A "Letter to Our Fans" from NCsoft dated 18 Feb 2009 has set the release date for AION in the USA and Europe at some time in the fourth quarter of 2009. AION already exists on Korean and Chinese servers.

1) When will Aion be released in North America/Europe?

We expect to ship Aion in NCsoft West territories in the fall of 2009.

2) Why is localization taking so long?

The localization effort is enormous, with a vast amount of content. Aion is not simply being translated, a team of dedicated content writers are re-creating the written dialogue and content to provide AAA quality and to ensure that it is culturally relevant for our audience. We are going to do this launch "right" rather than fast.

So, for the moment, one option to play this new MMORPG is to use the SwagVault English patch to play the Chinese version of AION.

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