San Mateo, Calif. (PRWEB) June 25, 2007 -- Wikia, Inc. the leading provider of community resources for building and organizing free information on every topic, today announced the Age of Conan (AoC) Wiki, a fully editable website created and run by fans of the soon-to-be-released online action role playing gaming (RPG) being developed by Funcom, to continue the community's efforts to build-out game-related content online.
"The Age of Conan Wiki is a community with all the key elements," said Jimmy Wales, co-founder and chairman, Wikia. "It's got passionate, creative users who value being able to collaborate around a common interest. Together we hope to build the single largest collection of freely available information related to the Age of Conan--so if you're a fan, come join us!"
The AoC Wiki already includes nearly 700 articles on everything from key game terms, to world maps, to prestige classes and more. With the game not slated to be released until late October, fans can visit the AoC Wiki to browse an entire section of screenshots showing various areas of the game such as Khemi, Broken Leg Glen, Frost Swamp, Tortage and more .
About Wikia, Inc.
Since Wikia's launch in November 2004, more than 700,000 articles on 2,700 topics have been created and edited by over 100,000 registered users in 70 languages. Wikia is currently home to several popular game-related wikis, such as Gaiapedia.
Wikia enables groups to share information, news, stories, media and opinions that fall outside the scope of an encyclopedia. Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley launched Wikia in 2004 to provide community-based wikis inspired by the model of Wikipedia -- the free, open source encyclopedia founded by Jimmy Wales.
Wikia is committed to openness, inviting anyone to contribute web content. Authors retain their own copyrights and allow others to freely reuse their content under a variety of GNU and Creative Commons Licenses, allowing widespread distribution of knowledge and ideas.
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