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

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.

"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.

During the past several years, Funcom has twice previewed Age of Conan Gold game: Hyborian Adventures at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, more commonly known as E3, and the product has received various critic awards for these demonstrations. The following information is a partial listing of those awards.

Staggeringly attractive* Online Action RPG from the creators of The Longest Journey and Anarchy Online

Age of Conan Gold game - Hyborian Adventures is an Online Action RPG scheduled for Windows in the first half of 2006. A mix of a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan Gold game. Now you can enter the brutal domain of the world's greatest fantasy hero.

There will be 3 races available in Age of Conan...

During the character creation process Age of Conan Gold gameplayers will select a class and race, and will then customize the looks of their character.

Abilities are the combos, the spells and the stances that you will acquire through leveling. As you gain new levels you will be able to find shopkeepers who sell spell scrolls, and some might even be found through adventuring. The stances and combos, however, will be automatically granted to you as you level up...

NOTE: Currently by tests done in game it appears as if attributes are not working and provide NO BENEFITS to the players...