rift

It's always surreal when real MMOs cross the divide between niche and mainstream to be referenced in television and films. Depending on how you...

Pour one out for one of the few remaining RIFT servers: Bloodiron is closing down. Gamigo made the announcement this morning, characterizing it as...

What RIFT may lack right now in terms of regular content update cadence, it hopefully makes up in unicorns. That's the hope of the...

I do not have nice things to say about RuneScape. I have never had nice things to say about RuneScape. I also do not...

Elsword's roster recently expanded to include the sparkplug character of Lithia: "A real 'gem' of a character and a glittering addition to the stylish...

Hokay, RIFT, we need to talk about something with your announcement of Summerfest's return. You start that announcement by stating that it's been a...

Remember back at the end of 2020, when Gamigo began rather obviously to divest itself of most of its publishing agreements and video games,...

Remember back in spring when Gamigo announced it would be merging down the RIFT servers into four remaining shards? There followed a period in...

When you look up at the night sky and everything's going nuts, it's either the end of the world as we know it or...

We talk a lot about MMOs that fail here on Massively Overpowered. I wrote a whole column about how our standards of success are...

In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...

Normally in these Perfect Ten lists, I'm very outward-facing. I like to create lists that are as helpful or amusing as possible for others...

Even though all MMORPGs compete for our time, affection, and -- above all else -- money, it doesn't mean that they can't get along....

Here is your periodic reminder that RIFT was packed full of some of the most adorable creatures in the MMO space, from corgis to...

This is either a tale of two games that start with the letter V, two games that are working on new zones, or two...

Have we said how utterly bizarre it is to see RIFT pop up in our feeds this much recently? Not that we're complaining, mind...

The countdown clock is ticking toward next month's RIFT server merges in which a trio of worlds will be folded into other realms. While...

This week marks another bit of odd activity in RIFT, which appears to be associated with earlier server merging and server transfers: Gamigo is...

The great RIFT server merge of 2024 looms on the imminent horizon as Gamigo continues to shepherd players off of the soon-to-be-closed realms. To...

So here's something to add to your "I never thought I'd see this in 2024" list, and it comes with both good and bad...