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Funcom - Age of Conan
110000 Exemplare der Collectors Edition verkauft. Release 23. Mai
Quelle onlinewelten.de  

Funcom wird zum Start den Server Park noch weiter ausbauen, auf eine Kapazität, welche bis zu 700.000 Spieler beherbergen kann.

weiter Infos
http://www.funcom.com/funcom/frontend/files/...NCOM_Update_190508.pdf  

Age of Conan
Rekordstart des Online-Rollenspiels

Während reguläre Käufer von Age of Conan  noch bis zum 23. Mai warten müssen, hatten sich am Wochenende für Spieler mit Vorbesteller-Frühzugängen bereits die Tore nach Hyboria geöffnet. Entwickler Funcom vermeldet damit einen Rekord bei der Zahl der Vorbestellungen des Spiels: so sollen am 23. Mai insgesamt knapp 700.000 Exemplare des Spiels ausgeliefert werden, die Collector's Edition ist vollständig ausverkauft. Laut Funcom würde dies sogar die Zahlen von Konkurrent World of Warcraft übertreffen und damit den erfolgreichsten Start in der Geschichte der PC-Spiele markieren. Zum Vergleich: GTA 4 für Xbox 360 und Playstation 3 ging am ersten Tag knapp 3,1 Millionen Mal über die Ladentheke. ...

Quelle: http://www.gamestar.de/news/pc/rollenspiel/online/...ge_of_conan.html  

Today, 21 May 2008, the Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders of Funcom was held. The meeting
adopted all of the proposed resolutions. Find
attached the minutes from the meeting.

Dated: 21 May 2008
Funcom N.V.

http://www.newsweb.no/newsweb/atmnt/...V+minutes+%282%29.pdf?id=55629  

Funcom möchte eine kurze Aktualisierung des
Status der Start der Age of Conan Spiel.

-- Heute startet die Funcom Age of Conan
Spiel in Europa ohne größere technische Probleme.
Zu Beginn dieser Woche den frühen Start-Zugang und die
US-Launch waren auch ohne großen
technischen Fragen.

-- Funcom hat einige sehr positive früh
Bewertungen des Spiels. Aber viele wichtige
Bewertungen folgen in den kommenden Wochen und die
Medien insgesamt Urteil ist noch unentschlossen.

-- Das Unternehmen behält seine derzeitige Dimensionierung seiner
Server-Parks stützt sich auf die frühen Anzeichen Umsatz
und die allgemeine Rezeption des Spiels. Der Server
Parks sind dimensioniert, um 600.000-700.000
Abonnenten (nicht gleichzeitige Nutzer) für den Start
Zeitraum, unter einer Reihe von Annahmen für die Spielzeit pro
Teilnehmer, Anzahl der Teilnehmer pro Server,
Anzahl der Teilnehmer pro Spiel verkauft Kunden usw.
Die tatsächliche Zahl der Abonnenten Zukunft ist nach wie vor
höchst ungewiss, und wird davon abhängen, ob die beiden
ersten Verkaufserfolg und die Attraktivität und Langlebigkeit
des Spiels.

-- Funcom Investoren ermutigt, sich aktiv bemühen und
Studie Informationen über die Firma, die PC -
Spiele `Markt und dem MMO-Markt bei der Beurteilung
der Firma. In einer Zeit mit sehr deutlichen
Medien Aufmerksamkeit, Interesse und Begeisterung Spieler, die
Unternehmen Investoren ermutigt, sich auf
Berufs-, tatsächlich von Analysen und Evaluierungen
der Industrie und der Gesellschaft.

Für weitere Risikobewertung finden Sie unter "Risk Funcom
Überblick "auf www.funcom.com unter Investor
Beziehungen und früheren Mitteilung der
Firma.

Der Vorstand der Funcom N.V.
Dübendorf, 23. Mai 2008  

http://www.oslobors.no/ob/...rid=ticker.ose.FUNCOM&menu2show=1.1.2.1.  

Funcom would like to provide a short update of the
status of the launch of the Age of Conan game.

Status of the launch
The Age of Conan game now has over 400.000 active
players (players who have registered their
purchased game key in the Company`s registration
and billing system). The Company underlines that
there is uncertainty regarding the future
development of this number. Amongst many factors,
it will depend on the continued early sales
success, on reviews from major gaming press in the
most important markets as well as the long term
appeal of the game play that determines the
longevity of the average subscription.

Funcom will not report subscriber numbers on a
regular basis, for marketing reasons, but will
provide additional financial guidance before the
Second Quarter 2008 reporting.

For further risk evaluation, see `Funcom Risk
Overview` at www.funcom.com under Investor
Relations and previous communication from the
Company.

