Funcom and Eidos have announced that over 100,000 gamers signed up for the Age of Conan Beta over the Easter weekend, half of which were within 24 hours of the opening period.

Such demand has pleased the developers behind the title, and has vindicated their efforts to weed out beta testers who were just in it for a free game – the application involved supplying a lot of detailed personal information, as well as providing detailed technical information about the PC system to be used.

“We’re naturally very pleased to see that so many dedicated gamers are signing up for the Age of Conan Beta at such a rapid pace”, says Trond Arne Aas, CEO of Funcom.

“With more than 100,000 gamers signed up in such a short time-frame our confidence in the game’s potential and its ability to be a major contender in the MMO genre continues to be strengthened.”

“We’ve been developing this incredible world for years now and today more than 150 people are working hard on achieving the ambitious goals we set out for the game”, says Gaute Godager, founder of Funcom and Game Director on Age of Conan.

“The team is very excited about the number of gamers who have signed up for the Beta so far, and we can’t wait to see them charging into the brutal battlefields of Hyboria!”

Age of Conan will launch on the 30th of October.

>> Link - Official Site/Age of Conan