Official Site: Aion
Studio: NCsoft West
Launch Date: September 22, 2009
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Aion is rebalancing its economy (and removing a lot of money) with Awakened Legacy
You there! How much money do you have in Aion? Because it might just be too darn much. One of the things being done...
Aion NA outlines its item changes arriving with Awakened Legacy on October 24
The next major update for Aion in North America is overhauling item progression and grades, and as a result players are going to get...
Aion NA plots End of the World event, Aion Japan plans crossover with anime Made in Abyss
It's the end of the world as we know it in Aion North America, but don't worry: It's not a sunset. The villain Ereshkigal...
Aion shows off the new area of Lakrum arriving in Awakened Legacy
The next major adventure in Aion will bring players to Lakrum, a heretofore undiscovered land that also happens to be hosting sites of great...
Aion’s Awakened Legacy update is coming October 24
The North American version of NCSoft's free-to-play MMO Aion is getting a major update next month with the release of Awakened Legacy. Releasing on...
The MOP Up: Diablo III kicks off its 15th season, Telltale Games is slammed with layoffs
You're already late to the party, what with Diablo III kicking off its 15th season this past Friday! No worries, you can still catch...
The Stream Team: Aion celebrates 9 years of PvPvE
Has another year gone by? It has! Daevas have been flying (or gliding) around Aion for nine years now! To celebrate such a milestone,...
Aion has retired its Prestige Pack recurring subscription
As of this week, Aion has retired its Prestige Pack recurring subscription system. Prestige Pack subscriptions are no longer available for purchase, and on...
Aion’s A New Dawn update adds a new zone and new dungeons, speeds up leveling
Big changes are coming to Gameforge's European version of Aion this month with the A New Dawn content update, which adds a new zone,...
Aion is turning nine with a truckton of cake and experience bonuses
Awww yeah, who wants some cake. Because it's just about cake day in Aion.
Starting tomorrow, NCsoft West is kicking off Aion's 9th birthday celebrations,...
Aion 6.0 arrives in the EU on September 19
It's always darkest just before the dawn, and Aion is about to get a new dawn in the EU. The game's European version will...
Reddit erupts over Black Desert backtracking on ‘pay-to-win’ Valks’ Cry items
If you've somehow come all this way in Black Desert's western run without believing there's even a teensy bit of pay-to-win in the game,...
Aion details all of its upcoming gear exchange rates for a big equipment overhaul
The progression of equipment and power level in Aion may be a bit overly ornate at the moment, which is why the game's next...
NCsoft Q3 2018: Aion, Blade & Soul, Guild Wars 2 revenues dip, while NCsoft teases three new titles
NCsoft's second quarter financials for the year hit this morning, and it's not exactly bad news. Sales are down slightly, but everything looks wimpy...
NCsoft is working on an Aion-related ‘next-generation’ MMORPG
No matter what your feelings may be toward NCsoft, it is great to see that the developer and publisher continues to greenlight MMORPGs instead...
Massively Overthinking: Random acts of MMORPG kindness
Last week, down in the comments of an innocuous post about gamers being nice in Fortnite, a couple of MOP commenters requested a column...
Aion EU ‘simplifies’ its gameplay with Patch 6.2 this September
With server merges and transfers out of the way for Europe's version of Aion, the dev team is able to turn its attention forward...
Perfect Ten: Endless dungeons in MMOs
Most MMO dungeons are normal songs. You start out and you have a pretty clear picture of the beginning, middle, and end; they don't...
Perfect Ten: Best MMO debuts by year, 2007-2017
Continuing from my previous column that went back to 1997, I'm going to be running through the second decade of graphical MMORPG launches and...
Battle Bards Episode 122: Happy town
In peaceful villages and bubbly burgs, you just know that there’s bound to be an abundance of happy music! Whenever the Battle Bards regroup...
