Pulse
Aion: The Tower of Eternity Breaking Beta Test Records in Korea
|
Aion®: The Tower of Eternity™ is already showing signs of reaching hit status in only a matter of days since open beta testing kicked off earlier this week… |
AionSource.com an award winning fansite…again!
|
The MMOFury Fansite Awards were held to give back to the gaming community and recognize fansites that put in many hours of their time in order to provide resources to online gamers. As a Winner of our Top Fansite Honors, your site was seen as a beneficial supporter of the mmorpg community, great job! |
What’s funny to me is AoCSource.com got into the top 5. I pretty much copied most of AionSource.com’s inner workings to that site, lol. :p
Aion Breaking Beta Test Records in Korea
Commercial launch for NCsoft game only weeks away in Korea; North American and European launches set for 2009
SEOUL, Korea, Nov. 14, 2008–One of the most highly anticipated massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, Aion®: The Tower of Eternity™ from NCsoft®, is already showing signs of reaching hit status in only a matter of days since open beta testing kicked off earlier this week. Aion is scheduled to launch in Korea within the year and launches in China, North America, Europe and Japan are planned for 2009.
Since Tuesday’s launch of open beta testing in Korea, concurrent user numbers have already jumped to more than 170,000 players, making it the most popular beta event in Korean history. According to NCsoft officials, more than 11,000 people were logged into the game after only two minutes of open beta service. In less than an hour, that number had ballooned to 40,000. Currently the number of concurrent players has leapt up to more than 170,000.
To meet the unprecedented demand by gamers, NCsoft rapidly expanded to 25 servers over the first few hours of opening the beta. Even with the increased number of servers, tens of thousands of people were waiting to enter the game. By the second day of open beta, the game reached the top spot in Korea’s Gametrics web site that rates games that are played in Korea’s PC Café industry.
Aion is an epic fantasy MMO that combines an eastern-style focus on visuals and design with western action-oriented gameplay. In Aion, players must fight to save a beautiful and vibrant world ripped asunder by a celestial war; during their adventures, players will ascend to divinity and earn the ability to fly. Flight adds a fun and strategic dimension to the gameplay of Aion and is integral to combat, exploration, harvesting and more.
“The response we’re seeing in Korea is incredibly exciting,” said David Reid, president of publishing for NCsoft West in Seattle. “Our Aion community in North America and Europe is also rapidly growing. We’ve got aggressive plans for the western launch in 2009″.
For more information on Aion, go to http://www.aiononline.com.
About NCsoft
NCsoft, headquartered in Seoul, Korea, is the world’s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games, including the critically acclaimed Lineage®, Guild Wars® and City of Heroes® franchises. NCsoft West is a division of NCsoft which holds operating responsibilities for North America, Europe, South America and Australia/New Zealand. More information can be found at http://www.PlayNC.com.
NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, PlayNC, Aion, Tower of Eternity, Lineage, Guild Wars, City of Heroes and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Go to Source
Aion: The Tower of Eternity Breaking Beta Test Records in Korea
One of the most highly anticipated massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, Aion®: The Tower of Eternity™ from NCsoft®, is already showing signs of reaching hit status in only a matter of days since open beta testing kicked off earlier this week. Aion is scheduled to launch in Korea within the year and launches in China, North America, Europe and Japan are planned for 2009.
Since Tuesday’s launch of open beta testing in Korea, concurrent user numbers have already jumped to more than 170,000 players, making it the most popular beta event in Korean history. According to NCsoft officials, more than 11,000 people were logged into the game after only two minutes of open beta service. In less than an hour, that number had ballooned to 40,000. Currently the number of concurrent players has leapt up to more than 170,000.
To meet the unprecedented demand by gamers, NCsoft rapidly expanded to 25 servers over the first few hours of opening the beta. Even with the increased number of servers, tens of thousands of people were waiting to enter the game. By the second day of open beta, the game reached the top spot in Korea’s Gametrics web site that rates games that are played in Korea’s PC Café industry.
Aion is an epic fantasy MMO that combines an eastern-style focus on visuals and design with western action-oriented gameplay. In Aion, players must fight to save a beautiful and vibrant world ripped asunder by a celestial war; during their adventures, players will ascend to divinity and earn the ability to fly. Flight adds a fun and strategic dimension to the gameplay of Aion and is integral to combat, exploration, harvesting and more.
“The response we’re seeing in Korea is incredibly exciting,” said David Reid, president of publishing for NCsoft West in Seattle. “Our Aion community in North America and Europe is also rapidly growing. We’ve got aggressive plans for the western launch in 2009”.
AionOnline.com News: New Chapters Added to the Library
The history of Atreia is as inspiring and immersive as the game itself, and every now and then we receive a token of wisdom and insight from some of those who are most knowledgeable of it. A new chapter each has been added to the Elyos and Asmodian background stories.
