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Win Aion Game Time in the EpicToon Facebook Trivia Contest

Want a free month of Aion play time? Then log on to Facebook and join the EpicToon Trivia Contest!
Become an EpicToon fan so you can follow the trivia questions as they get posted on our Facebook wall. The questions are super easy and a simple comment on our Facebook site qualifies you for prizes.
Winners are [...]

26Feb2010 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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Aion Group Downs Tahabata (Yay!)… Gets Blue Helm (Boo!)

PvE progression may not be as cutthroat yet in Aion compared to established games like World of Warcraft, but it’s coming along nicely with the recent downing of Tahabata, the final boss in the Dark Poeta dungeon.

NCSoft reports that a multi-Legion group on Ariel server downed the three-headed dragon in one of its S rank [...]

19Feb2010 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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Aion 2.0 Landing in Korea Soon; Bayonetta Envies Blade Girls

Nothing whets my gaming appetite more than good ol’ gossip so it was a tasty treat reading the rumors for Aion 2.0, the still unnamed first expansion of Aion. According to this grapevine article, Aion 2.0 will be released this month (Korea gets first dibs, many assume) and that it has substantial updates such as [...]

10Feb2010 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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Epic Verdict: A l33t Legacy and Freexperience Freefall

Welcome to the Epic Verdict where we report MMO trends fast, straight, and most importantly, with a bias. Here you’ll find snap judgments on game developments in the World of Warcraft, Aion, and dozens more. Sometimes we even pick on a baby murloc or two.
We set our sights in the world of Eve Online, where [...]

19Jan2010 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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More Tidbits from the Star Trek Open Beta

A few days ago, gamers warped into the Star Trek Online open beta testing  phasers armed for some deep space ass-kicking. Based on initial impressions, testers seem to be giving a strong thumbs-up to the graphics, but the gameplay is fast becoming a prickly point of contention.

Test Run. Star Trek Online enters into its largest [...]

15Jan2010 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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Epic Verdict: Flame Wars are for Kids

Welcome to the Epic Verdict where we report MMO trends fast, straight, and most importantly, with a bias. Here you’ll find snap judgments on game developments in the World of Warcraft, Aion, and dozens more. Sometimes we even pick on a baby murloc or two.
We begin in the land of forum flame wars where expletives [...]

7Jan2010 | Mick James | 2 comments | Continued
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Gamer Gifts and MMO Freebies

Christmas Eve is right around the corner and the gifts are piling up around the fern tree. Call it gamer’s intuition, but I doubt these shiny boxes will have anything cooler than a solid-brick fruitcake or a murloc shirt. So if you’re a bit unlucky, don’t fret. Here are some awesome stuff to [...]

24Dec2009 | Mick James | 1 comment | Continued
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Epic Verdict: Beta Test Booms, Murloc Merch Blows

Welcome to the Epic Verdict where we report MMO trends fast, straight, and most importantly, with a bias. Here you’ll find snap judgments on game developments in the World of Warcraft, Aion, and dozens more. Sometimes we even pick on a baby murloc or two.

It’s all in good fun, so let’s get started in the [...]

21Dec2009 | Mick James | 1 comment | Continued
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Solarius and Winter Veil: A Roleplayer’s POV

Pop culture has painted quite an accurate stereotype of online gamers (bespectacled, introvert and sci-fi fan), but it’s often bothered me  how we’re clumped together with regards to play style. Not all of us are after mere hacking and slashing, because frankly, that’s just one aspect of MMOs.
One can often find item fanatics collecting rare [...]

17Dec2009 | Mick James | 0 comments | Continued
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NCSoft Unveils New Vision For Aion

You can now see what the future holds for Aion with the nine-minute gameplay trailer NCSoft just released.

Entitled “Visions of the Future”, the clip gives you a sneak peek into the much enhanced graphics of the game, which is absolutely breathtaking considering Aion’s already stunning visuals to begin with.
Apart from the aesthetic upgrade, you can [...]

25Nov2009 | ET-anna | 2 comments | Continued
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