And, if you're not a huge fan of the brown, barren desert map you've been playing on, there's a new map in the works, a highland biome with green pastures and a snowy, mountainous region. Venturing into the frosty mountains will mean players need to dress appropriately in warm, woolen clothes to protect them from the elements POE currency trade .

That feels like an ambitious amount of content to add in the next year. Equally ambitious is Funcom's plan to release the full version of the game in the first quarter of 2018, spending a total of only about 12 months in Early Access—in contrast to many other survival games which have remained in Early Access for years.

Bylos said some other developers—he didn't name them—have been "rather irresponsible" with Early Access by selling their games to players without providing a time frame for completion. "Our goal with Early Access as a company is to be one of the companies that people point to and say 'That is how you should do Early Access.'"

Bylos also promised that no paid DLC will be released during Conan Exiles' Early Access period.

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