CNN has a story up on what the introduction of Windows Vista will do for PC gaming and profiles of a few development houses that are excited about. It includes comments from Funcom about Age of Conan, one of the first MMOs to fully wrap their arms around the new OS.

Many game developers are excited at the technology's prospects.

"Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures," due in October, will put players into a persistent online fantasy world of barbarians and mythical monsters.

"What we tried to achieve with the graphics is something that we called 'magical realism,"' said Jorgen Tharaldsen, product director for Funcom, which is developing the game in Oslo, Norway. "With DX10 we can just add a lot more bells and whistles. We can start pushing graphics to the stage where it almost looks realistic."

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