Last week on the Aggrocast, Michael, Brian, David and myself discussed whether or not Aion will be a bust or a success. Well today NCsoft has announced that the highly anticipated MMO has been released to be manufactured, also known as going Gold. Recently Aion has been gaining a lot of momentum in the in the European and North American online communities, and rightfully so with more than 3 million hours of gameplay logged in Aion closed beta alone.

This year at GamesCom in Cologne, Germany, and at Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, Washington, Aion will be available to play hands-on with the 1.5 version of the game. This version of the game will have enhancements not yet introduced to the Western audiences. For instance, the innovative character customization will be in the hands-on demo along with new zones, instances, skills, quests and more. 

My Take: This is certainly one MMO that I will not pass up. The screenshots, videos and hype has me really excited about this game; more than World of Warcraft ever did when the game was first announced. Does it excite me enough to get the collector's edition? No not really. Then again, I didn't purchase the collector's edition for WoW either. I will say that I'm looking forward to when the game drops on September 22nd, that gives me just enough time for me to get a new video card for my PC.