Aion: English Release Date Early 2009!

You can read the full interview here with NCSoft Europe's Marketing Manager, Mirko Gozzo, but, for those of us who have brains the size of goldfish (read: me), there's the lowdown:

What's in you personal opinion the development status of Aion, and when it will be on shops shelves?

M.G.: The game is on Closa beta testing(season 3) atm. Next step is open beta testing that is the preamble of release in Korea. We're working (hard) on English translation atm and we far seer the release date between first months of 2009.

RAWWWARRRRRAGGHGHGHGHGHH! Must hold out for another half a year +!?

Time to see how Spellbourne is doing!