[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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Massively OP Podcast Episode 166: Russia breaks the internet
Justin and Bree discuss DDO, Secret World Legends, Star Trek Online, Trove, Ultima Online, the Russian Telegram crisis' effect on MMOs, TERA, Kritika, RIFT Prime, and MapleStory 2, with mailbag topics on zoning out in MMOs and finding classic play niches in modern crowdfunded MMOs.
RIFT Prime temporarily disables its Trove of Mounts with fake inventory alarms
Can we agree that MMO players, collectively, get very excited about having new mounts? It seems like a statement that's almost a tautology at...
RIFT Prime reintroduces 10-player slivers and LFR
The sliver-spooned mouths of RIFT Prime subscribers are being filled with all manner of endgame challenges this week. With the first step forward of...
The Daily Grind: What was the most disappointing MMO expansion of all time?
Best and worst, top and bottom: It's fun to discuss video game in absolute extremes (at times). And I'll bet that a lot of...
RIFT progression server activates its first two raids
Yesterday RIFT's progression server took a step forward, pushing the line of content forward with some old endgame activities.
Two 10-player raids, Drowned Halls and...
Global Chat: Giving Project Gorgon a try
With Project Gorgon now out on Steam early access, many first-time visitors to this strange game are feeling out the world and its systems....
RIFT: Three more ‘content milestones’ in 2018, progression server’s lifespan extended
Trion Worlds is stepping up its communication game this week, first with a post on the imminent plans for RIFT's progression server and then...
Snag your very own Tinker Bell in Black Desert today
Fairy companions are live in Black Desert today! Players so inclined can pick up their very own Fairy Laila through the Fairy Queen Theiah...
Perfect Ten: Why trend-chasing doesn’t work at all for online games
Video games have always been a remarkably insular field; that's the nature of development. Someone produces Super Mario Bros, and a few years later...
RIFT Prime lays out progression server plans
The path ahead for RIFT's thriving new progression server has been revealed, as Trion Worlds finally laid out plans for what's to come on...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 165: Step into the Morninglight
Justin and MJ discuss Secret World Legends, DDO, WoW, Conan Exiles, RIFT, LOTRO, TERA, Ultima Online, ArcheAge, and Star Trek Online, with mailbag questions on combat combos and recapturing former players.
Trion declares RIFT Prime a ‘massive success’ with ‘thousands’ of subbing players
You'd hardly expect an MMO company to send along a press release declaring its game a failure, right? Indeed, Trion's PR this morning argues...
RIFT throws out second progression server challenge
While the wait continues to hear what RIFT is going to do with its Prime progression server, Trion Worlds has kicked off a second...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMO mobs you feel bad about killing?
Call me a softy, but I always cringe when I am sent in to slaughter the small, the fluffy, and the cute in MMOs....
Making my way through RIFT Prime’s progression server
It has been a month since that fateful day back in March when the MMO collectively lost its mind by rushing back to play...
GDC 2018: Bridging and embedding cross-platform online communities
As this year's GDC coverage is winding down, I am finally coming to the topic I saved for last: community. MMOs are more than just...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 164: Shroud of the Heroes
Justin and Bree discuss April Fools' Day across the MMO world, RIFT, DDO, Trove, Guild Wars 2, WoW, Sea of Thieves, Shroud of the Avatar, SWTOR, and FFXIV, with mailbag questions on MMO tourist modes and character customization.
RIFT Prime to talk about progression unlocks later this month
As RIFT's Prime progression server enters into its second month of existence, questions have loomed above the community that's making its way to level...
Global Chat: RIFT Prime numbers
RIFT's new Prime progression server certainly has recaptured or recruited many MMO bloggers to the game as of late, and it is all anyone...
GDC 2018: ARK Park’s Snail Games on VR, science, and the future of the franchise
As you may recall, I was given just a little time to hit up Snail Games' ARK Park a few days before I left for GDC...
