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NCSoft’s Halloween Plans
2:40AM Mike Fahey | MMO companies love delving into their bag of tricks for Halloween, and NCsoft is no different, with events planned across all six of its active Western games. More »
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Return To City Of Heroes For Double The XP
1:40AM Mike Fahey | NCsoft is throwing open the gates of the City of Heroes to returning players next weekend, with double experience on tap for those with a bit of time to kill bad (or good) guys. More »
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Welcome To Aion Server Queues, Europe!
12:40AM Mike Fahey | If you thought we had it bad, many European Aion players weren’t even able to get into a queue during peak hours during the game’s launch weekend. Consider yourselves lucky! More »
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Aion Gets Rid Of Idle Shopkeepers To Lessen Queue Times
3:40AM Mike Fahey | Aion general chat has one less thing to complain about this morning, as NCsoft takes steps to prevent folks from abusing the personal shop system in order to remain online during peak hours. More »
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Guild Wars 2 Art Book Now On Sale
1:40AM Mike Fahey | You know that splendid and poignant Guild Wars 2 art book NCsoft was handing out at PAX? Now it can be yours for a price! It’s just like getting it for free, only with money! More »
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Hope On The Horizon For Aion’s Server Woes
2:20AM Mike Fahey | Players are none too pleased with the massive, multi-hour queues affecting most of the newly-launched MMO Aion’s servers every evening. We spoke with NCsoft about plans to sooth the teeming masses. More »
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Aion’s Global Community
1:40AM Mike Fahey | Speaking of long queue times, last night was simply amazing. I spent 40 minutes in the queue at first, and then my power flickered due to these storms. More »
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Aion’s Early Start So Far
2:40AM Mike Fahey | This is what Aion looked like for those of us who managed to log in at around 12.02pm Pacific time (5am AEST) yesterday, two minutes past the servers going live. More »
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When “Head Start” Means “Wait Seven Hours”
9:30AM Owen Good | We’re hearing the Aion servers are struggling to manage the hordes who preordered the MMO—400,000 according to NCsoft—leaving some in the headstart program crestfallen and dreading what happens when the general public comes online tomorrow. More »
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