New Screenshots of "Aion: Tower of Eternity" - New MMO for PS3 and PC

Using the latest version of the CryEngine, Aion: Tower of Eternity is an expansive new MMORPG by NCsoft's Seoul development studios. In Aion, players are divided between those that are "The Chosen" and those that are "The Fallen." The Tower of Eternity exists as a gateway into the Abyss, and acts as a portal between dimensions.

This new MMO is set to release on both the PC and PlayStation 3. Check out all the latest screenshots by clicking the jump.

[titntin]

Hmmmm... this looks good. I've been dead interested to see what NCsoft were going to bring to the PS3 mmo genre since they signed the deal with sony... looks like the type of thing I was looking for:)

[marinelife9]

Two questions

1. Is it cross platform?

2. How much per month?

[INehalemEXI]

Interesting I saw this game has been in development for pc awhile never knew it would end up on ps3 though. Awesome hopefully its free2play.

[NoUseMerc]

Aion is one of the first of a couple new MMO's that will be coming to the PS3 from NCsoft. It was part of the new deal, when Sony acquired them.

NCsoft align with Sony:
http://www.psu.com/NCsoft-a...

[sonarus]

dnt think sony acquired them think they are just partnering up

[EDMIX]

I don't think sony aquired them, BUT i do think by the end of 2008, when sony sees how the NCsoft games are doing they will. Sony has a History with partnering up, with a dev before they buy them. Like before they bought the Motorstorm devs or the Killzone 2 devs. I heard a rumor from sufergurl that Sony will aquire Quantic Dreams (Heavy rain dev) Ready at dawn and maybe NCsoft next year. Which from sony's past History won't be much of a surprise.

[ruibing]

Oh crap, I've been able to resist all the MMOs on PC so far, but these ones on the PS3 may be a little more difficult. If the subscription is free for the game as it is for PSN, then I might just give it a try...

[Keowrath]

My girlfriend and I have been long time players of EQ and EQII, Or Evercrack as it's usually known. (Although not been playing since I bought my PS3). If you're a big RPG fan they can be dangerous! LOL.

This is looking really nice and I imagine it will bring a lot of console players into the world of MMORPG's. This has completely come out of the blue for me and my girlfriend is currently trying to track down more info lol.

If you're a fan of rpg's then give it a go but be careful when you do heheheh.

[Premonition]

I do believe it will be free, because of the microtransactions or something like that, just like The Agency is free and that other WoW looking MMO is free.

[NoUseMerc]

Yeah, the CryEngine looks great, and will be the first time it's used to make an MMO. I am really anxious to hear more on this title as it nears release.

[PS3 Limps on and on]

looks the same as all those PC online RPG's, I guess because it is.

I've never gotten into these because I'm not a PC gamer. But on PS3, it could be my introduction to the genre.

[wil4hire]

Remember they were looking to hire PS3 programmers?

MMORPG's aren't my cup of tea. I always come across the guy with 90 elf points.. to my lowly 3.

[Blasphemy]

Well NCSoft sure does work fast. Never heard about this game until now. If it's free to play online I may pick it up.

[NoUseMerc]

I don't know if it's been announced yet... If it's by NCSoft it's probably free. Guild Wars was free right?

[Anego Montoya FTMFW]

NCsoft said all their games would be FREE to play on ps3.

in fact i`m pretty sure SONY wants to keep all their MMOs Free to play.

i could be wrong. but i`m pretty sure.

hopefully.

[PS3 Limps on and on]

The game does look pretty good. Just looking at the art from those screen shots.

[gamesblow]

Sony's "The Agency" looks a bit more appealing to me than this one... and I'm not a huge MMO fan and or pc gamer, so I don't think it'll appeal to me. I just couldn't be bothered with spending 50+ hours of my life on a game. I don't see how people do it with WOW. I really don't.

[lonestarmt]

50+?? haha man you really are not a rpg fan. Thats how long a regular rpg on a console lasts. Try 1,000 or hours for MMORPG. Its crazy, I almost lost one friend because of WOW, but I was too late to keep him from quiting school :(

[Foliage]

I think everyone had that one friend who got kicked from school because of WOW. I don't see what people see in that game.

[Xwow]

a must buy for me =D

[darkwing]

sweet another addictive game @_@

[Darkiewonder]

Just a simple question. An answer without speculations please.

[NoUseMerc]

I don't think its been confirmed. More speculation...however NCsoft did say they have 4 MMO titles in the works for the PS3, and since this game uses the CryEngine...and engine known for being multiplatform...it could easily be one of the four upcoming titles.

Also, NCsoft made a deal with Sony to exclusively develop for the PC and PS3...so you won't see any of their games on the Xbox anytime soon.

