Earlier this year, THQ had announced a Conan game for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Now they have sent word that the Conan official game demo is now available for free download via Xbox Live Marketplace for the Xbox 360. A PS3 Conan demo will be available from October 11, 2007 on the PSN.
Bob Aniello is the senior vice president of worldwide marketing at THQ. He comments, “The 75th anniversary of Robert E. Howard’s first published story and the popularity of Conan provide a great backdrop for us to offer consumers a power-packed, action adventure video game this year. The playable demo will give players a chance to step into the world of Conan, sample a variety of deadly attacks and explore an environment recognizable to fans of Howard’s original stories.”
Overview of the Conan Playable demo:
In the Conan playable demo, the well-known barbarian finds himself marooned in the Barachan Isles, a haven for pirates and thieves. A terrible plague known as the Black Death has spread across the land, and Conan must escape before it consumes him as well. Fortunately, Conan crosses paths with the beautiful and fearless warrior queen, A’Kanna, whose ship can provide safe passage from the cursed islands. However, Conan must first save the ship’s crew, which has been enslaved by the local cutthroats. Players will take on the role of Conan as he unleashes his savagery against a horde of scurvy pirates. The demo will allow gamers to execute a portion of the game’s 100+ fighting moves and combinations as Conan annihilates his foes using a variety of deadly weapons, hand-to-hand combat and even his surrounding environment.
Conan has been developed by Nihilistic Software and will release for the PS3 and the Xbox 360 on October 23, 2007.