EU.AionOnline.com News: The History of Atreia, Part II
The history of Atreia is as inspiring and immersive as the game itself, and every now and then we receive a token of wisdom and insight from some of those who are most knowledgeable of it. A new chapter each has been added to the Elyos and Asmodian background stories. The experiences and writings of Rafaela, a human living in the bright and vivid Elysea, can be found in the Elyos part of our website’s Background section. If you however wish to rather explore the history of Atreia from an Asmodian perspective, head on over to Kineas, an ascended Asmodian Daeva who will certainly invite you to learn more of his people’s tough struggle.
New Chapters Added to the Library
The history of Atreia is as inspiring and immersive as the game itself, and every now and then we receive a token of wisdom and insight from some of those who are most knowledgeable of it. A new chapter each has been added to the Elyos and Asmodian background stories. The experiences and writings of Rafaela, a human living in the bright and vivid Elysea, can be found in the Elyos part of our website’s Lore section. If you however wish to rather explore the history of Atreia from an Asmodian perspective, read the latest from Kineas, an ascended Asmodian Daeva, who will certainly invite you to learn more of his people’s tough struggle.
Go to Source
The History of Atreia, Part II
The history of Atreia is as inspiring and immersive as the game itself, and every now and then we receive a token of wisdom and insight from some of those who are most knowledgeable of it. A new chapter each has been added to the Elyos and Asmodian background stories. The experiences and writings of Rafaela, a human living in the bright and vivid Elysea, can be found in the Elyos part of our website’s Background section. If you however wish to rather explore the history of Atreia from an Asmodian perspective, head on over to Kineas, an ascended Asmodian Daeva who will certainly invite you to learn more of his people’s tough struggle.
[Translation] Aion kOBT reaches 150k concurrent users!
———————————
Source: Thisisgame, ETnews, Tistory
———————————
Aion’s Korean open beta is now boasting concurrent user numbers of 150,000.
Since launching the service at 6am on the 11th, 150,000 players managed their way into Atreia by 11pm the same day. Aion is now operating with a total of 25 servers, with each server exceeding the 5000 player target NCsoft had set out for their servers.
Upon login, players are finding most servers on the list marked as ‘full’. Taking into account all the users in queue for the servers, the number of concurrent users could possibly be seen as closer to 200,000. Considering that the launch was done on a weekday, the numbers are expected to go up as many more attempt to join over the weekend.
(ETnews reports that this is a record for a Korean developed MMO opening in Korea. The past record holders have been Lineage2 and Ragnarok 2 but even they were only able to reach 100k after a month of open beta testing. No mention of how WoW did in comparison, but WoW had over 150k concurrent users at its peak during its Korean open beta according to an interview with Mike Morhaine.)
NCsoft is now dealing with the happy dilemma of handling a much greater level of interest than they’d anticipated. Having already added 7 more servers than originally planned, continuing to add to that pool is only one way of handling the situation. The first change implemented immediately was to cut down on the scale of the promotions that were planned to begin on the 13th. This decision was made so that Aion’s user base grew in increments that they could actually handle.
Unsurprisingly, many players are venting their frustration at the situation. Players that used the pre-beta services to reserve their spots had it easier, but those that didn’t were having to wait in long queues just to create their characters. (note: Many of these players were sitting in netcafes as well, so you can imagine the added pressure.)
Server queue waiting list to the Israphel server. This one has 1433 players in the queue with an estimated wait time of 24 minutes.
Server list. All but three on the screen are listed as full.
More contest winners and a livestream.
I haven’t got around to judging the Fanvideo entries to AionSource.com’s first Grand Contest yet, but here’s the best entries from each category. From these, and the winner of the Fanvideo contest, I’ll choose the Grand Prize winner and the runner-up (First Prize winner) sometime in the future. Whoever doesn’t win a grand or first prize will receive a second prize, because I just realized I have enough materials to do that. Don’t PM me your addresses yet, though. ;)
Fanvoice
Jess (the only submission in the category, still a good job): RapidShare Webhosting + Webspace
Fanfiction
Haubix (good use of the word limit to advertise Aion, perhaps NCsoft will use this blurb for Google AdSense ads):
"Need a new MMO? Like to lvlup with
PvP? Like wings to fly? Try Aion!"
Fanart
Nex (cel-shaded comic style is catchy even if it’s not the recommended size):
Chat
: Lots of new Aion vids on Youtube. Some really cool stuff
: ok! Well might be late though, we will see!
: ooo, I'll prolly be on vent later so if you wanna test them you can hop on :)
: Soj and I getting mics tonight :)
: Yeah. It was fun. We kinda touched subjects i wouldnt talk about even with my closes friends lol >< Hope to hear you Naz next [...]
: lol yeah so did I :). Hope to get one sometime soon (like Sat night or Sunday! With mics!
: *Tosses a skittle at Naz* Had a good time last night...thanks folks :). Hope can do that again really soon.
: how do you get on vent? >.<
: Aww wtf guys?! I stay on for all night hoping ya all will hop in at the same time. Its nearly morning for me [...]
: I'll try but I might be late
