Funcom is doing their best to entice players back to Age of Conan, offering two weeks of free play for returning players and two weeks of double experience for everyone. Those who choose to subscribe will be given even better gifts.

Sign up for three months to earn a place in The Secret World beta; sign on for six months for a beta spot plus an in-game AOC experience boosting helment; and signing on for a full year gives you all of the above plus a free copy of the AOC expansion Rise of the Godslayer on release. These rewards are eligible from October onwards.

Are Funcom becoming desperate?

“We know that coming back to a massively multiplayer online game demands effort, so for us it’s all about making it worthwhile for former players to come back,” Erling Ellingsen of Funcom told Eurogamer.

“With all the improvements having been introduced to the game, we’re eager to have as many former players as possible be exposed to all the updates. So for returning players we’re offering two weeks free game time, and the ability to level up twice as fast as normal.”