Norwegian makers are now offering lapsed subscribers the chance to have a whole two free weeks play if they reactivate their account between 8th and 22nd July. The move is intended to let formers players see for themselves the improvements made to the game in the year since its launch.

Uppermost amongst the new features and content added in the last twelve months are two new areas (Ymir's Pass and Tarantia Commons) as well as new quests, monsters and items. There's also been a DX10 makeover as well as big changes to the PvP and mechanics.

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With Funcom also set to reveal a shiny new Age of Conan expansion at Augusts GamesCom in Germany, now could be just the time for ex-players to get back behind the sword.

By Paul Newcombe