by Cody Bye on Apr 17, 2008
What can a person do in three days?
It's official: Age of Conan pre-orderer's will be receiving a three day headstart in Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Although rumors and news of this event have been circulating the internet for the past few weeks, Clan of Conan Issue #15 has solidified the official nature of the news. Here's a snippet from the article:
If you pre-order the game you will be allowed into the world of Hyboria several days prior to the official opening of the servers, which is set for May 20th in North-America and May 23rd in Europe. This is what we call the Early Access program.
By pre-ordering the game from a retailer that retailer will supply you with a pre-order key. You can use this key to purchase Early Access from the Funcom website for $5 / 5.
Note that Early Access is exclusively available to those who pre-order. The characters you create during your Early Access period will still be available to you once the servers officially open. Early Access will require you to download the game yourself.
The dates for Early Access are as follows:
Europe: Registration and sales of Early Access open on May 2nd. Download of the client for early access from May 16th, and you can start playing from May 20th.
North America: Registration and sales of Early Access open on May 2nd. Download of the client for early access from May 13th, and you can start playing from May 17th.
Purchasing Early Access will not only give you the chance to jump into Conans world before the rest of the world, but it will also give you ten extra days of free play time. These ten days are added to your thirty days of free play that is included in the retail
If you are one of the folks that pre-orders the game, make sure you head to Ten Ton Hammer's Age of Conan Community Site, where you can find the best guides and tips on the entire internet!