At some point, an Aion 2 from NCSoft will probably come, but the release date is still far off.
As reported by 2p, the Chinese publisher of the MMORPG Aion has released some information about the possible sequel Aion 2. This Aion 2 is not yet in development – the team at NCSoft is still working on new game content for Aion.
However, it seems that NCSoft has already considered an Aion 2 – for the moment, the game remains in the “concept phase.”
We reported at the beginning of the year that a thing called “Project A2” at NCSoft has completed the planning phase. It was assumed that this could be Aion 2.
Aion 2 – a release is still likely far away
Now we know: An Aion 2 could actually come someday, but that’s still far off.
Aion is a Free2Play Asian MMO – for many, it is known as “the game with wings.” A few years ago, at the EU release in late 2009, it was considered a potential “WoW killer” and was quite successful in Europe and North America for a time.
Even now, Aion still generates solid revenues for NCSoft, especially in its home market South Korea.
Different publishers, different versions
Aion is a complicated story. It is distributed by different companies in different countries. For Europe, the Karlsruhe company Gameforge is responsible, which also distributes Tera. Currently, Aion is running with update 5.4.
In the USA, Aion is distributed directly by NCSoft – they are on version 5.3
In China, “Shanda Games” is responsible for Aion, and they are before the update 5.6: This patch revises the starting zones for the two races “Elyos” and “Asmodian.” Additionally, the “Tower of Eternity” is already visible before the starting zone.
The last “major patch” to Aion was 5.0 – we reported extensively about it in May 2016:
