Joystiq primer: Age of Conan

Tomorrow marks the release of Funcom's Age of Conan for PC, an MMO with enough pre-release hype to actually create a blip on the map so long dominated by World of Warcraft. In case you need a introduction to the M-rated online adventure, we've compiled a list of impressions and guides that you can peruse after the break. (Big thanks to Massively and BigDownload.)

What is Age of Conan?

• Age of Conan: The Pros and Cons
• Closed beta impressions
• Massively's State of the Game: Age of Conan
• CES 2008: Age of Conan converts at least one player
• Player vs. Everything: Age of Conan's 250 hours

Hardware

• Big Iron: Age of Conan's demanding tribute – The requirements
• Age of Conan survival guide (for your computer) – Optimization tips
• MMOGology: Age of Conan, PC vs 360 – Console version due in 2009
  

Starting the game

• The first steps in Hyborea
• Early game audio/video tour

Class Overviews

• Beta guide: The priests (also: Hands-on with the priests)
• Beta guide: The mages (also: Hands-on in PvP with mages)
• Twelve Trails of Blood (Class overview)