Aika Global: Two New Dungeons and Top 3 Legions Spotlight!

While some Aika Global players maybe just trying the game out, here's more incentive for you to go hardcore on it:

Seoul, Korea - (October 12, 2010) — For players who have reached the level cap but are still hungry for more quests and excitement, this is for you. Thrill seekers will without a doubt be on their edge as AIKA Global opens the doors to these extreme locations. T3 Entertainment and Hanbitsoft Inc. together with Redbana Philippines continue to add special events in the world of AIKA not to mention this October’s new in-game events, “Dungeon Raiders” and “Happy Halpereen!”

Aika Roars into October with Two Events

Aika roars into October with two in-game events that will require players to run around the map and probably get into a scuffle or two. Check them out below.

Aika Global to show why it's better than Aika NA

With Aika NA closing its doors to new international accounts, Aika Global has received most of the players turned away. I think this is more of a plus for T3 Entertainment, the game publisher for Hanbitsoft's game. It's a bit late I know, but I think this game is worth trying, even just to experience the "1000 vs. 1000 player" sieges.

gPotato: existing Aika international players can play

gPotato just announced that existing Aika international players on or before April 7, 2010 can continue playing the game.

We’re pleased to announce that non-North American player accounts which existed on or before April 7 (the day the registration IP block took effect) will be able to play gPotato’s version of Aika. The registration restriction will remain in effect for new accounts outside of North America.

So no more new international Aika accounts. This will make existing international players happy but this will make their friends/guildmates who haven't been able to create an account, go somewhere else. Granted it's a saving move on gPotato's part, but without new international players coming into the picture, the game's population will grow ever more slowly with only the North American players left to fill in new shoes.

Thanks to Triz for the heads up!

Why gPotato banned Aika international players?

Recently, gPotato has banned non-North American players from Aika Online NA.

Dear Aika players,
We have an important announcement to bring you tonight. Starting tomorrow night after our weekly scheduled maintenance, we will be restricting our area of service for Aika Online to North America, given Gala-Net’s status as the North American publisher for Aika Online. This decision may result in gPotato blocking IP addresses which originate outside of North America (for Aika only – other gPotato games will not be affected). We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this action causes, and we encourage you to email us at aika_support[at]gala-net.com with any comments or concerns you may have.
-The Aika Team-

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As expected there were a lot of complaints coming from the non-NA player base. A lot of speculations were thought of as to why it was done, ranging from blocking RMT sellers to saving on bandwidth. But it seems Hanbitsoft, the game's developer, will be publishing Aika Global!

We are proud to announce that Aika Global site is now officially up.

With www.aika.t3fun.com; all of the updates, from the news to game informations are just a click away.
For those who are unfamiliar with Aika, it is an upcoming fantasy MMORPG and designed to reimagined the “massively” in MMORPG. Aika Global’s CBT informations will be updated in the new site.

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The question begs then if the global version will ban NA players or not. If they do, then the NA players will lose out on playing with other people in the world (some of them might actually like that, but I still think most of them won't). If they do not, then gPotato will be in such a rut that it's better to shut down the NA version anyway.

In this case, Hanbitsoft will have to answer a lot of questions! One of them is why create a global version after  gPotato offered it to everyone on the planet. It should have banned everyone else outside NA from the beginning.

My condolences go to the international players who have given their time to Aika Online NA. Look on the bright side, you have a new server you can play in soon!