With the great response the community gave Funcom's Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, it's no surprise that it has topped the US PC sales charts. To find out more, head on over to the full article by clicking on the "read more" link below.

The vice president of Electronic Arts' Jeff Brown said some pretty strong words regarding Activision and Vivendi's decision to leave the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). He also reaffirmed EA's loyalty to the ESA and said that this year's E3 will most likely be successful. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

Normally, a major event such as E3 would have all the big name companies attending it.  This year will be different, though, as five publishers have decided to drop out of the event altogether. Part of the reason may be due to reported bad blood between them and ESA president Mike Gallagher. More on this after the jump.

If the Activision/Vivendi merger pushes through, Citigroup analyst Brent Thrill has predicted a bright future for the company. He pointed out that the revenue of this new merged entity could rise as high as US$ 1.39 billion in 2009. If you haven't been keeping up, that's a full 15% higher than the guidance figures that were initially presented. In case you want to find out more about this, be sure to check out the full article.

Blizzard Entertainment's got way more to celebrate over than just World of Warcraft hitting the 10 million subscriber milestone.

Vivendi's latest financial reports indicate that Blizzard's revenues helped push the publisher's revenues back in 2007 up to the one billion Euro mark. Details are in the full article.

It's been a long standing rumor whether or not the best selling World of Warcraft will be hitting the consoles ever since its release in 2004.

During a recent interview with Chris Ansell during the CES 2008, he talked about the next step in online gaming for the consoles and was quoted saying that their latest game Prototype will be taking a page from the world renowned MMORPG. For more details, read the full article after the jump!

There has always been a long-standing issue regarding questionable content in video games. Parents and politicians have often voiced for the moderation of such content in the online gaming scene. And since PEGI Online launched, it has garnered much support. Now it gains the cooperation of 15 publishers and developers in the European scene. More at the full article.

With World of Warcraft as a trophy, it wouldn't have been long before recognitions soon followed Vivendi's online multiplayer division, Blizzard Entertainment. And now that the MMORPG is the hottest game over PC, kudos goes to the man who pioneered it: Blizzard's head honcho, Mike Morhaime. In that respect, the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) hopes to honor this achievement with a special treat.

When Vivendi and Activision merged recently, everyone in the gaming scene got a jolt. Everyone, it seems, except for third-party software leader Electronic Arts. What does EA have to say now that it has such household franchises as Diablo, Warcraft and Starcraft to worry about in addition to the Call of Duty and Guitar Hero franchises? Find out in the full article.

 With ever-rising costs of production of a good-quality title, Take-Two Interactive CEO Ben Feder says that it's no wonder Activision and Vivendi merged. The industry stalwart even went as far as to say that consolidation in the industry is inevitable. Will this be the start of a new age in the gaming business?