Funcom to Close Most Age of Conan Servers

GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that Funcom plans to close a staggering number of Age of Conan servers – 31 of their current 49 servers, to be exact.

The reduction is more dramatic in North America and the Oceanic regions, where 24 servers are being merged into just six. In the US, only one player-versus-player server and two player-versus-environment servers will remain, with each combining the populations of six or seven existing servers.

In Europe, 12 servers will remain, due to the need to provide a variety of server types in each of four languages. English-language European servers are being cut from 13 to four.

Unless the Xbox 360 version breathes new life into the game, it wouldn’t surprise me if Age of Conan ends up going the same route as Tabula Rasa.