90 years ago, in December 1932, The Phoenix on the Sword appeared in Weird Tales. This was the first Conan the Barbarian short story to be published by Robert E. Howard. Since then, the world of Conan and the legend of his adventures has only continued to grow.
Exiled, Unconquered, and... Chop Chop!
Today, we celebrate this anniversary by highlighting the rich videogame legacy of Conan through The Conan Bundle, which includes Conan Exiles, Conan Unconquered, and Conan Chop Chop:
Conan Exiles – Survive, build, and conquer in a vast savage land. The online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive and explore a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
Conan Unconquered – Defy the wrath of endless hordes with strategy and strength. From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Stand against the innumerable hordes with the strength of your army, heroes like Conan, and in a last resort, the colossal Avatar of Mitra himself. Defend your stronghold solo or together in co-op.
Conan Chop Chop – Thrive and die gloriously in frantically funny top-down battle. Charge into a party roguelite for 1-4 players full of mayhem, loot, and adventure. In this outrageous take on Conan the Barbarian, you are the muscle-bound hero foolish enough to try and stop the evil wizard Thoth-Amon!
With both the Winter Sale (50-60%) and additional Bundle Discount (10%), this is a fantastic opportunity to explore these three games. If you already own any of them, buying the bundle will simply add what you are missing. Please note that The Conan Bundle includes the base games, not expansions and DLC content.
The anniversary and Conan Bundle aren’t the only reasons to celebrate. Released this month, you can pick up the first Conan novel in over a decade – Conan – Blood of the Serpent, by S.M. Stirling.
It’s time to raise your sword and plunge into the savage world of sword and sorcery, myth and monsters.
From the whole team here at Funcom, we wish you an amazing holiday!
Conan Chop Chop April Update
Fixed an issue affecting specific world regions from successfully establishing an online multiplayer lobby when using the 'Best' region.
Fixed an issue where the player character's blood would change color.
Fixed an issue where allocated skill points would be removed from the player account after they were awarded (visual).
Fixed an issue where the 'Skill Point Reset' message would not trigger after updating the application build version from TU2.
Fixed an issue where users would become soft-locked after they 'Quit to Main Menu' after defeating any Boss, then selected 'Continue' and returned into their saved run.
Fixed an issue where the 'in-game account picker' would not correctly update the 'EXP bar' and 'Skill Points' if there was no account signed-in on the system.
Fixed an issue where a connected controller would permanently hide the mouse in game, regardless of the current active input.
Fixed an issue where the accompanying VFX for 'BurstingWithAmmo' and 'Party Punch' would not trigger.
Fixed an issue where the title would rarely fail to register the 'game over' state for all users after they've been defeated in a run.
Fixed an issue where the 'Degrade Armor Quality' VFX would trigger for all users within multiplayer sessions.
Fixed an issue where the 'Pict slam attack' would still occur and apply damage after the enemies death.
Fixed an issue where the 'Spider Brain' enemy would not destroy itself in all cases (on attach, etc).
Fixed an issue where the directionality of player attacks were not always accurate with your stick direction.
Fixed an issue where the 'Charm Swap Icons' would become corrupt if the user rapidly swapped charms.
Fixed an issue where rarely no explosions would trigger during multiplayer sessions.
Fixed an issue where rarely 'Slimey Boy' and 'Chicken Champ' familiars would duplicate.
Fixed various Audio issue(s) within the title and added some missing sounds to the title.
Fixed various VFX issue(s) within the title and amended layering issues that impacted gameplay.
Fixed various platform specific issue(s) that required global ingestion across all console platform & PC builds.
Updates made to the 'EXP earnt' formula to improve user experience.
Updates made to make the 'Snake Door' cutscene skippable at the beginning of a new run.
Updates made to on screen messaging regarding the 'Charm Swapping' feature.
Updates made to 'Belit' character art (visual).
Updates made to 'Mystic Pillars' readability throughout the game (visual).