[Darkiewonder]

I read in one of the latest interview with them they should announce a game for Late 2008. But they really have not said what game it will be [old or new].

But NCSoft is working on a little MMO called Dragonica. :o

[eagle21]

The Agency (Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) looks tight!

[riqued]

Not for the PS3.

The CryEngine was not ported to the PS3 so this game won't work.

The Agency and the open beta, any news?

@below

Still not ported.
I want a MMO too, but it's not this one. What's the problem with that?

[Anego Montoya FTMFW]

what up PHIL?

[NoUseMerc]

The CryEngine is actaully already being used to make PlayStation 3 games. Here is an article about it:
http://www.efluxmedia.com/n...

And here on the official Crytec website it states it:
http://www.crytek.com/techn...

"Our renderer provides seamless support for both indoor and outdoor environments on DirectX9 and 10, as well as support for next generation consoles such as the Xbox360 and PS3 (under development)."

[darkwing]

wow cross platform just like FFXI!!

[Bebedora]

I was just thinking about Crysis and it not being ported to PS3. So with that talk, this makes me worried it not ending up on the PS3. Hope I'm wrong.

[Spike47]

free to play mmos always suck.

Never knew this game was coming to the ps3, but it looks kidna weak.

[Bebedora]

So you say GW is a popular piece of crap and utter garbage?

[solar]

after the lack in content in city of heroes im kinda scared. CoH was way more enjoyable than WoW to me because the a-hole to cool ppl ratio was skewed so far in CoH's favor. the graphics, powers, concept was great. lacked content and unbalanced pvp. gimme a demo. and gametrialers has a movie of this but the quality is kinda blah.

[Ashta]

NCSoft had said they were bringing their future PC projects to the PS3, and Aion: The Tower of Eternity had already been on the table for possible console port so this is great news if 100% confirmable.

As for people pushing Aion away as if it was a small rate game? I urge you to reconsider. This game IS the next-gen MMO and it aims to be the most beautiful MMO ever created. I've seen the korean closed beta videos...and OH MY GOD it's just so beautiful in motion.

As for the whole "cryengine not being ported to PS3" that's actually incorrect. The Far Cry port for PS3 and the Cry2Engine has already been approved for the PS3 if anyone wants to use it. It's like the Unreal Engine....a developer just has to buy the engine and then make a game based on it. Not like Far Cry devs could say "We want to make our engine useful but not to anyone else but MS and PC".

As for Aion? It only runs on the first generation Crytek engine which is available for purchase and use for whatever developer and publisher wants.

NC Soft hasn't 100% confirmed this but either way....PC or PS3 this game is going to be amazing. Still, PS3 would be more than enough graphical and CPU power to handle the game so why the heck not right?

[Keowrath]

After playing a few MMO's in my time I really do think this looks stunning. This blows away pretty much any MMO I've played in terms of graphics.

I very much doubt it will be free but I hope they manage to get the cost to a minimum. After playing EQ and seeing it go from Verant to Sony I've seen how Sony very much like to charge you. If it's good enough though, I don't mind paying.

[solar]

graphics arent everyone thing on an mmo. and NcSoft isnt that great at making them run smooth with a lot of ppl. even with bare minimum settings in CoH you get 50-75 ppl all using powers....lag central.

[Lionsguard]

Highly unlikley that this will be free to play. Guildwars was free because it's not a traditional MMO since everything was instanced and expansions came out for like crazy. Expansions that would of been just free upgrades on a traditional MMO.

[StateofMind]

Whoa, since when is this coming to PS3? I remember seeing this game a while back when it was PC exclusive (before Sony got NCsoft) and wishing it would make its way to PS3 somehow. Are they just assuming that since NCsoft is working for Sony that this game will be ported to PS3, or has it been confirmed?

[PlayStation360]

8 hours of work... 8 hours of proper sleep... that leaves me with 8 hours of Aion to play :) no wait... then I need some time to play The agency. Ok, 4 hours of Aion, 4 hours of Agency... no wait. Killzone 2, Ok... wait, MGS4... FFXIII... uhh.... Little big planet... Dang it and I'm also a fan of fable 2... UGH... How can I find time to play all these games :( CRAP, I FORGOT ABOUT HANGING OUT WITH MY FRIENDS & FAMILY! D:

@ darkwing
LOL, so true bro. :P

[darkwing]

say goodbye to that lols

[TnS]

http://pc.ign.com/objects/8...

(Officially.)

[unlimited]

sweetness..hope it be free..sony going to walk all over microsoft next year

[HarryEtTubMan]

keep MMO's aren't about graphics but gameplay because you are interanting with so many people at one time.

