Funcom, the developers of Conan Exiles, have released a new quarterly report for investors. Included are two new, strictly secret games about which not much has been said – except who is developing them.
What kind of games are these? In the new quarterly report for the 3rd quarter of 2019, Funcom mentioned two “strictly secret” games that will be coming in the future:
- one from developer The Outsiders, consisting of former Battlefield developers
- and one from Games Farm
While the game from The Outsiders is still unclear about what will come, Games Farm is primarily known for action RPGs, a genre that includes Diablo.
This suggests a “Conan-Diablo”
What do we know about the developers? Games Farm already has several games in its portfolio. The most well-known are action RPGs:
- Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms (2014)
- Vikings: Wolves of Midgard (2017)
- Shadows: Awakening (2018)
On Steam, Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms and Vikings both have only “balanced” reviews (as of November 12 at 6:35 PM). Shadows: Awakening, on the other hand, has a rating of “very good” with 80% positive reviews.
So, it is quite likely that the game will be an action RPG like Diablo.
Why will it be Conan? Funcom is already providing a kind of Conan ARPG with the original April Fool’s joke Conan Chop Chop. However, this is “rogue-like” and rather playful, as can be seen in early images:
The Conan universe, with its brutality and its often very dark flair, would be well-suited for a proper action RPG. As the presentation of Diablo 4 shows, the hunger for dark hack & slays is great.
What else is possible? Funcom has several other franchises for which games are also in development, and with which games could be made. Other franchises suitable for an ARPG would be:
- Dune – from which three new games are already being created
- Mutant Chronicles, which is also getting a shooter
The development of Funcom
How is the studio doing? Compared to the previous year with the huge success of Conan Exiles, the studio’s revenues have gone down slightly. However, Funcom’s plans indicate that there is still quite a bit of fire in the Norwegians.
Recently, Funcom was also able to secure support from China. The giant company Tencent now holds most of the shares in the studio:
