That's right, finally after much speculation and rumours Age of Conan is going Free 2 play. For those of you that haven't played since the somewhat abysmal launch, much new content has been added to the game including the expansion Rise of the Godslayer. Funcom recently hired a bunch of new staff to work on AoC and they have a lot planned for the future of the game and have stated that they will not let the game die out.
The most recent patch saw an update in the graphics and addition of new content, being one of the first major content patches since the expansion.
The more exciting news though is that this bad boy is now going to be a hybrid F2P/P2P model. A lot of the content will be completely unlocked and able to be played without spending a dime, however much of the latest expansion content will need to be purchased. A list of all things that will be free and not free can be found here:
Free and Premium Content Overview - Age of Conan Europe Forums
AoC will be relaunched this summer as Age of Conan: Unrated, I for one will definately be giving this one a go again!
-Odd