"As we prepare the roll-out, we know our servers will be put to the test," said Funcom's Morten Larssen. "We therefore hope potential players will aid us by signalling their interest as soon as possible so we can scale our servers and services accordingly."
Open beta should still be an interesting look at this important game, though, so head over to FilePlanet for a chance to join us there in a couple of weeks.
"If the information we have is correct, they represent the highest pre-order number for any global launch of an original PC game, ever, including the original World of Warcraft launch."
You will be able to download the client six days before the launch date, and for a nominal fee of EUR 5 you will be able to play Age Of Conan three days before anyone else.
The game has also been receiving strong scores, with our preliminary verdict hovering around a 7/10; a full review is planned shortly before 30-day free subscriptions come to an end.
This guide spills the beans and you can quickly find yourself having the most gold on your server, the most powerful guild and that you can basically run the economy because of your wealth, sounds good doesn't it?