Updates made to 'Spike Traps' readability in all dungeons (visual).
Updates made to 'Tutorial' around breakable items and character ultimates.
Updates made to 'Tutorial' reminder prompt for user's that were confused about how to progress through certain tutorial segments.
Updates made to 'Tutorial - Blacksmith' to have more obvious messaging that user's need to 'Hold A'.
Updates made to 'Post Match Summary' for local multiplayer users; EXP earnt by local client's will now be shown to be given to the primary player.
Updates made to aid clearer differentiation between player characters in multiplayer sessions (visual).
Updates made to clearly message how the 'Blacksmith' and 'Steelfire' works in multiplayer sessions for Clients.
Updates made to 'Sand Ghoul Bombers' bomb hitbox that were previously larger than what the VFX indicated.
Updates made to the 'Silver Chest' hitbox size.
Updates made to grey out the HUD of downed allies.
Updates made to various on-screen messages throughout the title, these updates included the improvement of messaging such as "losing progress" when starting a new run.
Small Bug Fix
Patch Notes:
'Continue' run will no longer become soft-locked at Town Segment with "next biome" notice board pop-up.
Conan Chop Chop March Update
We’ve just put out an update with a number of fixes and improvements. A big thanks to all of you for the reports and feedback, which continue to be very valuable.
Skill Points Bug
The team is hard at work on a final fix for an issue relating to their skill tree and points, which caused some players to receive too many skill points. As a result, they would not receive any additional points the next time they leveled up. This should not happen anymore.
However, players who have experienced this may continue to not receive skill points when leveling up. This will be resolved in our next patch, where we will reset the skill tree and reallocate all points depending on your level. We thank you for your patience in the meantime.
Fixed an issue affecting game stability which caused players to become stuck in an infinite loading state when selecting 'Quick Retry' after defeat
Fixed an issue affecting game stability where segment transitions could cause an infinite loading state
Fixed an issue affecting multiplayer game stability where players could not be revived after a segment is cleared
Fixed an issue occurring in multiplayer games where a player could lose gear and charms after re-joining a disconnected session
Fixed an issue causing the "King Conan" achievement to not trigger after being earned by the player
Fixed an issue in multiplayer games where if a player had the inventory screen open and another player left the active segment, the inventory screen could not be closed
Fixed an issue affecting Ghoul Bombers where they could sometimes not be killed
Fixed an issue that affected the speed at which players received max health from Heart Containers
Fixed an issue causing a discrepancy in the number of Skill Points earned vs. the listed amount when visiting the Trainer
Fixed a visual issue affecting bomb arrow perks
Fixed an issue causing the 'Extreme Focus' bow perk to not work correctly
Fixed an issue causing the tutorial to reset a player's active run
Fixed an issue where the Sand Status effect could inflict damage on familiars
Fixed a visual issue affecting the Sand Status effect
Fixed an issue where rarely, a purchased charm could be deleted while trying to equip it
Updates to the 'EXP earned' formula
Updates to make the Snake Door cutscene skippable
Updates to on screen messaging regarding the Charm Swap feature
Visual updates to Belit's character
Visual updates to Mystic Pillars in all biomes
Visual updates to Spike Traps in dungeons
Updates to tutorial messaging around breakable items and character ultimates
Get to the Chop Chop! Out now!
Here we are, 1,065 days since we first teased it, several delays, a few Covid variants later and boom. Conan Chop Chop is out NOW! Easy peasy!
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We can’t wait to see what crazy charm combinations you come up with and what insane adventures you get up to. Thank you to all of you who have been waiting patiently all this time. And thanks to the rest who joined along the way. This is a weird direction for a character as beloved as Conan and your support has meant the world to us.
Grab a couple of friends and immerse yourselves in the absolute madness that is Conan Chop Chop. We hope you like it!
