Surprising the gaming world, Funcom and Eidos today announced that over one million people had signed up for the Age of Conan beta that ran recently. They claim that the 1 million mark “confirms the amazing interest” in the game.

“Funcom has not been able to find any higher beta numbers for MMOs in the western world,” said Morten Larssen, VP of Funcom Sales and Marketing. “We believe it represents the largest ever beta sign-up figure in the history of the genre.”

Additionally, Funcom confirms that almost 800,000 gamers have signed up for the Clan of Conan newsletter. The company has also logged over 115,000 posts on the game’s official forums, across four languages. Funcom also notes that it has registered more than 5 million unique visitors from more than 200 countries.

Let’s hope that they can turn this interest into big sales numbers. Age of Conan launches May 20 in North America and May 23 in Europe.