Gotta love a media blitz! Today via press release, Funcom's let out a whole big batch (and by big, I mean "a huge number of" and "hugely insane resolutions of") screenshots, screenshots, and more screenshots for Age of Conan. We get to see the expansion teaser art too, as well as comparisons of Age of Conan on DirectX10 vs DirectX9. Plus a sneak peak at the free content that's coming within the next few months! It's thumbnail enlargement time!

Funcom has revealed a new teaser image forAge of Conan's first ever expansion pack that's set to be released next year. The concept art itself won't be released until tomorrow, but Eurogamer did give a description of what the concept art shows. Check it out in the full article.

Chinese video game publisher The9 was happy to announce some very positive sales reports according its recently released second quarter financial statement. A significant portion of these numbers owes its success to the company's flagship title in the country - namely, Blizzard's World of Warcraft. More info in our full article.

Like it or not, gold buying, selling, and powerleveling have become rather lucrative businesses, particularly with the stratospheric rise in popularity of the MMORPG. *cough*WoW*cough*. So what is it? Is it legal? Ethical? Dangerous? Sally forth dear reader, and find out for yourself!

The guys over at Mgame International contacted us with a new event they were running for their free-to-play MMORPG: Hero Online. They also provided us with a number of keys, which give free items to those participating in the event itself, to give out to our readers. To find out more about this promo and the game head on over to the full article.

Download: Hero Online Client

If you played any of the Dynasty Warriors or Romance of the Three Kingdoms games, you'd know how rich in both story and culture that period in China was. Sega took that idea to the next level and made an MMORPG set in that period. More in the full article.

Take-Two Interactive Software, the distributor of Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) and other games, has given word that it is planning to expand into Asia Pacific markets. The company has tapped an experienced senior executive to help them establish a foothold in Asia. For more information, don't hesitate to click on the "read more" link below.

A powerful new Trojan virus has been discovered. While it's been reported that it can steal almost any kind of information from PCs, it seems to be limiting itself to stealing MMO user account passwords for now. The virus was hidden in digital photo frames that were being sold in Best Buy, Target, Sam's Club, and other retailers. Check out the full article for details.

There's information circulating that China">NetEase, an online game operator in China, will be making its first step on being the first company to operate foreign online games. In fact, the game being talked about is Blizzard's StarCraft Online.

Although there hasn't been any official information on this issue, the company's CEO has disclosed that they plan to provide foreign online games to their customers. More info on this rumor in the full article.

With more and more online games creeping into China, it seems that the country is welcoming it with the way the number of online game players are increasing.

In a "Netguide 2008" survey, results showed that China will have more than 59 million online gamers in 2008. The survey was conducted with websites, enterprises and personal interviews. More information on the survey in the full article.