As some of you might have heard, we're kicking off the launch for Age of Conan Gold game with a barbaric gathering here in Oslo. We're doing this in two stages on Tuesday May 13th.

Registration for customers with pre-order keys has now opened on Registering with a valid pre-order key (such as the Rhino or Mammoth key) is the unique way to be eligible to purchase Early Access for 5€/5$.

Age of Conan Gold game (commonly abbreviated as AoC) is a fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Funcom for PC and the Xbox 360.

development since 2003, Age of Conan Gold game: Hyborian Adventures is an upcoming online action role-playing game based on the Conan the Cimmerian stories written by Robert E. Howard in the early 1930s.

Characters in Age of Conan Gold game: Hyborian Adventures are created via a user account on an online server.

Yes, I know. We have all read tons and tons of blog posts that explores the casual vs hardcore player before. I'm going to look at it a bit differently for this post. The question that I have in my mind right now is when does a WoW player decide to go from casual to hardcore? This has really hit home to me this past weekend as I feel I am to a point where I could cross the line (once again) to go from casual player to hardcore. I have been getting more and more raid time in my guild and I'm just starting to realize how much more time I will have to put in to be able to perform at 110% for raids. Not only that but I am also chasing after a 2000 rating in the arena on my 2v2 team.

On the last single sunday I logged in late to do some [Netherweave Cloth] farming, but was whispered soon after logging in that a off-tank was needed for a fun Karazhan run. I'm familair with most person's in the guild and so I was going Kara for real, for the first time. (Not counting my secret way of viewing Kara ^^). Fast travelling back to good old Azeroth, to Duskwood, the long forgotten, Worgen infested, woods near Elwynn Forest. Running toMedivh's tower. Which gate was infested with Horde, killing every single Alliance character. Well...almost every Alliance Char. I sneaked through in Cat Form...Opened the gate and entered before I got spotted.

About the Author of this article: Hunter Crowell is a researcher, marketer, and an avid online gamer, including World of Warcraft and also the creator of the Buy World of Warcraft Gold Price List Guide, a web site setup to help World of Warcraft players find the cheapest place to buy their gold

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