| It's been almost a full year since Aion was | | | | of the most bug free versions anyone's seen in a |
| launched in South Korea, and in that time, the | | | | long time. |
| west has been waiting eagerly to get their first | | | | And with that, NCSoft is getting ready to unveil |
| glimpse of what the biggest, baddest new MMO in | | | | the Open Beta option that anyone who has |
| the land will look like. Aion Online 1.5, the official | | | | preordered the game was made privy to when |
| North American release of the new MMO is just a | | | | the game started going up for sale a few months |
| few weeks away now and it looks like, in that | | | | ago. Starting on September 6 and going through |
| time, the game is going to quite possibly dwarf | | | | September 13, players will be able to play up to |
| the recent releases of some other new MMOs like | | | | level 30 as their new Asmodians or Elyos |
| Warhammer Online or Age of Conan. | | | | characters. |
| The Beta is Coming Soon | | | | The Game Falls Soon |
| All summer, the Aion Online closed beta has been | | | | The big game itself - the full version of Aion |
| running on alternating weekends. With 6 full | | | | Online 1.5 - will hit on September 22nd. For those |
| runnings of the closed beta, NCSoft was able to | | | | that preordered the game, it will be available for |
| show off the best of their game, including the | | | | preselection of characters and realms on the 18th |
| fact that the game is in much better shape than | | | | and will be available for the headstart on |
| most MMOs have been in this close to launch. It | | | | September 20th. The game will then go live on |
| doesn't hurt that Asia got the game first and | | | | the 22nd - allowing everyone in North America to |
| we're getting a much more polished, vamped up | | | | dive head first into the biggest new online game |
| version of the game, but it is still nice to have a | | | | of the year. |
| fully featured launch on the way - probably one | | | | |