Funcom announces its Dragon*Con plans
by Samuel Axon 
Aug 27th 2008 at 5:00PM
Filed under: Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, Events, real-world, New titles, News items, The Secret World
American readers: are you going to Dragon*Con this Labor Day weekend? Funcom (developer of Anarchy Online, Age of Conan, and The Secret World) is! Its specific plans have been laid out at the Age of Conan website.
The company will have its own booth, of course, which will be open from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM Friday through Sunday, and from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Monday. More interestingly, though, Funcom will be hosting what it calls the "FunCon Event" in the Sheraton Capital Ballroom on Friday at 10:00 PM. The party will feature music by DJ Tarryk and visitors from the teams of all three Funcom projects.
The following day, Funcom will present its two currently-released games -- Anarchy Online at 10:00 AM and Age of Conan at 7:00 PM. Somewhere amidst all these proceedings, fans will have the opportunity to win posters, inflatable swords, t-shirts, lanyards, custom PC cases, and "one special customized Anarchy Online PC." That's cool. It's probably not cool enough to go out of your way to go to Dragon*Con for, but if you're already gonna be there you might as well stop by. Check out Massively's complete Dragon*Con schedule for other events and booths to hit up, too.
The company will have its own booth, of course, which will be open from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM Friday through Sunday, and from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Monday. More interestingly, though, Funcom will be hosting what it calls the "FunCon Event" in the Sheraton Capital Ballroom on Friday at 10:00 PM. The party will feature music by DJ Tarryk and visitors from the teams of all three Funcom projects.
The following day, Funcom will present its two currently-released games -- Anarchy Online at 10:00 AM and Age of Conan at 7:00 PM. Somewhere amidst all these proceedings, fans will have the opportunity to win posters, inflatable swords, t-shirts, lanyards, custom PC cases, and "one special customized Anarchy Online PC." That's cool. It's probably not cool enough to go out of your way to go to Dragon*Con for, but if you're already gonna be there you might as well stop by. Check out Massively's complete Dragon*Con schedule for other events and booths to hit up, too.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
george said on 5:08PM 8-27-2008
and...? Will this make funcom fix all of the bugs in AOC? Will this improve their customer support? It must be fun for those that are going... but what about the rest of us? I would rather funcom spend all of their time on all of the hundreds of bugs in AOC instead of going to a party... Why don't they have the party after they fix their crappy/buggy game called AOC?
Funcom, why are you creating a party and having fun when you still have to work on AOC?
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Dirtyboy said on 5:10PM 8-27-2008
LOL, hope they hired security...
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Kevin Stallard said on 10:25PM 8-27-2008
Security? I seriously doubt the nerd rage will be powerful enough to overcome Dragon*Con's MMO Track's staff.
I understand that their MMO Programming director is particularly vicious. ;-)
Seriously, Jorgen and Terri have been coming to D*C for a number of years now, and their parties never disappoint.
-K
Slidr said on 5:46PM 8-27-2008
I'll be attending D*C and stopping by the booth. Haven't really played AoC much (just the 10 day head-start), but I really am looking forward to hear about the new and improved AO.
And who knows? Maybe they'll convince me to buy AoC...
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recursive said on 7:06PM 8-27-2008
If there's any new AO engine stuff, you'll get us the goods right Massively? :D
Yeah kind of sad to still reminisce about their older game, I know >< They're getting good at horrible launches though, I still have hope for Conan as well.
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Krystalle Voecks said on 9:11PM 8-27-2008
We'll keep an eye out for any news, rest assured. :)
MrGutts said on 7:16AM 8-28-2008
I will swing by and ask them for my DX10 game they promised me in bold print on the box I got.
Maybe slap them around some or have their Visa's revoked and send them back to Norway.
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