[from: AionOnline]

Aion is a visually stunning massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) where your character wields devastating powers and sweeping wings to explore a celestial world of breath-taking beauty and epic adventure. It features cutting-edge imagery, gorgeous environments, and a unique fantasy world. Your character plays a pivotal role in the fate of Atreia, where the enemy is not only the other player faction but a deadly ancient evil as well.

Aion Online looks stunning. It’s a New MMO published by NCSoft that is built on the CryENGINE. Aion is based around the world of Atreia; which consists of two conflicting races — The Elyos and the Asmodians. Players get to choose from 4 classes; Warrior, Scout, Mage, and Priest. Once a player reaches level 10 they Ascend and are able to use Wings and choose their subclass.
I pre-ordered the game via Steam last night. Servers open September 22nd.

Luna Online is a new addition to the gPotato family of games — games such as Flyff and Rappelz. I’ve always enjoyed free games; ’specially free MMOs. But free games are rarely done well, and free MMOs are rarely ‘done’ at all. Luna is still in its infancy as a MMO but the game is already pretty well documented. Some of the conversation blocks don’t look visually pleasing but it still gets the job done.
Moving on to the important stuff. Luna is entertaining, colorful, super-moe, and it gets you girls. Okay, maybe it won’t do the last part — but the rest is pretty true. Luna does, however, have a matchmaking system where you can search for a target age/gender/likes&dislikes (eHarmony watch out). When you create your Luna Online character you get to choose; Male/Female, Human/Elf, Fighter/Rogue/Mage. As you level in your respective class you unlock more class options (to view the options click on the class). The game is free, fun, and involving. Give it a shot: http://luna.gpotato.com/?m=download

So my friends and I thought I’d be a great idea to dive into the world of Vana’diel for some good times this summer. The Final Fantasy XI Collection is only $15 and we’re fans of the series — so we should get at least a little fun out of it.
I’ve got to say, the install is a pain in both my ass cheeks. I’m still sitting through it now. I tried a direct transfer from one PC to another but that didn’t work. I transferred the reg keys and modified my DLLs but it’s still erroring out. So I’m installing it old school. Squid Ink.

Square Enix announced details about Final Fantasy XIV a few days ago. The game is slated to be a PS3 Exclusive focused on online play. They have Nobuo Uematsu on music, Akihiko Yoshida as the Art director, and it’s being directed and produced by Nobuaki Komoto & Hiromichi Tanaka, respectively.

Official site here: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com