Aion beta keys now in the wild, US beta confirmed

by Lesley Smith Jun 3rd 2009 at 9:30AM

Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Aion, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, MMO industry, News items

The Aion beta is fast approaching but you all knew that, right? Well confirmation came last night via the official NA Community Twitter page that keys for this weekend's event are now being distributed to thousands of lucky testers who took part in numerous giveaways. But that's not all. A couple of hours later aion_liv updated with a link to yet another beta giveaway, this time at MMORPG.com confirming there will also be a US beta this weekend. However every one of the 5000 keys they were offering had gone in a matter of hours.

US players will be able to take part in their own beta test which follows the same lines as the EU: the chance to roll an angelic Elyos and level from 1 to 20 while exploring the zone of Eltnen. The US beta will begin at 12 noon PST on Friday, June 5, 2009 and conclude at 12 midnight on Sunday, June 7, 2009. More information about entering the US beta and respective giveaways can be found on the game's NA official site.

If you use Twitter and don't yet have a key to either beta, don't fret as both the Liv in the US and Ayase in the EU are tweeting about any beta giveaways so you might want to add them to your follower list, along with the game's producer Brian Knox and, for those in the EU, German Community manager Martin Rabl. If you have already entered a giveaway for a key - such as the one we held earlier in the week - you might also want to keep one eye on your inbox and keep checking you spam folder just in case.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

john said on 9:41AM 6-03-2009

0 Keys remaining

Thanks Massively

Achilles said on 9:48AM 6-03-2009

Newsflash:

This is an MMO blog and they have a responsibility to report on the the genre - The fact that no keys are left is not their fault. Oh hey but thanks for your comment anyway, more mindless twoddle is just what this comments page needs.

:eye roll:

calantus said on 10:00AM 6-03-2009

idiot

Lesley Smith said on 10:39AM 6-03-2009

John,

We held our own giveaway earlier in the week but there are plenty still going on for both EU and NA (hence my reason for including so many links in this piece). The keys do go VERY fast though. The only reason the MMORPG.com giveaway was mentioned in the first place was because it confirmed the NA beta and the keys were gone by the time I wrote the article, hence the final sentence of the first par:

'However every one of the 5000 keys they were offering had gone in a matter of hours'.

Good luck with your search.

Aganazer said on 9:54AM 6-03-2009

Now to see if NCSoft makes good on their Aion beta keys for Tabula Rasa subscribers.

Alarie said on 4:13PM 6-03-2009

Yep, I'm waiting as well. Hope they didn't forget about us ex-Tabula Rasa players.

Achilles said on 10:13AM 6-03-2009

@ Calantus

You talking to me?

calantus said on 10:26AM 6-03-2009

no, John lol

Arkanaloth said on 10:42AM 6-03-2009

While awesome that Aion is finally coming stateside, my interest in it has waned a bit over the past few months and with the announcement of Final Fantasy XIV yesterday my interest in Aion is pretty much toast and my WoW account is quaking in fear.

Aganazer said on 12:20PM 6-03-2009

Now that Final Fantasy XIV has been announced all you'll be able to do is twiddle your thumbs in anticipation for the next two years. I hope you enjoy yourself. I'll be playing games that are out now.

calantus said on 10:44AM 6-03-2009

I hope they have change a couple of things before they brought it to the EU and the US. I believe they changed some of the asian MMO aspects of it, that's what caused the delay.

Jack said on 10:51AM 6-03-2009

I not care for beta games like I do not like play free tester for bugs in games. How ever I do hope to see a final version of the game to this one got a big change on become my next mmo!

Tuche said on 11:43AM 6-03-2009

Where do you see "tons" of sites giving away keys ?

Arkanaloth said on 12:37PM 6-03-2009

ahhh if only you were actually correct, Aganazer.... but you're not.

until FF14 shows up, I still have WoW, GuildWars, and about a month and a 1/2 ago I re-activated my FFXI account after hearing about some great changes to the game and have been enjoying it far more than ever. Now all I need to do is get to sleep before 1 am, LOL.

starzzareblind said on 1:52PM 6-03-2009

I will definitely be playing Aion while I wait for ToR And FFXIV

Evi said on 2:35PM 6-03-2009

Meh. Isn't there anywhere to sign up for the beta that isn't a contest? There were 0 keys left by the time I saw this post. I'd like to throw my name in the hat for next time.

bak said on 4:06PM 6-03-2009

Just in case you don't know it is an option - you can pre-order the game at a gamestop and they will hand you a box with a beta key in it... Apparently you can order one too, but then I think they will email you the code at a later date.

I went ahead and splurged on the collector's edition since the Guild Wars CE's sold out fairly quickly if I recall.

Very slowly downloading the client right now.

Prog70 said on 7:02PM 6-03-2009

As Bak stated you can reserve a copy at your local Gamestop for a measly 5 bucks and it will grant you access to all weekend beta events etc. This is what I did as I'm already pretty sure I'll be on the bus for this one.Just a heads up.