Gone Gold has an eyewitness account of seeing Age of Empires II Gold Edition (story) in CompUSA, so its available now, in the US, at least. The NetDevil website has word that Jumpgate is about ready to go gold, and has pre-order details. In other pre-order news, AvPNews sends word that Aliens versus Predator 2 pre-orders are now being accepted by EBgames.com. Also, Loki Games sends word that Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns for Linux is now available, while it looks Like Linux RUNE is likewise available. Finally, in a not-so-subtle reference to some recent MMORPG launch debacles, the folks at Nexon USA send along word that yesterday's launch of Shattered Galaxy was a success, claiming that "gamers have been treated to a patch-free online game play experience with zero server crashes. Never before has a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) launched so smoothly -- with complete playability."