchise.
Age of Conan is set in a low fantasy, pseudo-historical ancient world called the Hyborian Age created by Robert E. Howard. The warlord Conan has seized the throne of Aquilonia, but ancient evils seek to overthrow him.
Regarding the world design, lead artist Terje Lundberg said, "Our main impressions about the look and feel of Hyboria come from our interpretation of the stories written by Robert E. Howard. When you read Howard''s work you''re immediately drawn into a gritty world of dark and ancient forces, and mighty and decadent civilizations. You feel the great weight of the ages and sense the very history in the crumbling mortar and the ruins. Therefore we''ve been mindful from the outset to create a world which is true to Howard''s writing. There is majesty in Hyboria but it''s of a monolithic, brutal and primitive kind - it certainly isn''t "high fairie" where everything appears as though it was built only yesterday and is devoid of context."
Lundberg said the game at launch will contain three countries, Cimmeria, a northern country with snow and highlands, Aquilonia, which contains "green hills, lush riverbeds, and the marvelous city of Tarantia", and Stygia, with mostly deserts and "some beautiful cities" --as well as the island of Tortage which "has a diverse geography ranging from jungle to harbors."
There are five principal individuals overseeing the music and audio for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. The Audio Director is Morten Srlie, who created the soundtrack for Anarchy Online - Shadowlands. Simon Poole (Lead Sound designer on "Dreamfall - The Longest Journey") took over as Audio Director in May 2007, and saw the project through to completion. The sound designers are Tord D. Nikolaisen and Fredrik Martol, and composer Knut Avenstroup Haugen who is writing the musical score for the game.To create a musical score for the Hyborian universe, composer Knut Avenstroup Haugen turned to many different sources: For the music of the different ethnic groups, Haugen studied traditional music from relevant parts of the world. For the overall sound of the Hyborian Age, Haugen studied ancient- and medieval music as well as the romantic orchestra repertoir and film scores, while avoiding conventions that connect too closely to specific historical periods. The female vocalist heard in the score is Norwegian singer Helene Bksle. Norwegian punk rock artists Turbonegro contributed three songs to the soundtrack CD. One of them written specifically for the album. Over 40 actors voiced the large cast of characters. They were recorded at Side UK in London, England UK, Side LA in California, USA and at Funcom in Norway.
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