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After Learning It Was Copied From Another Game, DOTA 2 Gives A Mace The Axe

Some 25,000 players who had bought a community-created weapon within DOTA 2 discovered a new item in their inventories after Valve learned it had been copied directly from the MMO Aion.


Tips And Tricks For The Newly Free-To-Play Aion

Today NCsoft launches Aion: Ascension, the free-to-play rebirth of its faltering MMO, complete with eagerly anticipated update 3.0 content like player housing, mounts, new zones and a raised level cap. To celebrate the impeding influx of freeloaders, producer Adam Christensen has written up a tips and tricks guide to surviving and thriving in Aion: Ascension.


Aion Stays Alive With Update 2.5

Today NCsoft’s massively multiplayer online game Aion upgrades to version 2.5, Empyrean Calling, delivering a host of new content, features and tweaks aimed at pleasing players current and lapsed. Is it enough to lure fresh MMO fans to the game?


Get Ready For Aion’s Next Big Transformation

Since its release, Korean-born MMO Aion has undergone a profound transformation as developers hone gameplay to suit the needs of a North American audience. NCsoft’s Sean Neil tells us how the upcoming 2.5 update will further refine the Aion experience.


There’s An App For Aion

Players of NCSoft’s Aion can now use their iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad to stay connected to Atreia on the go, thanks to the Aion Exchange, now available for purchase in the iTunes App Store.


Aion’s Assault On Balaurea Bonus Pets Are Functional As Well As Ornamental

Picking up Aion’s free Assault On Balaurea expansion at retail has its benefits, including one of several retailer-exclusive pets, each with a special benefit for players possessing it. Dibs on the odd-looking squirrel thing!


Aion Goes 2.0 In September

The Elysea and Asmodae take the battle to the Balaur this September, when Ncsoft releases the first major free expansion for the massively-multiplayer online role-playing game Aion, Assault on Balaurea.


The Not-So-Real Dangers Of Power-Levelling

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Aion developer NCsoft and Rooster Teeth have teamed up to educate massively multiplayer online game players about the dangerous of mafia-run power-levelling operations that probably don’t exist.


Aion Patch 1.9: Changing Perceptions And Pleasing The Players

NCsoft details Aion’s version 1.9 patch today, an update dedicated to making the player experience more joy and less grind. We spoke to lead producer Chris Hager about changing the way subscribers play and perceive the popular MMO.


Aion: The Official Magazine Packed WIth In-Game Goodnies

NCsoft reveals Aion: The Official Magazine, a monthly online publication that delivers the latest news, player guides and community tips to Aion players to the tune of $US3.99 an issue, with exclusive in-game items lurking in every issue.


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