Our latest coverage of Aion.
NCSoft announced a rather interesting class for their fantasy MMORPG Aion this week. While we only have the official Korean name of 채화성 so far, English sources have unofficially translated the class name as 'Graffiti Artist'. It's certainly a fitting name based on the trailers! The new class is modeled after the Bard template so will be a powerful support [...]
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NCSoft has just dropped a number of major announcements at a press event in South Korea one week ahead of the annual G-Star convention. These announcements probably won’t come as a surprise to fans of the studio and their games, especially for Aion and Blade and Soul fans who’ve probably guessed that sequels to their beloved games were in the [...]
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NCSoft USA announced today that Aion: Awakened Legacy is launching on October 24th, 2018 which is the biggest update of the year for the game. Awakened Legacy, better known as 6.0, increases the game's level cap to 80, introduces the new Lakrum zone, adds new skills, gear, items, and more. It's a massive update and to celebrate the occasion, NCSoft [...]
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Who wants massive cakes? Aion is celebrating its 9th birthday and NCSoft West is kicking off the party today with oversized cakes! “The age-old tradition of larger-than-life cakes will be returning to the capital cities. Grabbing a slice of cake will grant you 100% bonus XP and a 20% bonus drop rate for 2 hours. Be sure to swing by [...]
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Fans of Aion who are always looking towards the future, always hungry to see what next big thing is on the horizon, will be delighted to know that Aion KR is going into their 6.0 Update on January 17th, 2018. We missed this post on the Gameforge Aion forums over the holidays, but user Kelekelio has written up a detailed [...]
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Piggybacking off the news that Aion KR is going Free-to-Play, Aion NA has announced that their next update, the Heart of Frost, is coming to Aion on January 10th. Ereshkigal, a real-world goddess of the land of the dead, has assembled her armies in the now-icy core of the Abyss. Aion: Heart of Frost will see you facing off against her [...]
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While Aion has been free-to-play in the West for a long time now, the Korean servers of Aion stuck hard to a subscription-based service, a la World of Warcraft, or Final Fantasy XIV. However, starting on January 17th, 2018, the REFLY update will come to Aion, bringing with it balancing, new PvE and PvP, a new server, and a Free-to-Play [...]
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Aion Legions has a new coat of paint, and it is now officially known as Aion Tempest. Aion was a popular game back in the day, and even thinking of it already brings back nostalgia as Forgotten Sorrow drifts through my head. Taking place as a 900-year prequel, before the main events of Aion on PC, Aion Tempest will focus [...]
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NCSoft reported Q2, 2017 earnings today that showed overall sales increase 8% both quarter over quarter and year over year to $229M. Net income (profit) came in at $27.3 million. The most interesting bit of news from the earnings presentation as usual was the breakdown of sales by franchise: Guild Wars 2 sales hit an all time low this quarter [...]
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Update 5.4 for the PvPvE fantasy MMORPG Aion is set to go live on May 4th. The update comes with new armor set options, two 384-player city defense battlefields, and the Book of Monsters. Last week, NCSoft previewed the Sanctum and Pandaemonium battlefields, this time they’re introducing the Book of Monsters. “The new Book of Monsters will guide you on [...]
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