LOS ANGELES--The massively multiplayer game Age of Conan: Hyborian made an appearance at E3 2006, and we took the opportunity to get an updated look. We began our visit to the game with a brief look at character creation, which takes place in the galley of slave ship. In this area, players can choose to create a character from one of the game's three "races" of humans: Stygians (the sorcerers of Hyboria), Cimmerians (the barbarians from which Conan himself has descended), and Aquilonians (the citizens of the nation Conan now rules). At this point in the game, players can also choose one of four character archetypes (soldier, priest, mage, and rogue), which they'll later develop into more-advanced characters once they reach level 20. Not coincidentally, level 20 will also be when players will complete the game's single-player campaign--that's right, this massively multiplayer game will have a single-player portion that should familiarize you with to how it's played before you jump into the massively multiplayer portion. (And after completing this single-player game for the first time, you'll be able to skip it with later characters.)