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Conan Unconquered video explores the new RTS game

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Funcom and developer Petroglyph Games have released a new developer diary video for their upcoming real time strategy Conan Unconquered.  This new video, titled “What is Conan Unconquered“, tells us exactly what to expect from the game,  and you can watch this below…. Conan Unconquered is set in the barbaric world of Hyboria and will see players build […]

Comic Book Preview – Savage Sword of Conan #2

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Marvel Comics releases Savage Sword of Conan #2 this Wednesday, and we’ve got a preview of the issue for you here; take a look… THE DEATH CULT OF KOGA THUN STRIKES! Back on the shores of STYGIA, a magical guide directs CONAN toward dreaded civilization…and the promise of a mysterious fortune! It’ll take all of Conan’s […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger still wants to make King Conan movie

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When he first announced his return to acting following his stint as Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed plans to revisit three of his former glories with a new Terminator movie, the Twins sequel Triplets, and the long-awaited King Conan film. The Terminator movie – Terminator: Genisys – materialised, and is now being rebooted with […]

Comic Book Preview – Marvel’s Savage Sword of Conan #1

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Conan the Barbarian returns to Marvel Comics this coming Wednesday with the launch of Savage Sword of Conan, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here… THE ANCIENT CULT OF KOGA THUN. A MYSTICAL TREASURE. AND THE ONLY MAN WHO CAN SAVE THE HYBORIAN AGE! Adrift at sea. No […]

The Pirate Queen returns in Marvel’s Age of Conan: Bêlit

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Marvel has announced that one of Conan’s most formidable and memorable companions – the one and only Bêlit, Queen of the Black Coast – is set to return this March in the five issue miniseries Age of Conan: Bêlit. SEE ALSO: Conan the Barbarian enters the Marvel Universe in Avengers: No Road Home In an all-new […]

Conan the Barbarian enters the Marvel Universe in Avengers: No Road Home

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Marvel has announced that the famed barbarian Conan is set to slash his way into the Marvel Universe this coming March as part of the weekly Avengers event Avengers: No Road Home from writers Al Ewing, Mark Waid and Jim Zub and artists Sean Izaakse and Paco Medina. It all starts when The Scarlet Witch enters […]

Marvel announces the Conan Chronicles Epic Collection

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Continuing its celebration of the Conan license returning to Marvel this coming January, the publisher has announced the upcoming release of two Conan Chronciles Epic Collection volumes – Out of the Dark Hills and The Heart of Yag-Kosha. Collecting Conan: The Legend 0 and Conan (2004) #1-19, CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: OUT OF THE DARKSOME HILLS presents tales […]

The Legend of Conan screenwriter explains why his Unforgiven-style take isn’t happening

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After his stint as Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed that he planned to revisit a number of his former glories in Terminator, Twins and Conan. In the years following, the action icon has found himself onto his second stab at Terminator with production underway on the as-yet-untitled Terminator 6 (rebooting the series after 2015’s […]

Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus set for release in January

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Ahead of Conan’s triumphant return to Marvel Comics, the publisher has announced the upcoming release of Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus, a fully-remastered collection of Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith’s ground-breaking adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s iconic character. Check out a preview here… Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1-26 from 1970-1973—as well as […]