NCsoft has been developing a game called Aion for quite some time now, and though our news coverage of the game has been constant, we haven't had the opportunity to show you anything new and exclusive for quite some time. Fortunately, the studio has granted us an interview and has sent us some exclusive, never before seen images from the beautiful world of Atreia.

In our first exclusive look of 2009, it's easy to see that the game is well on its way to a US launch. In fact, with beta in it's later stages, I wouldn't be surprised to see an open beta happening sometime around the end of Q1. Until then, you'll just have to wait with the rest of us.

Check out all of our exclusive screenshots here and make sure to stay tuned for the interview with Associate Producer, Chris Hager, which will be making its way to our front page tomorrow afternoon!