With the Games Convention was held from 21st to 24th in Leipzig, Germany, many game developers have shown their highly anticipated MMOs to players. For example, Many players eagerly await the launch of Warhammer Online, Age of Conan and Aion, even some look them as strong competitors of World of Warcraft.

We compared AoC with WoW last time, now, we focus another long-awaited MMO: Ncsoft's Aion: Tower of Eternity.

As NCsoft announced the development of Aion in May 2006, many players start to expect more details of this game. At E3 2006, NCsoft first released game features and promotion video. On October 31, 2007, Korean closed beta was confirmed, and now, Aion is in the 3rd Korean CBT and English version is comfired to be launch in 2009.

( The 3rd CBT Screenshot)

View the 3rd CBT Video Here: Aion: 3rd Closed Beta Video & Screens

Aion: Tower of Eternity		World of Warcraft
Published by: NCsoft		Published by: Vivendi Universal
Developed by: NCsoft		Developed by: Blizzard Entertainment
Release date: Q3 2008 in Korea		Release date: 23rd Nov 2004
	Q1 2009 in Europe& US
Genre: MMORPG		Genre: MMORPG
Expansion: None		Expansion: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade ( Release date: 16th Jan 2007)
		World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King ( Release date: Year 2008)

1. System Requirements

The system requirements of Aion is so strict that most players should update their computers first. lol.

Minimum System Requirements
CPU : Pentium 4 2.0GHz
RAM :1GB
VGA :GeForce FX 5600(128MB), DirectX 9 or higher
OS :Windows XP

That is just Minimum requirements. Someone who joined the 3rd CBT posted what he thought was the actual requirement to run Aion smoothly.

CPU: Athlon 64 3200+ or better
RAM: 2GB
GFX: GeForce 6600GT or better
OS: Lol, whatever.

Check World of Warcraft system requirements here: Who Can Beat World of Warcraft ? ( Part I)

Next Pgae: 2. Story & Factions