The Management Board of Funcom N.V.
Dübendorf, May 26, 2008







For more information, please contact:
Company CFO Olav Sandnes on
- e-mail: olav.sandnes@funcom.com
- telephone +47 92 22 55 40.

This report is also available at
http://www.newsweb.no


Investors are encouraged to actively seek
information regarding the company and the industry.
- For more information about Funcom, its games, its
organization, please see www.funcom.com
- For more information about the Age of Conan game,
please see www.ageofconan.com

For more information regarding the risk profile of
the Company and its game(s), see document
called `Funcom Risk Overview` at www.funcom.com
under Investor Relations  

Funcom would like to provide an update for the Age of Conan game.
Status of the launch
The Age of Conan game now has over 500.000 active players (players who have registered their purchased game key in the Company’s registration and billing system). The game has as expected performed very well on the sales charts in the launch week and has been on top of the sales charts in many major markets.
The retail box of Age of Conan is now reported as sold out or close to sold out in many shops and areas in several markets. Eidos, the retail-publishing partner for Age of Conan, is working to resupply the retail chains and will be shipping more product to retail in the coming weeks.
The Company may report if special milestones are reached as part of further building PR and marketing momentum for the Age of Conan game. Funcom will however, not report subscriber numbers on a regular basis, and will provide additional financial guidance before the Second Quarter 2008 reporting.
For further risk evaluation, please see previous communication from the Company.
The Management Board of Funcom N.V.
Dübendorf, June 2, 2008
For more information, please contact:
Company CFO Olav Sandnes on e-mail: olav.sandnes@funcom.com telephone +47 92 22 55 40.
This report is also available at http://www.newsweb.no
Investors are encouraged to actively seek information regarding the company and the industry.
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For more information about Funcom, its games, its organization, please see www.funcom.com
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For more information about the Age of Conan game, please see www.ageofconan.com
For more information regarding the risk profile of the Company and its game(s), see document called ‘Funcom Risk Overview’ at www.funcom.com under Investor Relations  

3rd June 2008: The problems with Saxess Trading System continues today. The opening of the Equity Market, Bond Market, Oslo Axess and ABM will today be postponed until 13:30.  

Funcom would like to provide a launch update for the Age of Conan game.
Status of the launch
Funcom has previously reported that the day-one ship in (the number of boxes sent to retail) of the Age of Conan game was around 700.000 units. To improve availability of the product Funcom’s retail publishing partner has or will shortly have shipped another 300.000 copies to the North American and European markets making the total number of shipped units over 1.000.000. Please see today’s press release from Funcom on www.funcom.com
The Company reported on June 2nd 2008 that the number of active players (players who have registered their purchased game key in the Company’s registration and billing system) in the Age of Conan game had passed over 500.000.
For further risk evaluation, please see previous communication from the Company.
The Management Board of Funcom N.V.
Dübendorf, June 6, 2008
For more information, please contact:
Company CFO Olav Sandnes on e-mail: olav.sandnes@funcom.com telephone +47 92 22 55 40.
This report is also available at http://www.newsweb.no
Investors are encouraged to actively seek information regarding the company and the industry.
•
For more information about Funcom, its games, its organization, please see www.funcom.com
•
For more information about the Age of Conan game, please see www.ageofconan.com
For more information regarding the risk profile of the Company and its game(s), see document called ‘Funcom Risk Overview’ at www.funcom.com under Investor Relations  

Der Siegeszug von Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures setzt sich fort. So konnte das Online-Rollenspiel aus dem Hause Funcom in Großbritannien jetzt sogar den Großangriff der PC-Version von Mass Effect in den Verkaufscharts abwehren. Obwohl letztere einen grandiosen Start verzeichnen konnte, reichte es am Ende "nur" für einen zweiten Platz. In den Charts aus anderen Ländern sieht es derzeit ähnlich aus, so dass nun wohl auch die letzten Zweifler einen großen Erfolg von Age of Conan eingestehen müssen.

Quelle: Onlinewelten.com  

Northzone IV K/S on 18 June sold 4,000,000 shares
in Funcom N.V. at NOK 43.50 per share,
corresponding to 7.6% of the outstanding shares in
the company.

After the transaction, Northzone IV K/S owns
5,449,175 shares in Funcom N.V., corresponding to
10.3% of the outstanding shares in the company.

Torleif Ahlsand, the Chairman of the Supervisory
Board of Funcom N.V., is a General Partner of
Northzone Ventures.

The shares were sold by ABG Sundal Collier Norge
ASA and Carnegie ASA jointly as lead managers.
Arctic Securities ASA acted as co-manager in the
transaction.

