French and German 'Age of Conan' Community Portals Open.Local Community Teams Ready to Support French and German Gamers DURHAM, N.C. -- Funcom is excited to announce the launch of the French and German community portals for the highly anticipated massively multiplayer online game “MMO” redirects here. For other uses, see MMO (disambiguation). Massively multiplayer online game (also called MMOG or simply MMO) is a computer game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. 'Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures.' This extension of the community initiative means that French and German gamers will now have access to news, information and discussion forums in their own native languages. Funcom representatives are available to aid and work with these new communities and their members. Both community portals will be updated simultaneously with the English community portal, ensuring that both French and German gamers will always have access to the very latest news and updates surrounding the game. This signals Funcom's long-term commitment to local activities in the French and German speaking markets, which will also be supported with local 'Age of Conan' services after launch. "We are very happy to be extending our growing 'Age of Conan' community to include web portals for both French and German gamers," says Funcom CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Trond Arne Aas. "These are both tremendously important markets for us and we know that creating solid communities in both countries is pivotal to our success there. This means not only providing information in those languages, but also supporting fan sites and discussion forums where gamers can meet to share their thoughts and suggestions on the game." Launched simultaneously with the new community portals are also a set of French speaking and German speaking forums that are moderated by local Funcom representatives and trusted community members. 'Age of Conan' is consistently mentioned as one of the most anticipated PC games in development. It has received numerous magazine covers and awards, including 'Best MMO See MMOG. at E3' awards from IGN IGN Ignored (Status) IGN Institut Geographique National IGN Ignition IGN Instituto Geografico Nacional (Spain) IGN Imagine Games Network IGN In-Game Name (gaming) , GameSpot, GameSpy and Yahoo. 'Age of Conan' is a key title in Microsoft's Games for Windows For the magazine, see . Games for Windows is a gaming platform and marketing campaign by Microsoft that dates back at least to 2005, and was revised in 2006. Games for the platform must meet certification standards similar to those of modern popular videogame consoles. line-up, as well as being a showcase DirectX 10 title for nVidia. The game is currently in beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the and everyone is invited to sign up for beta at the official website: www.ageofconan.com. The new community portals can be accessed by clicking on the respective flags on www.ageofconan.com or by using these links: http://community-fr.ageofconan.com/ and http://community-de.ageofconan.com/. ABOUT FUNCOM - Funcom is an independent developer and publisher of online games for PC, consoles and mobile platforms. Funcom has provided outstanding entertainment since 1993 and continues to expand its track-record of more than twenty released games. Recent titles include 'The Longest Journey,' 'Anarchy Online' and 'Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.' For corporate information please visit www.funcom.com. For information about Funcom games visit www.anarchy-online.com, www.dreamfall.com, www.darkdaysarecoming.com or www.ageofconan.com. Funcom is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange An exchange founded in 1819 and trading stocks, bonds, and stock options that is considered the options market of Norway. under the ticker FUNCOM. ABOUT CONAN PROPERTIES INTERNATIONAL LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control - Conan Properties International LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Paradox Entertainment Inc., controls rights to Conan, many associated characters and the Hyborian world, as created by Robert E. Howard Robert Ervin Howard (January 22 1906 – June 11 1936)[1] was a classic American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. and various rights expanded upon by many acclaimed authors and artists. Many consider Conan the world's best-known fantasy character. For more information about Conan Properties International LLC, visit www.conan.com. For information about Paradox Entertainment Inc., visit www.paradox-entertainment.com. 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