Three Faction PvP
Rift players participating on the Public Test Shard may be in for a treat this Thursday. The first ever three faction battle will be taking place at 4:00pm Pacific and it just might decide the fate of Telara. Or maybe I should i say all Telaras…
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Fired Up
Trion Worlds had one last treat for Rift fans prior to the launch of Update 1.8.
The company hosted a livestream on Facebook this afternoon, showing off the Infernal Dawn raid that will be rolled out with the update that goes live tomorrow in North America [...]
Rift Roundtable
Trion Worlds recently played host to a conference call roundtable Q&A session with various media outlets. Hal Hanlin, Scott Hartsman, and Adam Gershowitz talked about Rift‘s first year, Update 1.8, and their future plans.
The past.
The crew [...]
E3 Sucks
We aren’t saying it, but apparently E3 sucks. Multiple MMO gaming developers — even some already on the west coast — are shunning the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which surprises many people at our offices considering that a couple [...]
Totally Rifting Bro
Last week’s GDC came at a perfect time for Trion. The conference overlaps perfectly with RIFT’s one-year anniversary, and Producer Adam Gershowitz took us through some highlights of the past year as well as the current Carnival of the [...]
Step Right Up!
At last week’s Game Developer’s Conference, we got a closed-door session with Trion Worlds Producer Hal Hanlin, who gave us the scoop on what RIFT fans can look forward to in Update 1.8 and beyond. Some of this was teased in a promotional [...]
GDC: Ninja RIFT
The Game Developers Conference started this week. Why BioWare had a summit at the same time, we will never know. However, that will not stop us from catching the latest news. And the biggest question has been, “Where has RIFT been hiding?” [...]
Free Love
Rift’s 1.7 hotfix 6 patch notes have been released:
GENERAL
* Ember Isle can no longer be accessed by characters under level 48. Characters currently in Ember Isle below this level will be teleported back to their home city.
* Updated the way Rifts [...]
Expanding The Rift
Trion Worlds continues its aggressive expansion plans for RIFT, today announcing that it has agreed with game operator Asiasoft to exclusively distribute its MMORPG in six southeastern Asian territories: Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, [...]
A Blissful Record
“‘Til a death rift do us part”? That’s what tens of thousands of RIFT players might have said on Valentine’s Day, when Trion Worlds encouraged players to get hitched in the effort to secure a spot in the Guinness Book of [...]
