In Age of Conan Open Beta 50.000 aspiring barbarians may enter Hyboria on May 1st 2008. ¡°When we started development of Age of Conan four and a half years ago we truly wanted to move away from the standards of the MMO genre. We wanted to bring something new, exciting and fresh to the gamers,¡± said Gaute Godager, Game Director on Age of Conan. ¡°As we get ready to show everyone what Conan¡¯s savage world is all about, we need final stress testing. Teaming up with the Beta Masters at IGN was a perfect opportunity for us! We simply couldn¡¯t ask for a better partner for this crucial stage of our Beta.¡± Funcom, Eidos and IGN are proud to announce that Open Beta for Age of Conan will start on May 1. The Open Beta will be hosted exclusively by IGN¡¯s popular game download site, FilePlanet.com, as well as being offered through partner IGN sites such as Gamespy.com, Tentonhammer.com and Warcry.com. The application pages at FilePlanet.com are now open for registrations, and gamers from across the world can sign up. As 50.000 gamers prepare their Hyborian assault, rivers of blood are about to flow, and it¡¯s exclusively available through FilePlanet and IGN partner sites.