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Announced in May 2006 (just prior to E3), Aion: The Tower of Eternity is an MMOG that gives players something that they have never experienced before: the ability to fly. While other games provide flying as a means of travel or as a gimmick, Aion allows players to use flying as a strategic advantage in combat, allowing them to take to the sky for certain manuevers and tactics.

Players can control either the Elyos (angel-like beings) or the Asmodians (demon-like creatures), yet a third faction exists, the Balaur. The Balaur function as NPCs and are designed to be unpredictable when they appear, for example, during siege-like stages. They are described as Draconic-like beings.

In general, little is still known about Aion and players have gotten few chances to really do anything but observe the game. No concrete release date has been set.