Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Beta Report

Funcom's official Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures community website has been updated with a progress report of the game's beta test. Apparently female characters are now an option and PvP will be coming soon:
In another important area, we've often said that PVP is critical to the Age of Conan experience. Up to now, we've run technical tests for PVP stuff, testing the playfields, the character interaction, the playability and fun of the minigames, and just about everything else you can imagine. However, that is simply not enough!

PVP and the PVP servers are critical to us, which is why we're excited to tell you that we are not far away opening the very first Age of Conan PVP dimension for the General Beta testers, all to make sure the PVP experience in Age of Conan is the experience you've been eagerly anticipating. However, if you don't like PVP, do not despair! The regular General Beta servers will remain open and active and will get equal love and attention from the development team.