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Jørgen Tharaldsen
works as the Product Director in Funcom, one of the world’s
leading developers and publishers of Massively Multiplayer
Online Games (MMOs). Funcom is the only stock-listed MMO company
in Europe, and Jørgen has worked on various Funcom
titles like Anarchy Online, Dreamfall, The Longest Journey,
Age of Conan and The Secret World. He has been working with
games and entertainment for the last 15 years, and has followed
the evolution of virtual worlds and MMO gaming ever since
the genre came about.
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The future of Virtual Universes
As people spend more and more time in virtual
online universes, so are the companies behind them spending
ever more resources on creating larger and more involving
experiences. With Funcom as the case-example, Product Director
Jørgen Tharaldsen will take us through the evolution
the online gaming space, while at the same time shedding light
on the incredible opportunities ahead. As a part of the talk
he will also demonstrate material from Funcom’s highly
anticipated MMO Age of Conan, which is arguably the most anticipated
virtual universe in development today.

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