More bugfixes and optimizations are in store for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures players come the 27th. A long list of preliminary patch notes has just been released detailing what's going to change in the game's August 27 patch. More bulleted items than you can shake a stick at in the full article.

Everyone who plays Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures has been on the lookout for what improvements Funcom will be making to the game. Well, the preliminary update notes for the upcoming update have been posted on the AoC test live forums. Check out the notes for yourself in the full article!

Funcom's Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures servers were taken down (and are still down as of this article's writing) so that the developers could apply a number of bugfixes, and improve the gameplay balance. Want to know what the devs are changing? Then head on over to the full article for the full patch notes.

*update* The servers are now up! So you can now check out the fixes first hand!

Wondering what you have to do to make the most of your time leading up to patch 2.4's public release on World of Warcraft? We managed to pick up a handy list that should give you an idea of what sort of items you may want to start stockpiling. It's available for reading over in the full article.

The North American release of Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be getting additional content after all. A recent press release revealed the game's full track and vehicle list along with additional features. Also, we were able to get some screenshots of the game in action. If you'd care to find out more, race on over to the full article

Those who couldn't wait to get hold of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue should take heed of this Tokyo Game Show 2007 announcement: there will be five tracks available in Prologue. Thinking that it's too few to keep yourself entertained until Gran Turismo 5's release? Keep in mind that there are other features jampacked in the game that will definitely enhance gamer experience.

As mentioned in a previous article, Prologue will feature a 16-player online multiplayer feature, which is a first for the Gran Turismo franchise. 30 cars will be made available, including Ferrari, Lotus, Nissan, and Mitsubishi vehicles, to add more replay value to Prologue.

If you're bored with driving cars, then you can just take a break and just watch Gran Turismo TV. Gran Turismo TV will let you get connected and watch car racing programs without having to log off the game for a fee. Also, if you're feeling lucky and want to show off your moves to friends, then you may find the Photo Mode handy in getting screenshots of your game and saving the snaps into your hard drive.

A US release date and pricing information for Prologue is not available yet, but you can count on us to keep you informed. Until then, stay tuned!

Curse-Gaming's weekly Auction Reports, the handy dandy pricelist for the World of Warcraft Auction House, have arrived. The list basically includes the best selling consumables, ingredients, trade goods and others. The compilation is based on a median sale value which means this would be a reliable guide for the shopping in the AH.

Like every MMORPG, Blizzard's WoW has its very own economy and the mini virtual economies may vary per realm. Here's the list:

High Selling Consumables
Flasks

• Flask of Fortification - Global Value: 89G 40S 50C each
• Flask of Relentless Assault - Global Value: 85G 70S each
• Flask of Mighty Restoration - Global Value: 68G 49S 75C each

Elixirs

• Elixir of Major Firepower - Global Value: 30G 50S per 5(6G 50S each)
• Elixir of Major Mageblood - Global Value: 28G 50S per 5(5G 70S each)
• Elixir of Major Defense - Global Value: 20G per 5(4G each)

For the rest of the list, click Full article below.

 

For those who are farming or grinding to get gold, this is a god-send, as the May 4 auction reports give you the full details on the hottest selling items in Blizzard's World of Warcraft auctions.

Most if not all experienced auctioneers know that this information is almost as good as gold. Be forewarned, however, that if you do plan on selling some of your hard earned loot, trade items, gems, enhancements, or potions you should always check your local server prices to be sure you're getting the most money for it. Without any further delay here are the top selling items on the auction.

Top selling auction items:

• Flask of Fortification - Global Value: 89G 99S 50C each
  
• Elixir of Major Firepower - Global Value: 30G 50S per 5(6G 50S each)
• Major Arcane Protection Potion - Global Value: 32G per 5(6G 40S each)
• Spicy Crawdad - Global Value: 40G per 20(2G each)
• Cobrahide Leg Armor - Global Value: 179G 95S 50C each
• Void Crystal - Global Value: 795G 5S per 10(79G 50S 50C each)
• Hardened Adamantite Bar - Global Value: 300G per 20(15G each)
• Khorium Ore - Global Value: 45G 58S 40C per 20(2G 27S 92C each)
• Cobra Scales - Global Value: 400G per 20(20G each)
• Royal Nightseye - Global Value: 63G 49S 99C each
• Living Ruby - Global Value: 47G 40S each
• Spellcloth - Global Value: 75G each
• Black Lotus - Global Value: 200G per 20(10G each)
• Tome of Conjure Water IX - Global Value: 101G 25S
• Pattern: Gloves of the Living Touch - Global Value: 705G
• Pattern: Girdle of Ruination - Global Value: 564G
• Schematic: Healing Potion Injector - Global Value: 105G 28S
• Plans: Hand of Eternity - Global Value: 1250G
• Recipe: Elixir of Major Mageblood - Global Value: 250G
• Formula: Enchant Weapon - Spellsurge - Global Value: 450G 75S
• Design: Tenacious Earthstorm Diamond - Global Value: 400G 50S
• Primal Might - Global Value: 108G

There's more where that came from, you can check out the other items via our read link, or just simply go to WoW Wiki and search for it there. So farmers and grinders can start getting loot now that they know what's in demand.

Taking a look at the European side of World of Warcraft, dancing bovine Ommra announced some rather un-highlighted (and would've probably gone unnoticed) changes to profession, other than those initially announced or further changed a couple more hours in to the 2.1.0 PTR patching.

It looks like there's really bad news for priests out there who've been clamoring the Professions section for hours on end since the announcement of the profession changes by Nethaera on April 12.

On the European side of World of Warcraft, there seems to be a phenomenal change with tailoring, as the highly-revered Shadoweave tunic, along with the Spellfire tunic, has now been changed to robes.

Reflected already over at the U.S. realms, the changes don't seem to be invigorating for the various mages and priests who've suddenly found out their Frozen Shadoweave now makes them look like a girl. Better Worse yet, Spellfire-clad folk are already the talk of the realms as they've been referred to as "walking stained glass windows!" (*snickers*)

Other changes include the important Fel Lotus, an ingredient for certain Raid consumables, which now has an increased percentage of being found while foraging for herbs. That's great news for farmers, but it would've been better if the Black Lotus was easier to farm as well.

Earthstorm and Skyfire Diamond transmutes are now only effective for one day. And last but not least, Primal Nethers may now be purchased from G'eras for Badges of Justice.

Over on the official World of Warcraft forums, Blizzard poster Eyonix has posted something regarding changes being made to flask reagent costs and potency in patch 2.1 for World of Warcraft. Check out the example below in convenient list form.

• Flask of Mighty Restoration - Current

Instant, Regenerate 70 mana per 5 sec for two hours.
Reagents: Dreaming Glory x20, Mana Thistle x10, Fel Lotus x1

• Flask of Mighty Restoration - Patch 2.1

Instant, Regenerate 25 mana per 5 sec for two hours.
Reagents: Dreaming Glory x7, Mana Thistle x3, Fel Lotus x1

The drop rate for Fel Lotus will also be increased in patch 2.1 by about 15%. While the effects of the flasks have been reduced, the cost has also seen an equal reduction. All alchemy flasks will be adjusted similarly to the examples above. Eyonix has also posted a few details on the four new elixirs scheduled to go live with the next content patch. Details are listed below.

• Elixir of Draenic Wisdom: Intellect and Spirit are increased by 25.
• Earthen Elixir: Reduces both spell and physical damage taken by 20.
• Elixir of Ironskin: Resilience is raised by 30.
• Elixir of Major Fortification: Increases health by 250 and provides 10 health every 5 seconds.