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Aion closed Beta 5 is around the corner. Check out our forums for a chance to get a Beta Key!

Closed Beta event #5 (CB5) is incoming, ladies and gentlemen, and it’s coming with a respectable shipment of fixes, improvements and fine additions which we have worked hard to complete since the previous event. To give you an overview, please find below a pure list of things to expect for this coming weekend:

New Sound files have been added
NPCs should now have a greet and farewell voice
Cutscenes will now have voice
Race Prologues are now available when you create a new character for Elyos and Asmodian
Tutorial videos are now available in game via the help menu
Player voices are now available at character creation
System voices are now available
New NPC Dialogue/Quest text for Theobomos and Brusthonin
Various Localization fixes
Broken HTMLs have been fixed
Various grammatical errors have been fixed
Various Glossary term fixed
2 New servers added for each territory
Especially exciting for us is to introduce a first round of English audio, allowing you all to have a small taste of a more completely localized version of Aion. As we have announced before we are committed to releasing Aion with all its content adjusted and culturalized into top-notch English, including character voices and voice-overs. Keep in mind that these are currently implemented as a beta feature and that they will contain minor irregularities and bugs. Bear with us as we work to polish this and extend the volume of content even more in the foreseeable future. You will be able to log in to the game no later than on Friday noon PDT (8 PM BST, 9 PM CEST), marking the exciting dawn for two entirely new game servers for each territory. In order to promote newcomers to join these new servers, character creation will be disabled on all other servers during the beginning of the event.

Meanwhile, the much asked for beta forums will open for responsible posting again on Thursday 30th noon PDT (8 PM BST, 9 PM CEST). Don’t miss it, as constructive feedback means a lot to us and allows us to make even more accurate improvements to the game before launch.

Let us thereupon extend a hopefully helpful recommendation as conclusion to this announcement. The audio-rich patch for CB5 is definitely a big one, and it’s advisable for you to boot up your patcher as soon as possible in order to get the game ready for the weekend. Waiting until the last minute to download all the new content we’re pushing out for this event could mean that you miss out on a good amount of enjoyable playtime!

That’s all for now, see you in Atreia!

Closed Beta event for Aion is near. Next scheduled event starts on July 17 and lasts till July 20!
Some Beta Keys do not work for this event!

Good news is the Beta Keys given out to our members (aionthegame.com) do work.

Visit our forums to find out how to obtain an Exclusive Beta Tester Key!

Your adventures in Aion begin this September! NCsoft is proud to announce that Aion launches in North America on September 22, 2009 and makes its official debut in Europe starting September 25, 2009.

Not only can you find the game at your favorite retail store, Aion will also be available as a digital download at NCsoft.com, Direct2Drive, and also through Steam this September.

Don’t forget to take advantage of the special preorder promotion at participating retailers now to receive access to the Closed Beta events as well as a head start to your journeys in Atreia.

Take to the skies and become a part of a stunning world brimming with otherworldly inhabitants, mysterious enemies and ancient secrets. There is no reason hesitate - Become a part of Aion this fall!

You can view and pre-order the game with exclusive bonuses  HERE

Hi everyone. Thanks for visiting our site again. Sorry for the registration being closed . We’ve decided to launch a Forum and make it as main communication tool for aionthegame.com

Forum is just a click away. See “FORUM” link on top.

or click FORUM
thanks and enjoy!

The next Aion closed beta event is coming your way on July 2-6, 2009. Enjoy a long weekend of fun in Atreia as testing concentrates on first 20 levels of the Elyos and Asmodians. Choose your side and tell us all about your escapades in Elysium and Asmodae in this exciting event.

We thank all of our players in our first two closed beta events. Your feedback has been invaluable!

For this event, participants must have a full-access beta key or have received an invitation for the third closed beta event specifically. (Single event keys for the first two beta events are no longer valid.)

All the Keys previously given out from aionthegame.com are VALID for this upcoming event. July2-6, 2009

We’d like to also inform you that you can enter our beta competitions to obtain Beta Key!

This isnt regular beta key given out by other game portal sites for this beta event3.

(This BETA key is Valid for ALL beta events, see our  forums for more info)

Visit our forums for beta key! Go to: FORUM

The next coming NA & EU Beta event for Aion is currently scheduled as follows:

Starting Time: Friday, June 19th (9:00 PM CEST, 8:00 PM BST, noon PT)
Ending Time: Monday, June 21st (8:59 AM CEST, 7:59 AM BST, Sunday 7th 11.59 PM PT)

Features: Asmodian race

Hi all again. We would like to inform you that BETA keys are available for you!

We have made it easy for you to get one.
Simply go to our brand new forum , register and follow instructions.
Remember do it now!! since deadline is June 8 2009!

our forums

Questing in Aion is in easy mode.

If anyone here remembers questing process in Lineage2 when it first launched you remember when you had to REMEMBER everything what you had to do in chain quest that had you going from npc to npc in different  towns different parts of the map. You had to write down the chain quest and its progress mostly for you to be able to complete them.

AION has it all different. The advanced quest window will tell you what to do exactly and if there is another npc involved to complete your quest it will show its name as a link  in your quest window.

You can click the link which will cause another pop up with specific description of the npc.

If that wasn’t enough NCsoft decided to let you locate that npc  by simply clicking a button “locate” and your map will show you the location.

Map opens by pressing “M” on your keyboard.

I am including some shots for you.

Next shot shows the possibility to see completed quests and the ones in progress.

The green dot on the map is you

On your bottom bar there is an options button. You’ll find options for your resolution, effects, sound options, looping music, hiding names etc.Too much to list so I am including screen shots. And again you will find many familiar options. Key mapping is also available

Congrats! After you create and customize your character you enter world of Aion.

You’ll quickly discover how easy it is to move around.

Movement

There are two choices for moving WASD on your keyboard and left  mouse click. these options can work together, not to mention pressing both mouse buttons “left and right” simultaneously makes your character run. Some of you may be familiar with this option from other famous mmorpg.

You can jump! yes, pressing the space bar will make your character jump.

Also you will see a quest giver npc that will give you your first reward for slaying mobs around you.