It’s been a partnership that we’ve seen before but today both Funcom and Koch Media have announced they will be working together once more – this time to bring physical editions of Conan Exiles to stores around the world.
Currently in Game Preview on Xbox One and PC Early Access, Conan Exiles isn’t due to arrive as a proper title until early 2018. But whilst originally we could have been forgiven for expecting to see Conan in just digital form, now a full-on physical edition has been confirmed, with Koch Media handling the publishing activities for all of the Xbox One, PS4 and PC versions.
Previously the two worked together to deliver Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer, Funcom’s 2008 massively multiplayer online game.
“We are thrilled to be working with Koch Media again in bringing the world’s greatest barbarian back into store shelves,” says Funcom CEO Rui Casais. “Their experience as a world-leading publisher combined with their extensive retail network will help bring Conan Exiles to an even wider audience. The fact that they know and understand Conan is also a huge benefit that will ensure all aspects of publishing the game will be executed in the true spirit of the Conan the Barbarian brand.”
“We are delighted to revive our successful cooperation with Funcom which we established during the work for Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer,” says Koch Media CEO Dr. Klemens Kundratitz. “The immense open world experience and comprehensive survival and sandbox elements in Conan Exiles impressed us. We are proud that we can take part in the next phase of this project and will focus all our know-how to build the road for a successful retail launch of the game for PC and Consoles.”
Conan Exiles will see you placed in the Conan the Barbarian world, in an online survival game in which you’ll get to build anything from small homes to entire cities. You’ll be free to explore the huge open world at will, team up with other players, or seek to dominate your enemies through brutal player vs. player combat.
We’ve got a full hands-on piece coming your way very soon. Keep an eye out for it.
