Play AION 2 Global From Russia: Account, Servers, Language

In short

LaunchEarly access on September 30, launch on October 5, 2026 at 13:00 UTC, on Steam and in NCSoft's PURPLE launcher.

Russian languageOfficially included: interface, quests and subtitles. Voice-over is English, Japanese and Korean.

ServersEurope, North America, Latin America and Asia. There is no Russian server or publisher.

Steam accountThe game is not visible in the store from a Russian Steam account — you need an account from another region.

Can you play AION 2 Global from Russia

The global version is published by NCSoft itself, without a local partner for Russia and the CIS. NCSoft has made no official statement about availability in Russia. In practice the AION 2 Steam page does not open for Russian accounts, and during the tests players from Russia ran into region restrictions.

Launch dates, the schedule and Founder's Packs are in the AION 2 Global release date guide.

A Steam account for AION 2

The game does not show up in the store for a Russian Steam account, so you need a Steam account from another region. Most players from Russia use a Kazakhstan account: the game is available there, and the Russian client language is the same.

The decision is yoursThe account region and the rules for changing it are set by Valve, and NCSoft does not officially support Russia. Any risk to the account is on your side; we only describe how things stand.

Which server to pick

The closest to Russia are the European servers — they have the lowest ping: Siel, Israphel, Nezekan, Zikel, Vaizel, Triniel, Kaisinel and Lumiel. The full list by region and the opening times are on the AION 2 servers page.

Agree in advanceIf you play with friends or a legion, choose the server and faction before creating your main character.

Russian in the game

The Russian localization covers the interface, quests, item descriptions and subtitles. Our Russian site takes every item, skill, NPC and quest name from the game client's Russian localization, so it matches what you see in AION 2.

The Korean and Taiwanese versions

AION 2 launched in Korea and Taiwan before the global version and runs on its own servers, with content ahead of Global. In our database and in player builds, data from those versions is marked separately — "Korea and Taiwan".

AION 2 Global from Russia — account, release date, servers