Rift why now is the time to return
Its been a bit over a year since Rift launched a year during which Trion have been tirelessly working to improve on it. With patch 1.8 recently released and with 1.9 moving ever closer its a good time...
View ArticleRift to get three faction PvP and its on the test servers now
Rift is getting a big update in the form of triple faction battleground combat with three sides duking it out across an new version of the Stillmoor area reclassified as a PvP warzone and letting...
View ArticleRumour Rift expansion incoming
PC Gamer have received a mysterious wooden box which they think hints at a forthcoming expansion for Rift. The box marked with the words A Storm Is Brewing contains numerous esoterica which obliquely...
View ArticleRift gets fancy streaming patch software
Patience while a virtue isnt something thats familiar with a lot of gamers. With high speed internet connections ever faster RAM and CPUs that cut a swathe through loading times and fancy graphics...
View ArticleRifts design director discusses threeway action in Conquest
Those lovable chaps over at Rift Junkies have had a chat with Rifts design developer Hal Hanlin about the MMOs upcoming expansion Conquest. As you may already know it contains epic battles between...
View ArticleRift expansion Storm Legion due to arrive this autumn
We guess that the Rift team at Trion Worlds dont ever eat. Its the only way of explaining how they can revolutionise their MMO with a threeway PvP patch at the same time as building a new expansion....
View ArticleRift to use Shroud 2.0 adding cloaks
The public events have lost their lustre. The Mobs just arent satisfying your bloodlust any more. The Raids are starting to feel routine. Something is missing from your life some verve some joie de...
View ArticleRift 1.9 patch coming next week includes threeway PvP new raid content and...
The next major Rift content patch Conquest is going to land in the patcher next week bringing with it a slew of new features enhancing PvP end game content and letting you mince about with your lower...
View ArticleRift 1.9 Conquest goes live introduces threeway faction warfare
Trion have announced that the 1.9 update for Rift is now live. This introduces the new Conquest mode as well as mentoring character recustomisation a new sliver new instant adventures and new world...
View ArticleWhy Rift matters and what it can teach other MMO developers
While the masses might have left Rift behind the game is still going strong and it has a couple of very valuable lessons it can teach other MMOs. These are vital lessons for other MMO developers to...
View ArticleRift Storm Legion will feature robots big monsters and two vast new continents
The coming Rift expansion Storm Legion will triple the size of the original game bringing two new continents in which players can explore build and battle. The new developer diary out from Trion Worlds...
View ArticlePC greats highlighted in Golden Joysticks shortlist including Skyrim Diablo...
The Golden Joysticks are back and if we play this right one of our N games can occupy the top slot in every category on the night a win for justice and good taste and a boost to the server counts of...
View ArticleRift Storm Legion preorders now open accompanied by magnifimalevolent new...
IVE SLEPT TOO LONG opines the ginormous demon in the new trailer for Rift expansion Storm Legion. I hear you. Lord knows it can be a tough balance less than five hours unconsciousness a night and Im...
View ArticleThe Rift free weekend approacheth new player welcome old players welcomeer
This weekend sees Rift crack open a bottle of free play for all players. Though its a canny means to convert the fencesitters and the lapsists.Read on to learn why.
View ArticleRift Storm Legion expansion prepurchase now available on Steam
Rift Storm Legion preorders have been open for just over a month but only now has the Steamparticular coining the prepurchase come to pass. Do it now and theres a Steamexclusive ingame gift in it for you.
View ArticleStorm Legion preview Rifts continental ambitions plus we have 500 keys to...
Since Rifts launch in February last year Trions popular and very warmlyreceived MMO has received almost constant updates the development team releasing major content patches every two months. While any...
View ArticleRift Storm Legion allows players to build their own piece of Telara with its...
Storm Legion Rifts first expansion is going to come with player housing. Only its not just player housing but an entire sandbox of tools to build and create the perfect living space something thats...
View ArticleRift Storm Legions four new souls detailed with short stories
Rift Storm Legions release is closing in and weve learned of the Minecraftlike home building and its two vast new continents now details of its four new souls read classes have reached our ears. Though...
View ArticleRift Storm Legion Everything we know
Since launching last year Trion Worlds have been regularly updating RIFT with content patches filled with dynamic changes every couple of months. Now RIFTs first proper expansion Storm Legion is ready....
View ArticleRift Storm Legion is out today triples the worlds size
If youre a Rift fan Storm Legion is the biggest of deals. Two ginormous new continents an island stronghold city for both Guardians and Defiant ten more levels and an expanded Ascended class system....
View ArticleRift Storm Legion handson proves that the subscription model isnt dead its...
Lets talk game mechanics for a second. Im going tonbspecho MMOblogger Syncainenbspin saying that MMO game mechanics are poor. Would you play a single game that played like a typical MMO for hours on...
View ArticleTrion take control of End of Nations by moving development inhouse
Following the news that Petroglyph are to let go 30 staff it looks like their publisher Trion Worlds is taking the game they were working on the MMO RTS End of Nations inhouse.nbsp
View ArticleRift team hit by layoffs at Trion Worlds
About 40 members of Trion Worlds inhouse development team were laid off yesterday an affected employee has told Gamasutra. The job losses reportedly leave the Rift team at around twothirds strength.
View ArticleTrion Worlds to publish Korean MMO ArcheAge in the West
Rift developers Trion have signed a deal with XL Games to publish ArcheAge the MMO followup to Lineage currently in beta in South Korea. ArcheAge will be released in North America Europe Turkey...
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