In a letter to fans, Aion Community Manager Lani "Liv" Blazier presented a statement from Executive Producer Lance Stites and answered a few burning questions on the minds of anxious players everywhere. What is the hold up? When will it launch? When is beta? The answers were brief but communication is always key and it looks like NCsoft West is interested in keeping their community in the loop.

1) When will Aion be released in North America/Europe?

We expect to ship Aion in NCsoft West territories in the fall of 2009.

2) Why is localization taking so long?

The localization effort is enormous, with a vast amount of content. Aion is not simply being translated, a team of dedicated content writers are re-creating the written dialogue and content to provide AAA quality and to ensure that it is culturally relevant for our audience. We are going to do this launch “right” rather than fast.

More questions and an update on how things are going for the western version of Aion is available at the official European site.