For questions regarding the transaction, contact:

Northzone Ventures
Bjørn Stray (Phone: +47 22 12 50 10)  

FUNCOM NEWS
Funcom would like to provide an outlook for its second quarter 2008 revenue and results
Status of the launch
Funcom is pleased with the very successful launch of the ‘Age of Conan’ game, making it one of the largest western world PC launches in this decade. So far the product has sold through over 700.000 copies (i.e. customers that have bought a game client and entered their game client key and payment details into Funcom’s billing database).
Key success factors going forward will be Funcom’s ability to maximize the average longevity of subscription as well as the continued rate of customer acquisition. To maximize the average longevity of subscription Funcom will continue to expand and improve the product. To maximize the rate of customer acquisition Funcom will among other initiatives enter new markets with localized versions and optimize the Company’s sales and marketing initiatives. The Company is so far satisfied with the initial figures on customer retention and churn levels.
It is expected that the sales curves for the ‘Age of Conan’ game over time will be similar to the sales curves over time of other MMOs. So far the sales seem to follow the customary sales development.
Outlook for Q2 2008
The revenue in the second quarter of 2008 (Q208) is estimated to be between USD 11 million and USD 12 million and the EBIT in this period is estimated to in the range of from USD -5.5 million to USD -6,5 million.
Some key parameters in this estimate are:
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Box revenue estimation:
o
The number of activated game keys in the ‘Age of Conan’ game is used as an estimate for retail sales in Q208. Funcom will receive reports from its co-publisher SCI Eidos after the end of each fiscal quarter.
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The Company expects to receive approximately 20% of the box revenues sold through the retail channel and somewhat less in some export markets like countries in Eastern Europe.
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Subscription revenue estimation:
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Estimations regarding subscription revenues are based on early service renewal data, and have therefore a degree of uncertainty related to them.
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Funcom follows a percentage of completion (time apportioned) basis of revenue recognition for service related revenues (subscription revenues). Subscription revenue is therefore recognized over the subscription period. The first subscription payments for the ‘Age of Conan’ game started on June 19. Therefore, relatively low subscription revenues have been booked in the second quarter.
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Cost Estimation:
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Funcom bases its cost estimation on closed accounts for the months April and May as well as estimates for the month of June.
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The Company has had extraordinary cost levels in the areas of marketing, hosting, hardware purchases, personnel costs and operations related to the launch of the ‘Age of Conan’ game.
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From the launch in May the company has started expensing a significant part of the costs related to the ‘Age of Conan’ project.
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From the launch in May the company has started to amortize the intangible asset related to the ‘Age of Conan’ game.
The Company will present its Q208 financials on August 15th 2008.
For risk evaluation, please see previous communication from the Company.
The Management Board of Funcom N.V.
Dübendorf, June 30, 2008  

Da haben wohl bedeutende Kreise (Management, Investoren) ihre Pakete (teil-)verkauft und da die Nachfrage nach diesem Papier nicht hoch genug ist, übersteigt das Angebot die Nachfrage.  

weiß jemand, warum die Aktie in den letzten Tagen so stark verloren hat?  

knapp 30% plus in 2 Tagen. Das hat sich gelohnt :-) :-) weiter so. Das Spiel ist absolut top!  

Zu The Secret World findet am 27. Juli ein weiterer Livestream der Entwickler statt. Lead Designer Joel Bylos, Lead Writer Dag Scheve und Audio Director Simon Poole wollen ausgewählte Szenen des Online-Rollenspiels vorführen und währenddessen über die Entwicklung von The Secret World plaudern. Während des Livestreams können Zuschauer zudem Fragen über einen Chat stellen, die dann ebenfalls von den TSW-Machern beantwortet werden.

Link zum Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/thesecretworld  

vergessen: 17 Uhr geht's los  

Das kostenlose Testwochenende war scheinbar sehr erfolgreich. Zwischendurch ging wegen dem großen Ansturm gar nichts mehr, deshalb wurde nochmal um ein paar Stunden verlängert. Bleibt zu hoffen, dass viele angefixt wurden und dank der monatlichen neuen Inhalte es auch bleiben :-)

Fazit: Funcom setzt auf ein Nischenpublikum - und punktet. Wer sich auf The Secret World einstellen kann, wird es lieben. Alle anderen lassen es einfach bleiben.
http://www.gamona.de/games/...cret-world,test-pc:article,2141879.html  

Funcom kündigte für das Online-Rollenspiel Age of Conan eine Umstellung auf die Single-Server-Technologie an. Damit die Entwickler den Schritt zur neuen Servertechnik durchführen können, sind Serverzusammenlegungen nötig, die am 8. August 2012, stattfinden.  

