[AL:Rift]Official Site: RIFT
Studio: Trion Worlds
Launch Date: March 1, 2011
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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EVE Fanfest 2017: Hands-on with competitive VR sports game Sparc
At the end of February, CCP Games announced a new game that has nothing to do with EVE Online or even the EVE IP. Named Sparc,...
One Shots: Eight-bit vista
One of my favorite MMO April Fools of all time is Guild Wars 2's playable Super Adventure Box. It's so brilliantly designed and executed...
EVE Fanfest 2017: EVE Valkyrie adds atmospheric flight in Groundrush, coming April 11th
Virtual reality dogfighter EVE: Valkyrie has taken centre stage in the emerging VR landscape, growing from a tech demo developed by some devs at CCP Games...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 111: Secret World’s Destiny
Justin and Bree discuss The Secret World, City of Heroes vs. MxM, Paragon Chat, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2 SAB, April Fools' Day, WoW 7.2, Destiny 2, and Club Penguin, with reader mail on Funcom and MMO guilds.
April Fools’ Day 2017: Hijinks across the MMOverse
If you don't like tricks and jokes, just stop reading right now, turn the lights off, and go climb back into bed. Nothing on...
RIFT’s sixth Carnival of the Ascended has begun
Busy playing RIFT's Forged in Flame update? Bet you forgot all about the anniversary festival known as Carnival of the Ascended. Trion did! Well,...
RIFT’s Forged in Flame update today will treat endgamers to new content, LFR tools
MMORPG players can use some happy news today, yeah? How about this: RIFT's Forged in Flame patch is officially live.
The core of the update...
The Daily Grind: What anticipated MMO expansion turned out to be a disappointment?
It's with a heavy heart that I have to admit that RIFT: Starfall Prophecy kind of let me down. I was really, genuinely looking...
RIFT acknowledges expansion issues, talks about new zone and challenge servers
If you felt let down by the execution of RIFT: Starfall Prophecy, you're not alone. In this week's producer's letter, Trion Worlds admits that...
Massively Overthinking: When social play in MMOs is predatory by design
Blogger Tobold recently wrote a provocative piece on social play in MMOs, as pointed out to us by our dear tipster Sally. In a...
Trion will gquit its old studio tonight, moves into new digs this weekend
You might not notice, since the servers are fine and customer service is operating from Austin, but Trion's Redwood Shores studio is packing up...
Tamriel Infinium: Battlegrounds will change Elder Scrolls Online PvP forever
I've read all the impressions from the PAX East show that I could find, and they were all overwhelmingly mild -- including ours. As you...
Star Trek Online offers a broad overview of upcoming space combat balance changes
The space combat of Star Trek Online is pretty much the crown jewel of the game. It's intriguing, diverse, engaging, and pretty much everyone...
Virtual reality MMO OrbusVR has launched a one-week Kickstarter campaign
A week ago, we told you about OrbusVR, a full-scale VR MMORPG built for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift -- and today, the...
The Stream Team: Happy sixth anniversary RIFT!
What do you get an six-year old game on its birthday? How about a livestream! Massively OP's MJ is heading into RIFT to help...
OrbusVR is a sandbox MMORPG built for the Vive and Rift
If you count yourself among gamers actively seeking out MMORPG virtual reality experiences, you should probably take a peek at OrbusVR, currently in production...
RIFT delays Patch 4.1 until the end of March
Bad news for RIFT players looking forward to the release of Patch 4.1: Forged in Flames this week, as Trion Worlds announced that it...
Sparc is CCP’s new non-EVE VR sports simulator, due out 2017
A couple of weeks ago, I was puzzling over the fact that besides a few golfing and racing games, we don't have many sports...
Hundreds of housing items and dimensions are coming to RIFT in March
Next week marks RIFT's first big update of the Starfall Prophecy expansion cycle, Patch 4.1: Forged in Flames. When the patch drops on March...
One Shots: I am no man!
The big screenshot challenge last week was to capture action, not just still shots, in MMORPGs. This is tricker than it sounds, because you...
