Aion: GC Interview w/ Ken Choi, Game Designer

So what did we learn?

--Game Designers should not talk unless they're hot.
--Aion is scheduled for release in 2008 sometime before summer. (Hopefully.)
--Flight time is limited and gives combat/tactical advantages. It also looks like if you swoop in real low and hit the ground you take some damage which leads me to believe my friends and I can have contests to see how far we can throw ourselves to the ground without dying. BONUS!
--There will be crafting and resource gathering.

NCSoft! I like you, I love you, I want to date with you! (For beta key.)

p.s., I saw this post on MMORPG.COM but I can't confirm it anywhere else....

Ncsoft released a press release detailing the financial data of the company in the second quarter 2007. It announced the next large-scale MMORPG game Aion will enter closed beta testing on October 31 in Korea.

Hmmm.