August 28, 2012
Presentation of Q2 2012  

Am Dienstag ging bei The Secret World Update 1.1.1 online, das laut Funcom auch eine “großartige neue Funktion für alle Besitzer der neuesten nVidia DX11 Grafikkartenreihe” enthielt: The Secret World ist das erste Spiel der Welt mit TXAA-Kantenglättung!  Die Treiber werden laut Funcom am 13.08.2012 das Betastadium verlassen und die neuesten zertifizierten Treiber ersetzen.  

rums ... -40%
da hat wohl jemand seinen Gewinn mitgenommen  

The Secret World - Update

Published on (08-10-2012)

Background

Funcom reported in a stock notice the 6th of July that the company intended to update the market on The Secret World today. This update is based on current sales, press and gamer feedback and early indicators of subscription levels following the free 30 days game-time included in the game client.

Development since launch

Following the launch of The Secret World on the 3rd of July 2012, Funcom's share price has decreased significantly. The company attributes this mostly to the aggregate review score, the "Metascore", for the game at MetaCritic (www.metacritic.com) together with other public sources for tracking the performance of games.

While there are very positive reviews, there are as well mixed or average reviews from various press outlets, giving an aggregated score for The Secret World of 72 out of 100, which is to be considered low, and not in line with the positive feedback received during the beta phases from both press and players. Funcom is of course disappointed with achieving such a Metascore. A game like The Secret World, which is not based on a well-known brand, is normally dependent on positive press reviews to achieve successful initial sales, in addition - but not limited - to other factors like word of mouth.

Scenarios for The Secret World for the first 12 months following launch

Funcom has on several occasions presented two financial scenarios for the first 12 months following launch of the game; please refer to page 17 in the 1Q 2012 presentation *). Funcom does not consider it likely that either of them will be met.

To improve sales going forward, Funcom is currently enhancing distribution by launching the game on the Steam platform as well as focusing on key areas for improvement of the game and on-going activities on content updates, sales initiatives and communication. The effect of all these initiatives together with other factors impacting sales are difficult to predict, but based on the available early data, one scenario is that sales for the first 12 months following launch will be less than half of what was presented in the "Conan-like" scenario. It should be noted that the sales amount in the "Conan-like" scenario is significantly higher than for the game "Age of Conan", due to the assumption of better retention implemented in the scenario. Also it should be noted that the company has significantly lower operational cost for The Secret World than what was the case for Age of Conan. As less initial sales than expected is considered an indicator of impairment, the company is currently evaluating the need for recognizing an impairment loss for the game in the profit and loss statement.

Retention

Funcom is pleased to see that gamer satisfaction is high, with user score of 8.4 out of 10 and higher on www.metacritic.com and other sites like mmorpg.com. This is in line with the beta surveys and beta players' feedback that the company received prior to launch. The company considers this a positive indicator of high customer satisfaction, and a solid foundation to build on the positive and engaged community Funcom has established with The Secret World.

First indication of churn is more positive than for Age of Conan, and the in-game store is performing as expected. The add-on packs are performing better than expected. Also higher than expected sales are going directly through the online download stores like EA's Origin and Funcom's own storefront, generating more profitable sales for the company.

A possible scenario going forward is that the game will sell less than both of the two above mentioned scenarios the first 12 months following launch, but with high customer satisfaction, it will generate a more stable subscriber base than the game Age of Conan. Over time, this will enable Funcom to retain more customers and generate higher revenue.

Immediate cost-adjustment initiatives

Funcom is currently implementing several cost-adjustment initiatives due to the expected lower initial revenues from The Secret World to secure future positive cash flows.

Next update

The next update of The Secret World will be given in the 2Q 2012 report to be published 28th August.


Badhoevedorp, The Netherlands, 10th August, 2012Funcom N.V.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 of vphl (Norwegian Securities Trading Act)  

Im Zuge eines Berichts an seine Investoren hat Spielentwickler Funcom seine Unzufriedenheit über die Wertungen der Presse für sein vor wenigen Wochen veröffentlichtes Online-Rollenspiel The Secret World geäußert. Auf der populären Aggregationsplattform Metacritic stünde der Titel aktuell bei einer Durchschnittswertung von 72 von 100 möglichen Prozent, was als ziemlich niedrig angesehen werden müsse, und zudem nicht mit den Rückmeldungen von Fans und Presse während der Beta-Phasen übereinstimme.

Man sei deshalb sehr enttäuscht über diese Zahl, heißt es weiter. Ein Spiel wie The Secret World, das nicht auf einer allseits bekannten Marke basiere, sei normalerweise abhängig von positiven Presse-Wertungen, um erfolgreiche Verkaufszahlen aufweisen zu können. Die aktuell recht niedrigen Aktienkurse von Funcom seien deshalb auch auf die negative Presse für das Online-Rollenspiel zurückzuführen.