Finally! Fans of Funcom's Age of Conan get first word of the much anticipated expansion! Rise of the Godslayer, AoC's first expansion has been officially announced at this year's Gamescom conference in Europe.

Along with new zones and content, Rise of the Godslayer is offering a new playable race, the Khitai, and new mounts. There will be no level cap raise, but instead this expansion will offer a focus on adding to the current features already available.

IGN had the opportunity to get in a Q&A with Craig Morrison, Director of AoC, to get more details on this anticipated addition.

IGN: You've said you're not raising the level cap and not adding new classes because you wanted to expand your current offerings. How are you improving the abilities and options of your existing characters? How does the alternate advancement system work?

Craig Morrison: We are aiming for providing players with new abilities, spells and combos that add new further depth to the combat system. Now that we have deployed the revamped items and statistics update we have a much greater number of options for us to play with and we want to build on that. The focus will be on providing more situational and interesting abilities that mean players can take advantage of the strengths and weakness of their opponents.

At a basic level the alternate advancement system allows players to earn new advancement points that they can then spend in brand new feat trees. These feat trees include a lot of new abilities, functionality and choices for their characters.

No date has been set for release of Rise of the Godslayer. Expect that information to follow in the coming months. You can read the full Q&A by visiting this link!

So is this all that fans hoped it would be? No level cap raise is a bummer, but improving on current content could be a huge boost for AoC. Share your thoughts by clicking the "Post your comments" link below!