It has been an exciting month for fans of Age of Conan with the burst of coverage from summer conventions and the announcement of AoC's first expansion, Rise of the Godslayer. To add to the frenzy of excitement, AoC Game Director Craig Morrison addresses the expansion as well as upcoming live game updates.

Going to Khitai does give us much more freedom with the map. Whereas Howard had fairly carefully mapped out the layout of the kingdoms in Conan’s world, that isn’t the case with Khitai and that has allowed us to address the second of those issues by ensuring that all of the playfields lead on from each other. You will be able to see where you are going and moving from region to region in the expansion should feel much more like a coherent journey.

Read more on Rise of the Godslayer and some of the improvement Funcom intends to make with the expansion by reading the full Letter from the Game Director!