In NCSoft’s home market, Aion 2 is a big success. For it to succeed here in the West, however, several changes need to be made to the MMORPG. Otherwise, it risks the fate of Throne and Liberty.
What do I need to know about Aion 2? NCSoft’s new MMORPG (Lineage, Aion, Throne and Liberty, Guild Wars) was released in Korea and Taiwan in November 2025 with a free-to-play model for PC and mobile, and is expected to arrive in the West in the second half of 2026, likely with a clear focus on PC.
Fans of the first part can once again look forward to the two factions, Asmodians and Elyos, along with their impressive wings. The wings will allow you to fly early through the vertically built, varied game world of the MMORPG.
The focus of Aion 2 is on PvE, with quests, scalable dungeons (like the Mythic Plus mode from WoW), raids for 8-player groups, and challenging solo content. PvP, on the other hand, primarily takes place in instanced areas such as arenas and the PvPvE zone, Abyss. In the following video from our MeinMMO channel on YouTube, we have presented Aion 2 in detail:
“Those who do not learn from their mistakes are doomed to repeat them.”
In NCSoft’s home market, Aion 2 is already a big success: revenues exceed expectations and player numbers are increasing month by month. Can we expect Aion 2 to bring back a really good MMORPG that can excite from the start after a long dry spell? Well, the pure numbers can be deceiving.
Aion 2 has clear weaknesses and issues. Some of them can be overlooked. Others could be why many western genre fans might only try the new MMORPG briefly or ignore it altogether. We are not exaggerating, as examples from the past, like Lost Ark or Throne and Liberty, show that comparable mistakes were made.
The good news: it is normal for Asian MMO developers to adjust their games for the Western market before they are released in Europe or the USA. The only question is what adjustments NCSoft will make and how extensive these changes will be. In the following pages, we will present the four changes we believe are necessary for Aion 2 to be a sustainable success in the West.
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