Aion: pre-order now available

June 17, 6:07 PMMMORPG ExaminerJaime Skelton

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One of the most anticipated MMORPGs of the year, Aion, has launched its pre-order program, and it's a big one.

You can now pre-order Aion officially, and if you do so, you'll be privvy to the following pre-order bonuses:

• Aion Beta Events: Preorder and receive a code to access all of the remaining Aion beta events.
• Preorder Aion Game Sweepstakes: Play in an Aion beta event, and you’ll have a chance to win a killer Alienware notebook, ATI video cards, or other great prizes (see Preorder Aion Game Sweepstakes below).
• Preorder-Only In-Game Items: In-game items will be available for use during the head start program.
  • Black Cloud Hat (gives boosts to HP, MP, magical resistance, and evasion)
  • Lodas' Amulet (gives a +20% experience boost for 1 hour)
  • One Ancient Ring of Power (type depends on your preorder retailer): Ancient Ring of Fire (GameStop), Ancient Ring of Magic (Best Buy), Ancient Ring of Earth (Amazon.com), Ancient Ring of Water, or Ancient Ring of Wind.
• Head Start Program: Get a 48-hour head start to the live game before the game releases.
• Preselection: Select your character names and server in advance of the game going live.

You will recieve these bonuses whether you pre-order the collector's edition (only 35,000 are going to be released) or the standard edition. And (as mentioned above), if you play a character to at least level 3 in a beta event with your pre-order key, you'll be entered to win one of the following prizes:

Alienware® Area-51® m15x gaming notebook

• Display: 15.4" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD (1200p)

• Video/Graphics Card: 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GT

• Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9500 2.6GHz (6MB Cache 800MHz FSB)

• Memory: 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 2048MB

• System Drive: 160GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection

• Optical Drives : 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW)

 

HIS Hightech Radeon HD 4850 H485QT512P IceQ4 Turbo video card

One (1) Second Prize: HIS Hightech H485QT512P Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported IceQ4 Turbo video card, approximate retail value $164.99 U.S.

 

HIS Hightech IceQ Turbo Radeon HD 4670 H467QT512P video card

One (1) Third Prize: HIS Hightech H467QT512P Radeon HD 4670 IceQ Turbo 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported video card, approximate retail value $79.99 U.S.

 

 

Ten (10) Fourth Prizes: A one-year subscription to Aion, approximate retail value $179.88 U.S. each.

 

For all the gritty details, go check the Aion pre-order page.