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Assault on Balaurea: Features Video Podcast
This latest video podcast from NCsoft focuses on the new features coming to Aion as part of the massive Assault on Balaurea update scheduled to launch tomorrow.
Reported on Sep 06, 2010 -
Assault on Balaurea: Gelkmaros Zone Trailer
NCsoft has released this latest trailer offering us a fly-through of Aion's new Asmodian zone, Gelkmaros, which is set to debut with the launch of the Assault on Balaurea later next month.
Reported on Aug 30, 2010 -
Assault on Balaurea: Inggison Zone Tour Trailer
NCsoft has released this latest trailer offering us a fly-through of Aion's new Elyos zone, Inggison, which is set to debut with the launch of the Assault on Balaurea later next month.
Reported on Aug 26, 2010 -
Pet Pics
With the arrival of the Aion: Assault on Balaurea expansion, players will have the opportunity to have their own pet. Currently, there are five types of pets available and their 'skills' range from warning players about approaching danger or expanding a player's inventory.
Reported on Aug 12, 2010 -
Assault on Balaurea Coming to PTS
The free Aion expansion, Assault on Balaurea, will be arriving on the public test server on August 18th. The PTS has been taken down and all characters and guilds have been wiped in preparation for AoB. The expansion is set to officially launch on September 7th but PTS players will get a firsthand look at the game beginning the 18th when the PTS is fired up again.
Reported on Aug 10, 2010 -
July Community Address
NCSoft West Executive Vice President Lance Stites has penned the July Community Address to all Aion players. In it, he reveals that producer Chris Hager is unavoidably out for a few weeks and then goes on to talk about the Aion team's work over the summer.
Reported on Aug 02, 2010 -
Taking a Look at Assault on Balaurea
MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh recently had the opportunity to look at the upcoming Aion expansion, Assault on Balaurea. She spent some time with Community Manager Andrew Beegle looking at some of the new features such as longer flight travel times, new instances, and the new pet system. See what discoveries Carolyn made in our exclusive preview of Aion: Assault on Balaurea.
Reported on Aug 02, 2010 -
Character Transfers Suspended
The Aion team has announced that all free character transfers are suspended until further notice. The team indicated that it the server balance issues need to be re-evaluated before restarting the character transfer service.
Reported on Jul 28, 2010 -
Reactivation Weekend
NCSoft and Aion developers are inviting former players to come back to the game for a free weekend of play. The Reactivation Weekend begins on Friday, July 30th and runs through Monday, August 2nd. During the weekend, players will be able to take advantage of double XP as well.
Reported on Jul 27, 2010 -
Assault on Balaurea Dated
The first free expansion for Aion is set for deployment on September 7, 2010. Called Assault on Balaurea, the expansion will be available digitally and in stores in North America on September 7th. The expansion will be digitally available in Europe on September 7th and in stores on September 10th. Retail versions will feature an in game pet as well.
Reported on Jul 16, 2010 -
Dash of the Daevas Event
Aion will be taken down in order to merge European and North American servers beginning tomorrow, July 14th. The downtime is scheduled to last 13 hours for each time zone but devs have a plan to bring smiles back to faces once everything is back up and running again. The event is called Dash of the Daevas. Devs have a LOT in store for this ongoing event.
Reported on Jul 13, 2010 -
Server Merge Delayed
Aion developers have announced that the anticipated server merges will take place later than planned. Now set for July 14th, devs indicated that the delay was implemented to deal with any issues arising from characters with the same names being placed on the same server.
Reported on Jul 06, 2010 -
Server Merge, Transfer Details Announced
Players have long awaited details on the planned server merges and character transfers for NCsoft's Aion, but no longer! As part of Aion's June community address, the Aion development team has revealed that server merges will take place on July 7, 2010 and the character transfer service will begin the following day on July 8, 2010.
Reported on Jun 23, 2010 -
Eye on Community: Refer a Friend Program Updated
This week's Eye on Community features the usual Q&A and community links, and also focuses on the updated Refer a Friend program announced this week.
Reported on Jun 18, 2010 -
1.9 Goes Live with Hilarious "Goin' Legit" Intro Video
Aion servers are up, and version 1.9 is now live, following an extended maintenance period beginning at 4:30AM PDT this morning. For those of you rushing off into Atreia to check out all the new goodies, you might want to take a detour first and check out the hilarious 1.9 intro video put out by NCsoft today.
Reported on Jun 02, 2010 -
Assault on Balaurea Pets Video
A new video has appeared on YouTube depicting the many new pets coming to Aion as part of version 2.0 aka Assault on Balaurea.
Reported on Jun 02, 2010 -
1.9 Game Update Maintenance Tomorrow
NCsoft has announced that the game servers will be brought down tomorrow morning at 4:30AM PDT for an eight hour maintenance to deploy the hotly anticipated version 1.9 update to live servers.
Reported on Jun 01, 2010 -
1.9 Video Podcast
Aion producers Chris "Kinslon" Hager and Lani Blazier are joined by Community Manager Andrew "Tamat" Beegle to discuss the features coming to Aion in version 1.9, which is currently on test servers and scheduled to go live next week.
Reported on May 26, 2010 -
Version 2.0 "Assault on Balaurea" Announced, Trailer Out!
With version 1.9 hitting test servers tomorrow, Aion players are already looking ahead to version 2.0 which has been on the Korean public test servers for a little while now. Aion version 2.0, now known as "Assault on Balaurea" will feature eight new instances, pets with a variety of functions ranging from storing items to assisting in crafting or even acting as guardians, several zones set within the lands of Balaurea, a raise in level cap to 55, new flight mechanics, and more!
Reported on May 24, 2010 -
Producer's Letter Announces 1.9 Date, Server Merges
Chris "Kinslon" Hager has delivered his May Community Address letter where he discusses the upcoming 1.9 patch, the status of the free server transfer service, the 2.0 update, and even server merges.
Reported on May 19, 2010
