Aion (video game)

Aion: The Tower of Eternity
Developer(s)NCSoft
Publisher(s)NCSoft
Director(s)Yongchan Jee
Producer(s)Wonsik Woo
Designer(s)Yongchan Jee
Programmer(s)
  • Maro Shim
  • Hyungsuk Kang
Artist(s)Hyungjun Kim
Composer(s)
EngineCryEngine
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • KOR: November 25, 2008
  • NA: September 22, 2009[1]
Genre(s)Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Aion: The Tower of Eternity (Korean: 아이온: 영원의 탑) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by the South Korean company NCSoft. The game combines PvP and PvE (a concept the developers call PvPvE) in a fantasy game environment. As of May 2009, Aion had 3.5 million subscribers in Asia.[4] AION's first major expansion pack was released to North America and Europe on September 7, 2010 under the name Aion: Assault on Balaurea. Truly Free launched on April 11, 2012 with no restrictions. The second major expansion was released in North America on June 26, 2013 under the name Aion: Dark Betrayal. Its most recent expansion was launched on July 13, 2016 under the name Aion: Echoes of Eternity.[5]

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