February 6, 2008 - Funcom and Eidos are excited to announce that over 500,000 gamers from all over the world have signed up to become a member of the Age of Conan Gold game...

The Windows version received an average score of 83% based on 13 reviews on the review aggregator Game Rankings[39] and an average score of 80 out of 100 based on 17 reviews on Metacritic.

"Funcom is proud to be one of the few developers who is tapping into this technology, and we look forward to showing you even more of DirectX 10.

SpeedTree is a programming package produced by Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. (IDV) that aims to produce high-quality virtual foliage in real time, suitable especially for video games but also aimed to a lesser extent at some other kinds of simulations...

Cheetah is a shader-oriented proprietary render engine re-written from scratch by Funcom featuring a phong per pixel lighting system.

"Real Combat" is being touted by Funcom as a revolutionary approach to combat in online RPGs where the Age of Conan Gold game player is in direct control of the character's weapon strikes in real time.

The DreamWorld graphics engine was developed by Funcom circa 2000. Other computer games powered by DreamWorld technology include Anarchy Online and its various expansion packs.

There are five principal individuals overseeing the music and audio for Age of Conan Gold game: Hyborian Adventures. The Audio Director is Morten Sørlie, who created the widely hailed soundtrack for Anarchy Online

From an OGaming interview with game director Gaute Godager of Funcom...

Age of Conan Gold game is a world controlled by cruel gods, horrid mythical creatures and a struggling barbarian human race that has finally seized the throne as king of Aquilonia. But Conan's rule is on the brink of utter chaos, with ancient evils threatening almost certain demise. In this twisted fantasy world, dark magic and combat awaits the Age of Conan Gold gamer, and each man and woman must make their own destiny.