| Aion Tower Pre-Selection Begins! Pre-Selection Begins! Sep 18, 2009 at 11:59 AM - -  0 Comments For those of you that have preordered, NCSoft is letting you login as soon as noon today! Each person will get the chance to reserve a total of two names before the head start begins on Sunday. Update 12:00 PM: - A few bugs have cropped up with patch 1.5.0.6. Stay tuned! Update 12:10 PM: - Preselection coming. Almost there now. Almost. Update 12:16 PM: - You can restart to your launcher to apply the first patch. A second patch will come soon. These are to address an issue with the disappearing launcher. Update 12:22 PM: - The patch server for the launcher is getting hammered. If it didn't work for you, give it a few minutes and try again. Update 12:27 PM: - The Aion servers are not live yet. If you're stuck at the login screen, that's why. Stay tuned. Update 12:40 PM: - By announcing the release time at noon, players have flocked to login to preselection, however, NCSoft isn't quite ready for the onslaught yet. Liv tweeted, "We are trying up to update the patcher but our players are killing our bandwidth! :P Please bear with us!" Update 12:43 PM - Restart launchers please. The second patch for Aion is up!!! Update 12:50 PM - Servers are up! You can also restart your launcher to download the language localization patch. Update 1:20 PM - If you're getting Error 36 it's one of two reasons (1) something blocks your connection or (2) the server is overburdened. Check your firewall settings and try again later. IGN Exclusive: Fourth Video Podcast Available! Patch 1.5.0.6 is Now Available! Patch 1.5.0.6 is Now Available! Sep 18, 2009 at 9:52 AM - - 0 Comments Patch 1.5.0.6 is now available! It is a small one, but required if you want to jump in at noon PST to reserve your name. So fire up those launchers and like the trickle downloader trickle! This is not the only patch that will be deployed over the weekend. A language patch is planned before launch that will include German and French translations. Update 10:00 AM - A few popular anti-virus software are dedicting a possible issue with the patch. Seesmic tweeted the following update, "I know some are getting Antivirus warnings - I'm looking into this to see what's up." Update 10:30 AM - Config file error should now be fixed. Restart your patcher. Update 11:00 AM - There is a bug that is causing Aion to disappear from the launcher. They're working on fixing it. Stay tuned and don't play around with your game files! Update 11:30 AM - Working on fixing Error Message #1024. Update 11:50 AM - A small patch to fix Aion disappearing in your launcher, and to resolve error 1024 is coming very soon now. Update 12:00 PM - Pre-Selection is scheduled to begin now. Follow the latest at the Aion Tower. The Fourth Installment of "Tales of Aion" The Fourth Installment of "Tales of Aion" Sep 17, 2009 at 8:30 PM - - 0 Comments Michael Lafferty at GameZone.com spins the riveting story of "Tales of Aion". The fictional chronicle is the continuing story of the Elyos Esala'ayni and the Asmodian Korasai. This most recent installment, the fourth in the five-part narrative, features Korasai. Now far away from his home of Pandaemonium, the Spiritmaster Korasai and his allies must face a threat in the damp, thick air of Mahindel Swamp. Read the fourth installment now, and catch up on the first three installments, all on GameZone.com. We've provided links to all are four parts below. Join the Aion Crew at the Midnight Release in Seattle Join the Aion Crew at the Midnight Release in Seattle Sep 17, 2009 at 6:40 PM - - 0 Comments Live in the Seattle area? Join Aion Producer Brian Knox, Associate Producers Lani Blazier and Chris Hager at the Fry's located in Renton, Washington for a chance to meet a few members of the team. If you are lucky, you may be able to get your copy of Aion signed by someone, and maybe even ask one of those burning questions that have been nagging you all week! Details on the Launch Version Details on the Launch Version Sep 17, 2009 at 6:29 PM - - As Aion creeps so close to launch that we can all taste it, NCsoft has released all the details about features coming with the launch version of the game. 0 Comments Here is the letter from Brian "Xaen" Knox listing it out: Greetings!Good news, especially for all the grief that the inclusion of GameGuard would cause. Anyone "uncancelling" their preorder yet? Gameguard Stripped from Release! Gameguard Stripped from Release! Sep 17, 2009 at 5:50 PM - - 0 Comments In a move that shocks many, Gameguard will NOT be packaged with the North American and European releases of Aion! With forums abuzz with issues all throughout beta, NCSoft takes this bold step to remove something that honestly wasn't that hard to disable in the first place.
