[Watch] Funcom’s Rundown of Conan Exile’s Latest Updates Including Fight Mechanics and Loot

Conan Exiles, also known as the prettier ARK: Survival Evolved but replace dinosaurs with thralls, is entering Phase 2 of its Early Access phase. With the approach of the new major update called 'The Frozen North', the team at Funcom has released a new video.

'The Frozen North' was already revealed back at E3, but the trailer was all flash and no detail, with all the new features having to be inferred from the video or read about on their blog. Today, they talked in detail about what's come in the past few months, and what's to come with and after 'The Frozen North', due out on August 16. Check out the video below:

We already knew 'The Frozen North' was going to feature a new area in the northern province of the game, but we now know the significance of their combat update, the redesign of the loot system, and the big AI improvements.

'The Frozen North' arrives on PC on August 16 as well as the Xbox One Release.