Age of Conan Expansion Pack Arriving Next Year, DirectX 10 Screenshot Comparisions Hit

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Developer Funcom has announced that the first retail expansion pack for its mature PC MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures will hit next year.

The accompanying teaser image for the expansion, pictured left, suggests that the it will add Oriental areas, foes and lore to the game.

Alongside news of the expansion pack, the developer issued screenshots highlighting the difference between the title's DirectX 9 and Direct X10 graphical effects--with DX10 support coming in a free future update to the core game--along with a look at some of the upcoming free content.


Left, DirectX 9. Right, DirectX 10.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    August 22, 2008 8:16 AM

    why are they showing dx10 shots? isn't it still broken with the AoC release?

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      August 22, 2008 9:06 AM

      it's going in the AoC release as an update... not in the expansion.

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