[AL:Rift]Official Site:Â RIFT
Studio:Â 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 Overthinking: Forced socializing in MMORPGs
Massively OP Patron Jackybah has a question for this week's Massively Overthinking that's probably going to kick up some dust. He wonders whether MMO...
The MMOs of the Steam Summer 2017 Sale
After some ups and downs this afternoon -- everybody loves the "try again later" message, right? -- Valve's summer Steam sale is finally underway...
RIFT doubles loyalty points on store purchases
Been saving up your nickels and dimes for trips to the malt shop and the penny candy counter? (Also, do you have some sort...
E3 2017: CCP’s VR sports game Sparc debuts new trailer, summer PSVR launch
First announced back in February, CCP's multiplayer VR sports sim Sparc is getting the E3 treatment this week, being available for play (and spectating)...
RIFT doubles all advancement this weekend
It's hard to decide whether double XP weekends in MMOs are a blessing or a cruel prank. On one hand, hey, faster advancement and...
Perfect Ten: My favorite MMO dungeons
It's hard to look at an MMORPG and imagine them without dungeons. For some people, these instances are the core of their game experience,...
Villagers and Heroes enlists community to help unlock Starfall update
Calling it one of the most "monumental builds" to ever come to the game, Villagers and Heroes is preparing to unleash Patch 4.0: Starfall...
RIFT makes good on Prophecy of Ahnket promises
A slightly ambiguous Facebook post had some RIFT players worried that the game was finished with its current expansion cycle altogether.
In a discussion about...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 119: Finalest Fantasy
Justin and Eliot discuss FFXIV, FFXI, Black Desert, Neverwinter, World of Warcraft, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, EverQuest, Allods, and RIFT, with mailbag questions on MMO role homogenization, PvP pay-to-win, and the Marvel Heroes uproar.
The Game Archaeologist: How Sceptre of Goth shaped the MMO industry
When it comes to text-based MMOs created in the '80s, '90s, and 2000s, the sheer number of them would blot out the sky. There...
RIFT surveys players on ‘challenge server’ idea, hosts artifact weekend
You might recall that back in March, the RIFT producer's letter stated that the team was mulling over the idea of instituting limited-run "challenge...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best dungeon crawling experiences?
Dungeons are deeply on my mind as of late, mostly because I've been missing doing them in MMORPGs. It's odd: In particular MMOs, I...
One Shots: Head of the class
What do you do if you're a sentient stone head who has been tasked with centuries of guard duty? You probably do a lot...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 117: Starfall no more
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin is joined by MJ to chit-chat about The Secret World (Legends), ESO Morrowind, TERA, RIFT, Wild West Online, Guild Wars 2, ARK, Conan Exiles, EverQuest II, Warframe, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs, F2P MMO recommendations, and our old Marvel Heroes guild.
RIFT’s Starfall Prophecy name change was provoked by a trademark lawsuit
If you were a little bit puzzled by Trion's announcement this week that it was changing the name of RIFT's latest expansion from Starfall Prophecy...
RIFT changes Starfall Prophecy to Prophecy of Ahnket; get it free this weekend
RIFT's latest expansion is getting a name change from Starfall Prophecy to Prophecy of Ahnket. No, it's not some veiled NGE; it's just an...
Trion streamlines its Glyph launcher to decrease its memory footprint
If you play one of Trion Worlds' online games, then chances are very good that you also use Trion's Glyph launcher on a daily...
This RIFT fan trailer will elevate you to startling emotional heights
Here at Massively OP, we are not above indulging in our geek tooth with a fan-made trailer every now and then. Sometimes you just...
Perfect Ten: Time travel in MMORPGs
Over the years, I've been fascinated with the concept of time in MMORPGs. It's one of those things that developers probably don't want you...
RIFT, Trove, and ArcheAge start accepting Razer zGold
There's a new way to pay in Trion Worlds' games, and that way is Razer zGold.
Trion announced this week that all of its games,...
