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Funcom receives grant to create extreme sports MMO
Funcom receives grant to create extreme sports MMO
In between navigating the sometimes-choppy waters of Age of Conan and working toward the launch of The Secret World , Funcom is having a busy year, but it looks like they are adding one more project to the pile as well. Funcom has been given a grant worth NOK 1.5 million -- $262,000 ...
News: Get on Secret World beta with Conan sub
eurogamer.net — Free fortnight and other incentives offered. Funcom has told Eurogamer that a new Age of Conan re-evaluation... period gets underway today. To lure you back, the developer is offering two weeks of free play with a double experience bonus to ... (more) News: Get on Secret World beta with Conan sub
News: Funcom awarded $260,000 grant
gamesindustry.biz — Norwegian developer and publisher Funcom, the company behind the Age of Conan and Secret World MMO titles,... has been awarded a grant worth NOK 1.5 million (USD 262,000) to help it create a new social MMO based around extreme ... (more) News: Funcom awarded $260,000 grant
The Secret World: snippet
The Secret World: snippet
stylishcorpse.wordpress.com — A rather belated snippet (from end-September), and not a particularly optimistic one at that. Then again we... live in interesting economic times. Per VG247 : “Age of Conan dev Funcom is to drop 20 percent of its workforce, according to E24 , resulting in a “significant delay” to ... (more) The Secret World: snippet
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Killed in a Smiling Accident. — ... Massively has an article describing how Funcom has a new MMO in development, Board with the World, a free-to-play social MMO focusing on the world of extreme sports. I’m not entirely sure that a pun on ‘bored’ is the optimum way to market your MMO product. And then, of course, there’s: ...

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Bio Break — ... Props to Massively for a hysterically funny picture for the aforementioned game. ...

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