If you thought Metal Gear Solid 4's sales in Japan were a sight to behold, then you're going to love this update. Konami's announced that the game exceeded one million in sales for Europe within the first week of its launch. Further details on this matter are available in the full article.

Funcom revealed that it will have shipped over one million copies of the PC version of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (the Xbox 360 version is still in development) in less than three weeks since it launched. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

Thought the issue of backwards compatibility for the 40GB PlayStation 3 is dead? Not so because new word from Germany brings it back to life. PS2 functionality, a source said, is on the comeback trail and might be available for everyone come October. More details in the full article up ahead.

Reports have come in that the PC version of Funcom's Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (the Xbox 360 version is still in the works) has dethroned Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) from the sales list in both Germany and Sweden. However, both games were not able to stand up to the might of Wii Play in Spain. Care to find out more? Check out the full article.

It seems that dropping out of trade shows is in vogue right now with many gaming publishers dropping out of the ESA. Nintendo is also following suit, but instead of ditching ESA and E3, Nintendo decided to withdraw from this year's Leipzig Games Convention. It's not because of criticism, however. More details in the full article.

Would you agree with this take on the death of the PC? Doug Lombardi laughed at retail and media hearsay that PC gaming is either dead or dying. Valve Software's co-founder was more than happy to say that the idea that PC gaming is dying is a "perception problem." Guess it's time to broaden our horizons and take the world view into our sights. More at the full story.

Remember Mark Rein's concern that not all PCs are capable of playing today's bleeding edge games? The PC Gaming Alliance was formed to relaunch the PC as the ultimate gaming platform, and but that hasn't helped much. Luckily, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) came up with a great idea: the Germany-based semiconductor giant has released AMD GAME! - a label akin to Game for Windows that would set standards for identifying game-capable hardware. More details in the full article.

Funcom has announced one rather impressive bit of news for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. The company sent out a press release stating that the Collector’s Edition of Age of Conan is now completely sold out in all markets. Learn more about this after the jump!

More reports are supporting the rumor that Sega will announce Skies of Arcadia 2. This just in from Germany: It may be a cross-platform release for two next-gen consoles. Where will the RPG land? More details after the jump.

With the vast size of our galaxies, it's easy to get lost in such a massive space, it seems that mini-galaxies have gone missing. Scientists are now wondering where all the mini-galaxies have gone. Have they just disappeared completely? Or have they merged with other galaxies? Details in the full article.