This news update from the Aion development team also includes information about the increased level cap from 45 to 50, improved language support, and character creation limitations. Be a Part of the Time Capsule Be a Part of the Time Capsule Sep 16, 2009 at 11:53 PM - - In an experiment surrounding the launch of a large MMO, we here at the Aion Tower are creating a rudimentary Time Capsule...and we need your help. 0 Comments You can find all the details here, but basically we need you to email us a quick writeup now about your current impressions, hopes, fears and dreams for Aion. Then, in six weeks, we're going to request a follow-up from you in which you can discuss how you feel at that juncture. We'll then take all the materials, and create a before and after mashup chronicling what occurred amongst the community. Feel free to ask questions in the comments section of the Time Capsule page Join the project! The Community Time Capsule The Community Time Capsule Sep 16, 2009 at 11:21 PM - - In considering new ways to get the community involved here at the Aion Tower, I thought it might be an interesting idea to create a time capsule, of sorts, for this new MMO. 0 Comments Basically, the project we're launching is going to occur in two steps, six weeks apart. We'll consider extending it to a third section in three to six months, but it all depends on participation. What I'd like to gather is the following: 1) Write up a paragraph or two summarizing all of your thoughts on Aion, pre-release. We want to hear about your hopes, your fears, your plans, your goals and any other info you may feel is relevant at this current juncture. Once you've compiled this writeup, email it to us at aion@aion.ign.com with the subject line: "Time Capsule Submission." Make sure you sign it with your username or real name, depending on what you may like mentioned in the future final article. We'll hold onto all of these emails in an orderly fashion until the point you might just forget about them. We will accept submissions up until midnight on Monday, September 21, 2009. I'd like to extend it for the Europeans, but since we can't verify who comes from where, we're going to have to give a single cutoff time as to not create more biased writeups. I will print up each and every email and bury them in a shoe box in my backyard*. *This may or may not literally occur. 2) In six weeks, roughly November 3, 2009, we will request a follow-up submission. By this point, you'll have experienced a good cross section of the game, have had some of your hopes crushed, your fears realized or alleviated, and many hopefully good surprises in between. I'll then dig up the shoebox of original emails, and we'll create a written before and after piece to contrast a little piece of MMO history. The scope and layout of this article may change or shift depending on the types of submissions we get, and feel free to leave comments with any additional ideas you may have, or questions. We'll announce the start date for the second round of submissions closer to November. If this is successful, I'd like to add a round three in several months, once things are truly up and running. But for now, to get started, send us your current views in an email to aion@aion.ign.com with the subject line: "Time Capsule Submission." We'll have to edit out vulgarities and possibly clean up some grammar, but this is a project to showcase the wide range of a new game's community. For you, by you (edited by me). Good luck! Fortress Timer Announcement Fortress Timer Announcement Sep 16, 2009 at 7:53 PM - - 0 Comments As we get closer and closer to launch time on September 22nd, players are scrambling to coordinate with their friends to determine which server they will play on. When they announced the server names last week, they also announced that some of them would be attunded to the EST time zone and some to the PST time zone. This is because certain events, like the fortress timers, are scheduled to occur during the prime time evening hours. What does this mean? Well that is what everyone is waiting to find out. Ayase tweeted with the following updated:
Time is running out as pre-order players are going to be able to login on Friday to create up to two characters on servers of their choice. They are going to want this information to help make a properly informed decision. Stay tuned.... Aiononline.com is Suiting Up New Player-Focused Web Features Aiononline.com is Suiting Up New Player-Focused Web Features Sep 16, 2009 at 7:30 PM - - 0 Comments The official website just announced that they are upgrading their website to include an armory-like function, official forums, and the PowerWiki! Soon aiononline.com will be the ultimate site that puts poor fansites like ours out of business. Nonetheless, view the entire announcement.
Aion to Launch with Oceanic Server! Aion to Launch with Oceanic Server! Sep 16, 2009 at 7:22 PM - - The guys over at NCSoft have been tweeting all day about big upcoming announcements, and finally, the official site was updated with the announcement of an official Oceanic Server! 0 Comments
Now Oceanic players don't want to get too excited as this server is not located closer to you, but at least the server time is set so that all the main events don't occur during the middle of the night. Crytek to make CryEngine free to UK universities Crytek to make CryEngine free to UK universities Sep 16, 2009 at 6:55 PM - - 0 Comments Gamesindustry.biz is reporting that Crytek is going to make the CryEngine 1.0, the same engine that powers Aion, available to universities in the United Kingdom. Is this bold move an attempt to train their own future workforce? You betcha!
If you are student of the UK looking to become a game designer, be sure to also read the entire article for more information. Topics: General Getting Your Head Start Started Getting Your Head Start Started Sep 16, 2009 at 2:45 PM - - Just how far of a head start can you get by entering Aion two full days early? 0 Comments Well, you tell us. NCsoft has just explained their Head Start program as follows: Starting Sunday, September 20th at 12pm Pacific Standard Time, players who have preordered the game can enter Aion with access to all the release content. Not too shabby. It's not too late to preorder, so if you want a head start, you still can. |
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