Publisher Interactive have sold out all pre-order copies of the Collector's Edition, 110,000 in total. The company adds that all standard editions of the game shipped so far have also been snapped-up, 700,000 copies.

"Everyone in is delighted and humbled with the historical pre-order numbers for Age of Conan.

"If the information we have is correct, they represent the highest pre-order number for any global launch of an original game, ever, including the original launch," beamed Morten Larsson, boss of developer Funcom.

The game is out in at the end of the week.

By Luke Guttridge