GameSpot Hosting 15,000 Strong Age of Conan Weekend

Announcing an unique beta partnership with GameSpot, Eidos and Funcom will host a highly exclusive event where 15,000 gamers from across the world can login and play Age of Conan, non-stop, from Friday April 18 to Sunday April 20. This PvP weekend allows gamers the chance to test a limited part of the PvP functionality of the game, as well as the two different PvP mini-games Capture the Skull and Team Annihilation.

To make the weekend more interesting, the character creation system will also be available, allowing players to create their unique avatars. All 12 classes in the game, including the barbarian, can be picked and tested, with Funcom transforming each character into a fully specced level 20 death machine. Players will be able to socialize in-game as well as provide feedback on the forums.

“The battlefields of Hyboria are craving new, fresh blood,” says an enthusiastic Game Director/Producer Gaute Godager at Funcom. “Throwing newcomers into a fully specced level 20 PVP character is naturally a challenge in this most unforgiving of all MMO environments, but I am confident the players will rise to this challenge. We have spent years fine-tuning the combat system in Age of Conan, and allowing GameSpot readers to be the first to get a small glimpse of this is something we really look forward to.”

Interested participants should head to this Gamespot page for registration in the hopes of testing this highly anticipated game.