A special message regarding the situation in Ukraine:
Like most of the world, the horrible events taking place in Ukraine are at the forefront of our minds. We want to take this opportunity to bring awareness to the humanitarian crisis and do our small part to help. Funcom will be donating 100,000 USD of the proceeds from Conan Chop Chop to the humanitarian efforts in Ukraine through the Red Cross.
Others can also donate to the relief efforts via the Ukraine crisis Red Cross website: https://www.icrc.org/en/donate/ukraine
Check out the Conan Chop Chop Demo Stream and Q&A During Steam Next Fest
You've waited long enough, and now the release is almost here. Join us for a live playthrough of the demo and ask any questions you have.
The demo is available now, and the full game will be available for purchase on the 1st of March, right after the Steam Next Fest!
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The team at Mighty Kingdom
Free Demo out now!
We've chopped (heh) Conan Chop Chop into a smaller piece for you to sample. Head on over to our store page now and try the free Demo!
Frosty is really excited about this
Conan Chop Chop is a party rogue-lite for 1-4 players full of mayhem, loot, and adventure. In this outrageous take on Conan the Barbarian, you are the muscle-bound hero foolish enough to try and stop the evil wizard Thoth-Amon!
The demo will take you through the first zone in the game, giving you a chance to sample the combat, a small part of the world and some of the basics of each character and their skill trees. We've included a few items and equipment as well, so you can get a feel for how they impact gameplay. Lastly, online co-op has been disabled for the demo but you can always use remote play together.
If you would like to see some of the developers play through it and answer some questions live, please join us for the livestream on the 23rd of March 20.00 ET (17.00 PT or 24th of March 02.00 CET - 11.30 ACDT). Hope you enjoy it!
Conan Chop Chop is (finally) coming out on the 1st of March!
We first teased this game on April 1st, 2019. The joke there was that nobody would believe it was real while, in the background, we were very seriously working on this game. At E3 that year we took to the stage at the PC Gamer Show to announce that it was in fact coming out, and soon. We announced a release date of September 2019. The lesson to be learned there is do not mess with fate. If you try to mess with the power of April fools, it will turn around and make a fool out of you.
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The pandemic is certainly a factor in the delays. But the truth is, we knew we could make the game even better if we spent more time on it. And we're so happy we've given this game the time it has needed because it's become such a joy to play especially in co-op. So, without any further fake-outs or switch-a-roos, Conan Chop Chop is finally ready. We will be releasing a free Demo at the Steam Next Fest on the 21st of February, and after that we're releasing the full game on the 1st of April. Wait, no, bad idea. We’ll release it on the 1st of March!
Conan Chop Chop is a party rogue-lite for 1-4 players full of mayhem, loot, and adventure. In this outrageous take on Conan the Barbarian, you are the muscle-bound hero foolish enough to try and stop the evil wizard Thoth-Amon!
Hyboria is waiting for those of you who have been so patient with us, and we hope you know we never took your support for granted. It was the warm reception received in 2019 that kept us moving forward in the hopes of making Chop Chop the game that it can be!
Conan Chop Chop Release Moved to Q2 2020
With all the elements of a hack and slash rogue-lite for 1-4 players being packed into one game, it’s no wonder developer Mighty Kingdom and publisher Funcom have decided to move the launch of Conan Chop Chop from February 25th to Q2 2020.
We're almost at the finish line, but we need a little extra time to optimize the game for online multiplayer. This also gives us a chance to add extra polish to the game.
It's all about getting that final Chop in place. It's not a one-chop game, it's Conan Chop Chop, and we need that extra attention to detail.
Conan Chop Chop is getting online multiplayer - release set for Q1 2020
Fellow Barbarians,
We're expanding the multiplayer options in Conan Chop Chop to include full online multiplayer! This has been the most requested feature from the community and we're incredibly excited to be adding this feature to the game, so you can play with your friends on the virtual couch, as well as the actual couch.
Adding online multiplayer means we are targeting a Q1 2020 release for Conan Chop Chop. More information can be found here!
