Creative Labs posted a teaser flash video on their Sound Blaster site today AION GOLD; though to what they are announcing or counting down is currently unknown, we can definitely see that it is AION-related, given the Horde crest in the center of the screen AION GOLD, and the Lament of the Highborne playing in the background.

So why is this interesting? Well, those are the starting zones that the leaked Cataclysm information states are for the new races coming with the expansion. It seems that the zones are in the spotlight a bit too much for it to be a coincidence. It very well could be an announcement meant to be timed with AION about AION GOLD, or it could just be that the maps typically surround the Maelstrom and thus their positioning makes sense with the swirling Maelstrom graphic in the center. We will see what Creative has to say when the teaser ticks down some more!

    The trials and tribulations continue for Chinese MMO players, AION, and its new Chinese provider NetEase. IncGamers is reporting that the beta of the game is continuing - effectively making the game free to play for those lucky enough to be taking part - while the Chinese government decides if enough changes have been made about AION GOLD, such as the removal of corpses, gore and other unpleasant parts of the MMO experience, for the game to get a Chinese relaunch get AION GOLD.

Since handing over the baton from from The9, things have not gone very well. After an extended hiatus which saw the games server offline while the data was transferred over, the game is still awaiting the final go-ahead from GAPP to get AION GOLD. The beta was originally supposed to last around a week but because of the delay has been going on for nearly a month. However IncGamers is also reporting that according to NetEase, all the internal testing has been completed and once the GAPP are done, the game should launch pretty quickly.