Official Site:Â Aion
Studio:Â NCsoft West
Launch Date: September 22, 2009
Genre:Â Fantasy Themepark
Business Model:Â F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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NCsoft Q3 2021: Guild Wars 2 just had its best quarter in years
NCsoft's Q3 2021 financials are a story of good news, bad news. Let's do the bad news first: The Korean gaming giant reported a...
Not So Massively: Lost Ark is a promising MMOARPG with a poor first impression
Like many ARPG fans, I have long-awaited the Western release of Smilegate's MMOARPG, Lost Ark. Though the launch has been delayed to next year,...
The MOP Up: Trove’s Bard sings his way onto the Nintendo Switch
It's time to RAWK OUT on the Nintendo Switch, thanks to Trove finally bringing the Bard class over to that platform. "The Bard class...
NCsoft and World Makers talk up various Halloween events for Aion, Lineage II, and Deceit
NCSoft and World Makers would like to invite players into the Halloween haunts that are spooking about several of their games. If you're among...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMORPGs you’ve already forgotten about
Not every MMORPG can remain in the spotlight forever. Time has a nasty habit of making us forget titles that used to rile up...
Aion Classic adds new quests and instances in the 1.5 update, challenges players to a server first race
The progression server of Aion Classic has gotten some new content. Well, new to the server content - this stuff already arrived to the...
Aion EU releases patch notes and a livestream for the 8.0 update
The 8.0 update for Aion has been the talk of the game for a while now, both for the EU and NA versions, and...
Battle Bards Episode 201: Don’t stand in the fire!
Have you stood in the fire? Did you start the fire? Are you on fire at this very moment? Then stop, drop, and roll...
Aion NA celebrates its twelfth anniversary by opening up the Dream World
Come with me, and you'll be
In a world of annual celebration
Aion's twelve, take a delve
In to a new Dream World destination.
There will be no...
Aion EU offers a sneak peek at new instances and features of update 8.0, Aion NA dates next content launches
As per usual, the EU version of Aion is getting a forward look at the game's 8.0 update ahead of the NA version of...
Massively Overthinking: Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP?
Nonameplease recently posed us an interesting topic, inspired by a thread on the Star Trek Online subreddit. "It seems most people don't think the...
Aion NA’s producer hypes up the arrival of new updates coming to retail and classic in a letter
While it's still only September, the producer for Aion in North America has plenty to write about. The letter in question is mostly about...
Aion’s European version kicks off its anniversary celebration
It's been 12 years for Aion running on European servers, and unfortunately it looks like the game's carnival barker does not particularly care. Seriously, look...
Aion celebrates its 12-year anniversary with a gift-giving event starting this week
Has it really been a year since Aion last celebrated its anniversary? Has it really been 12 years since the game came out on these...
PSA: Aion Classic is handing out a three day-long subscription bonus to all players this weekend
Are you enjoying your time in Aion Classic but not enough to buy the buff-granting subscription? Then you'll probably want to know more about...
Aion gets cat scratch fever with a cat magician event and two cat transformations
Aion is apparently feline very catty with its latest events. From meow until Septempurr 1st, players can take part in an event that sees...
The Daily Grind: Do you reroll old familiar classes on MMO progression servers?
When Aion Classic opened its doors last month, I saw an intriguing thread on the game's subreddit about what class they were going to...
NCsoft hopes that Aion Classic will lure people back to Aion Prime
With some big new MMO shiny coming along every week this summer, it's perfectly understandable if you totally lost track that Aion Classic launched...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 328: SOLO? YOLO!
Justin and Bree discuss Aion Classic's messy launch, SOLO's launch date, LOTRO's legendary servers, and Anarchy Online's 10th birthday, with adventures in WoW Classic, FFXIV, and Albion Online, plus a mailbag topic on zombie MMOs. (Not real zombies.)
NCsoft acknowledges pay-to-win uproar in Aion Classic, doesn’t believe candy is an exploit
Aion's forums are absolutely raging about the Daeva pass and its candy problem afflicting Aion Classic, as we noted yesterday. NCsoft hasn't directly addressed...