At above^^^ TnS stop trying to look over EVERYTHING and get a life. You're just a user... settle down. You have to watch over EVERYTHING and you aren't the moderator for this site. I think what u do is cool but stop being such a worry wart and constantly acting like what u say goes. It doesn't.

[Keowrath]

Very true, the games aren't all about the graphics, I've loved my time playing a Berserker in EQ2 because of the gameply and also the wonderful people I've met. I've played others and found a bunch of angry children and gameply which was severly lacking.

Hopefully this will bring a wonderful community and great gameplay with the oh so pretty graphics =)

[Bonsai1214]

i have a lot of respect for NCsoft cause they don't charge for some of their MMO's. i'm a particularly large fan of guild wars, and this game is looking very much like it. (and i seriously mean, looking).

and to the comment that GW isn't a traditional mmorpg, i agree with that. but GW2 is supposed to be persistent world and free as well

[raptor302]

I just hope they bring guild wars 2 to ps3

[name]

PS3 and PC games need to be cross platform more often.

[goldenxbox]

I guarantee you with XBOX360's awesome sales in Korea where its continuing to outsell everybody, this game and Lineage are coming to the 360 also !!!!

There's no way it will go to the other, Microsoft has over 300 million compared to the peanuts SONY would spend for this !!!

I expect to be a great year for MMO on the 360 as well as awesome exclusives like Warhound and Dark Messiah !!
http://xbox360.ign.com

[dewmandew7]

NCSoft is currently developing exclusively for PC and PS3. Sony signed a contract with them.

Also, the Xbox 360 has sold 10 million units. Not 300 million. :P That's like every person in the US. If you're going to act like a fanboy, at least sound intelligent... Wait, is that possible?

[greenenvy]

the xbox360 has shipped and sold out of *10 million units* in north america alone, worldwide its still sold about 15 million....

there's more than 1 million across asia, and now sitting at 3.8 million in europe with more being shipped....so its a ***** dumb lie to say it sold 10 million...

in north america only, but WORLDWIDE its more..

[Diabloz]

wow cant wait if it comes out good this is a first day buy for me

[Relientk77]

well it looks pretty good... please be free!

[name]

Sony aquired NCsoft -_- Stop being a fanboy man come on.

[theoneandonly]

It seems all we have in this topic, are Sony fanboys who wouldn't touch an Xbox360.

At least with the Xbox360 generation, they know what format they support and they wouldn't touch a Playstation 3.

In reality, this means nothing as NCSoft was not bought up. Which in turn means they can still develop games for other platforms, if someone buys their games to have them develop some exclusives.

Too much hype here and too little merit.

Also in lamens terms, what they are talking about is 300 million dollars > not 300 million users.

And 300 million dollars can buy anything, including exclusive games from NCSoft.

On top of this, Xbox360 is actually the better market for NCSoft. Korea hates the playstation, they buy it less and less and buy mainly PCs as well as Xbox360.

In particular they've always preferred PC products, and hate Japanese products. So in essence the market there will work in reverse, and benefit Microsoft. Not Sony.

Which actually explains why they attempted to buy NCsoft, I expect the deal to fall apart. MS will pay more, and get a better MMO series out of the paycheck.

[Dmack79]

this game.....is....godly....

[Tsukasah]

I haven't heard about this game. I've been busy with FFXI for my MMO lately, which works on PS3! ^_^ It's kind of strange being on PS3, PS2, PC, and 360 all at the same time. Probably the only game that has PS3 to 360 cross platform playing. If this game turns out to be better than FF, and it's free, Imma get it and still play FF. If the game turns out to have a monthly subscription... and the game is better.. i'll play it instead and if its not... yeah you get it :P

[dewmandew7]

I think I'll keep my eye on this one...

[jumpmanwade]

The graphics look very similiar to guildwars.

[J@D]

This a great reason for me to play a MMORPG online. I mean look awesome... I might if the game will cross-platform or a dedicate it server for each version HOPE for a cross-platform between PC and PS3.

[Sevir04]

thats hot. i've been really iffy about MMO RPGs because i need a story, the whole wow thing is not fun but with with the advent of games like the agency and square working on MMOs for PS3 NCsoft i might just consider it. it will definitely be the PS3 that introduces me to yet another experience in a genre i consider to be foreign to me. looks stunning none the less

[Dmack79]

is disagreeing?

reveal yourself coward!

[jorellpogi]

is a positive news for us gamers. The concept is very interesting.

[Mercutio]

i can't wait to play this, when is it coming out?

[darkwing]

any more news about it being in the PS3? @_@

[zPlayer]

the only MMO i liked from NCsoft was their City of Heros. freaking great game. i want one for the PS3. i need it.