The highly anticipated East meets West MMORPG Aion, finally hits shelves today in what has been hailed as this year's biggest release. Pre-order fans participating in the Early Start program have already pummeled servers causing a barrage of long log in queues to play on some of the more popular ser

If you tried to log into Aion over the last two days then you've become familiar with the joy of server queues. While queues are definitely not a new phenomenon, having been rampant in World of Warcraft and other MMOG launches, players were a little discouraged to see wait times of up to several hou

The guys behind the Mana Potion energy drink have come up with a creative way to play Aion and get in shape at the same time. By hooking up a treadmill and a couple of Nintendo Wii controllers, the two were able to level up their characters and get a workout at the same time. The script and instruct

Many Aion players have been getting impatient with the growing login queues turning even the most excited fans away during the crucial launch days for North America, Australia, and Europe. It has been stated repeatedly that they are working on easing the server burden but now Ten Ton Hammer has gott

If you haven't picked up your copy of Aion yet, or are still on the fence about buying it, you can for a limited time pick up a trial key that will allow you to play Aion for 3 days, 5 hours, or level 7, whichever you manage reach first. Alienware has posted a list of all North American locations yo

In a continuing effort to ease queue times and alleviate the growing concern of the Aion playerbase, NCsoft has finally implemented measures to stop the player store abuse. Upon logging into game, after an often long queue, players were angered to witness a sea of AFK players utilizing the player st

The French Legion Origine makes a major game milestone by being the first to capture a fortress in game. Less than a week since the official Aion North American launch, and the day of the official European launch, Origine brought Siel's Western Fortress under Elyos control and now works to defend wh

Showing that the pre-order madness was wasn't just a fluke, Aion continues to top PC sales charts beating out some surprisingly impressive titles. Both Aion and Aion Collector's Edition made the top two positions on Steam and Direct2Drive for the week ending September 26th. After releasing with over

Aion's Executive Producer Lance Stites has finally addressed the community in this first State of the Game since the game has gone live. Lance touches upon the topics that have been on everyone's mind and offers solutions for those who are a little tired of the queues and congestion that is happenin

Customer retention is a big part of any business. You earn a consumer's business, you want to keep it, right? In MMORPGs such as Aion, retention is everything. How many players will NCsoft be able to hold onto after the first month? I'm sure they are crunching their own numbers to find out but meanw