Aion: The Tower of Eternity ( Korean : 아이온: 영원 의 탑 ) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released by NCSOFT . The game combines PvP and PvE (a concept the developers call PvPvE ) in a fantasy game environment. As of May 20, 2009, Aion had 3.5 million subscribers in Asia. [5] AION’s first major pack was released to North America and Europe on September 7, 2010 under the name AION: Assault on Balaurea. On February 29, 2012 AION changed publisher in Europe while North American Free Truly launched on April 11, 2012 with no restrictions. Aion’s second major expansion was released in North America on June 26, 2013 under the name “Aion: Dark Betrayal”. Its most recent expansion was launched on July 13, 2016 under the name “Aion: Echoes of Eternity”. [6]