Microsoft have proudly announced that they're the first next-generation console system to hit 10 million sales in the US:

"This year will be the largest in the history of the video game industry, with Xbox 360 leading the charge in the U.S. and abroad," said Don Mattrick, senior vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. "History has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins the generation battle. We are uniquely positioned to set a new benchmark for the industry."

Be interesting to see how many units sold in the last few weeks with the arrival of GTA4. Definitely puts them in a good position in the US at least, although the BBC recently reported that the PlayStation 3 is doing a little better than the Xbox, at least in recent days.

Sony have sent through a few new dates for a handful of games across both PSP and PS3 releasing over the next few months. The PSP though, is looking to get some serious love as it continues to trail behind Nintendo's powerhose portable with three major releases for the sexy handheld on June 26.

• ATV: Off Road Fury Pro
• Everbody's Golf 2
• EchoChrome (which we're really excited about)

Just a little while later, we'll also be seeing Secret Agent Clank which is geared for a July 3 release date.

On PS3 expect to see SingStar Volume 2 sometime in June and Buzz Quiz TV a month later in July.

When we have some more solid dates regarding the PS3 games we'll let you know, otherwise stay tuned for reviews and updates regarding all of the above right here on AusGamers.

Vivendi sent through some new World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King screenshots, which you can check out now on our whiz-bang new games page. In case you're one of those WoW players that doesn't know what's going on, here's the feature list from this upcoming expansion:

Features:

* New character class: the necromantic Death Knight
* New continent: Northrend, the icy domain of the Lich King
* New level cap of 80, including mighty new powers and talents
* Epic siege warfare and destructible buildings
* New profession: augment the power of your spells and abilities with Inscription
* New character-customization options, new dungeons, and much, much more…

In celebration of our locally hosted PC demo, we've aded a fresh new preview for the forthcoming block romp, Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures. While we did get hands-on with a very early build of the game a few months ago, Activisions and LucasArts were kind enough to give us access to a near-complete build of the game allowing us to go beyond the Peruvian Jungle of the game's first level and in search of all things Arky, Stoney and Chalicey.

So be sure to jump on in and have a read of our more in-depth time with the game just ahead of its June 4 release (and subsequent review) and in the build up to next week's release of the fourth Indiana Jones film.

After a lengthy wait (with many a thought of storming Nintendo Australia's headquarters to demand answers), The Big N of Oz has finally given up a solid release date for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In just over a month we'll be slogging it out, both on and offline, with an announced launch date of June 26 for all things Smashy.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a game play experience where characters from around the Nintendo universe meet up in Nintendo locales to battle it out. Choose from a number of iconic and new characters including Mario, everyone’s favourite plumber; Meta Knight, the sword-wielding nemesis of Kirby; Pit, the angelic archer from Kid Icarus™; Zero Suit Samus, the powerful Metroid® series heroine; Sonic the Hedgehog from SEGA®, and Solid Snake the solider from Konami’s Metal Gear series, among a host of others.

Jump and brawl your way through the Nintendo themed stages; pit up to four players against one another in a brawl to see who is the last one standing. Thanks to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection you can brawl with friends or strangers, share photos, swap replays, team up for challenging mini-games, and send custom made stages or screenshots to friends.

This news comes after we've spent plenty of time with the US version thinking all hope was lost. In celebration, stay tuned for a lengthy preview outlining all the features you can look forward to in one of Nintendo's most celebrated titles.

Grand Theft Auto 4 has broken the Guiness World Record for Highest Entertainment Earner Within 24 Hours after its worldwide released generated more than US$310 million dollars with 3.6 million units sold. The previous high earner was last year's Halo 3 which came in at US$170 million dollars which topped the next previous, the film Spider-Man 3 (it made US$60 million).

Released worldwide on April 29, the latest in the long-running GTA series sparked some controversy in Australia after it was revealed the game had been edited for local release. This hasn't seemed to have slowed interest in the game though, which should be letting Rockstar Australia breathe a sigh of relief. You can check out more about the game locally here on our GTA 4 game page or have a look at our massively in-depth review for our verdict.

A PC demo of the upcoming LEGO Indiana Jones game has been released! You can download it right here from AusGamers Files.

LEGO® Indiana Jones™: The Original Adventures takes the fun and creative construction of LEGO and combines it with the wits, Lego Indiana Jones boxshot daring and non-stop action from the original cinematic adventures that enthralled audiences everywhere

You can check out some of the visuals on our Lego Indy games page.

A new patch for the PC version of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 has landed. Here's the fix list, adding a few new features (like speech recognition) and fixing a few bugs. Download it locally from AusGamers.

Sadly, in what is becoming a fairly typical trend for PC games bearing the Tom Clancy brand, it doesn't offer any improvements to the dedicated server side of things - there's still no standalone dedicated server package for Vegas 2. We just fired up the game here in the office to check out the Australian server scene - and couldn't find any at all (although the in-game server browser is pretty woeful, so maybe they're just not obvious). Something to bear in mind if you want to play this game multiplayer - which is a shame, because it looks so sweet.

A patch for the recently released PC version of Assassin's Creed has been made available - you can download it locally from AusGamers. The patch mostly fixes a bunch of small bugs:

* Fixed a rare crash while riding the horse in Kingdom
* Fixed a corruption of Altair’s robe on certain graphics hardware
* Cursor is now centered when accessing the Map
* Fixed a few problems with Alt-Tab
* Fixed a graphical bug in the final fight
* Fixed a few graphical problems with dead bodies
* Fixed pixellation with post-FX enabled on certain graphics hardware
* Fixed a small bug in the DNA Menu that would cause the image to disappear if the arrow was clicked rapidly
* Fixed some graphical corruption in Present Room with low Level Of Detail
* Character input is now cancelled if the controller is unplugged while moving
* Added support for x64 versions of Windows
* Fixed broken post-effects on DirectX 10.1 enabled cards

Funcom have confirmed we're able to mirror the Age of Conan client for Early Access peeps, so if you're sick of battling the international crowds, you can start nabbing it locally from AusGamers. It's a 14gb download divided into 8 smaller chunks to make it a little easier to download (well, that's the theory; I'd prefer one big download myself). Even IE users should be able to download each chunk with their inferior browser.

Direct links to each of the parts:
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, and last and least, Part 8.