I can't recall the exact moment I finally decided to stop trying to make sense of everything that was going on at the Games Convention in Leipzig, but if I had to guess I would say it was somewhere between discovering the cosplayer hive and when these guys started breakdancing.

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So Funcom and Eidos released Age of Conan, and hundreds of thousands of players have signed up...what now? The two companies have revealed their plans for evolving Age of Conan over the coming months, with heaps of new content influenced directly by player feedback in the pipes.

It all starts out later this month with a major PVP update, which they are calling "To The Death". The update will institute consequences and rewards for engaging in PVP battles, including the promised PVP leveling system and a Fugitive system, that will make it easier for other players to hunt you down the more lower-level characters you kill.

Other planned updates include guild alliance warfare, allowing guilds to team up and even form alliance keeps while fighting over "wonders of the world" that grant special powers, a system of in-game achievements called Powerpoints that will reward players for completing various tasks with points they can spend on special gear and powers, new areas to quest in, and a combo-based dancing system motion captured from professional dance artists. Joy! Hit the jump for more details on the evolution of Age of Conan.

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Previously we covered the inmates at Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines. But it was dark, so hard to tell whether they were actually dancing or trying to escape. Recently, a version in living colour has popped up on the internet. The three dancers in the front have ribbons around their necks which are supposed to be like the ones the anime characters wear. The colour clip really shows the world one thing: This is what musicals in hell look like. So remember kids, don't get locked up in Philippine prisons. They'll make you do things. Bad things. Like dance and wear ribbons.

Thanks, Brian!

The latest issue of Famitsu reveals that the first IDOLM@STER for the Xbox 360 was so successful with Japanese otaku, the kind that like watching mostly underage anime girls dance about to J-pop tunes, it warrants a sequel. IDOLM@STER: Live For You! is, according to 1UP's interpretation of the article, less of a hands-on experience, dropping the management aspects of the first and becoming more of a video customisation tool. Simply pick the grating tune, the thigh-revealing costume and hit the play button. A quick clean up afterward and you're ready for the next session. Sorry, America, no word of a stateside release for you yet.

Idolmaster Follow-up Dances on 360 [1UP]