My next MMO is very likely to be Age of Conan (as in Conan the Barbarian or, if your more literate and pedantic, Conan the Cimmerian), a fantasy MMO based on Robert E. Howard’s famous character. It’s being developed by Funcom (the Norwegian team behind “Anarchy Online” which has been going for a few years now) and it promises to be an innovative new MMO.

Frankly, I’m sold on the following new PvP feature:

Drunken brawling is a hilarious, unique and very “Conanesque” PvP form where every player, regardless of their level, can fight it out in the bars and taverns of the world. Your fighting ability here depends on how much you drink, and what you drinkJ The more you drink the more pain you are able to endure, but the less chance you have of hitting! So it gives the word binge drinking a whole new meaning, and it’s quite unlike any PvP action you have seen before

(Source: FiringSquad interview with project director Jørgen Tharaldsen)

There’s going to be more about Age of Conan on these pages in the near future. And there’s likely to be drunken brawling too.