Aion second closed beta starts on the 19th of June this Friday, I am excited to see the darker lands of Atreia and get more in depth testing with the quests and how they are written. The level cap this time around is only to 10 and not 20 because Ncsoft wants more focused feedback on the early content, we'll be allowed to 20 in the third closed beta. Here's the schedule:

Second Closed Beta Event starts Friday, June 19th (12:00 PM PT, 9:00 PM CEST, 8:00 PM BST) and ends Monday, June 22nd (12:00 PM PT, 9:00 PM CEST, 8:00 PM BST).

Upcoming Closed Beta Events

Closed Beta Event #3 - July 2-July 6
Focus: Asmodian levels 1-20

Closed Beta Event #4 - July 17-July 20
Focus: Elyos and Asmodian levels 1-25

Closed Beta Event #5 - July 31-August 3
Focus: TBD

Closed Beta Event #6 - August 14-August 17
Focus: TBD

The NDA has also officially been lifted (did we actually need one?) and so we can share our joys our pain and our screenshots from now on with the online world. The first test was a success and here's the things that were fixed and the things that will be focused on in the upcoming events:

- Updated with culturalized content for Asmodian levels 1-10
- Updated UI at login screen
- Localization fixes for various in game maps
- Fixed various NPC messages
- Initial zone channels increased from 4 to 10
- Server queue added

Coming Soon!

- Localized voice overs for cut scenes
- Localized tutorial videos
- In game pre-rendered movies
- More culturalized content for Asmodae
- Culturalized content for Elyos
- Community Events

From Aiononline.com