Funcom hit a financial rough patch, which caused a massive delay in their upcoming action-oriented MMO, The Secret World. After finally learning their lesson and paying attention to every other MMO publisher and their mother out there, Funcom has finally decided to turn Age of Conan into a free-to-play title in hopes of bringing in the masses.

Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing Morten Larssen commented in the press release about the game going free-to-play, saying…

“…there is no doubt that ‘Age of Conan’ has made a significant impact on the online gaming genre,” ... “The great potential provided by the hybrid business model, and with the ever growing interest for free-to-play games, bringing ‘Age of Conan’ into this market is undoubtedly the logical next step for the title.”

Age of Conan: Unchained is one of the very few MMOs out there that is more medieval than it is fantasy, and because of that it has a great chance picking up a lot of disgruntled MMO gamers who are looking for something more serious but without the subscription fees attached.

Be warned, though, this is not just some other kiddie MMORPG where you’ll go around facing off against brightly colored monsters with goofy villains and a cartoony art-style. Age of Conan really does embrace the Conan mythos that has relentless beasts, buxom bare breasted women in abundance and gory combat where no one is spared a violent death.

If the above description of the game fits your idea of what an MMORPG should be about then by all means you should head on over to the Official Website and sign-up to begin the very, very, very lengthy download process.