Another setback for the 'future' of PC gaming

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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures might be breaking all manner of beta sign-up and pre-order records that we didn't know existed (until Eidos told us, that is) but Vista users might be about to get in a flutter over the omission of DirectX 10 at launch.

According to developer Funcom, the DirectX 10 version of Age of Conan has been delayed for an indefinite period.

A preview showing it off will feature at the Leipzig Games Convention this August, to give you an idea of how long we're talking about here.

Funcom hopes the postponement will allow even more features in the DirectX 10 version of Age of Conan than originally planned.

We hope that the Age of Conan team isn't so bogged down in DirectX 10 stuff that they don't forget to keep adding new stuff to the game. We don't have a clue about Funcom's development schedule, but overhauling a graphics engine while simultaneously keeping a persistent world going is no easy feat.

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If you think Age of Conan is the "Future of PC gaming" you're high on something.

Future of PC gaming includes such titles as "Starcraft 2, Mafia 2, Grand Theft Auto 4, and others".

Age of Conan might be the future of MMORPG gaming but by no means PC gaming.

You gotta be careful with MMORPGs, virtually all of them are big deceptions so don't get your hopes up.

Also when it comes to MMORPGs the only developers you can semi trust are the big names, "Funcom who are ya?"