[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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Here’s everything you need to know about RIFT’s Starfall Prophecy expansion
When RIFT players cast their minds back to the last expansion, Nightmare Tide, chances are that two aspects that stick out more than the...
RIFT’s Starfall Prophecy is on sale before it’s been officially announced
If all the rumors from the last month about RIFT's Starfall Prophecy expansion didn't convince you it's happening, how about the fact that it's...
Global Chat: When MMORPG raiding becomes a job
When does a game go from fun to obligation? Xenophics wrote a gut-wrenching confession about how raiding in World of Warcraft became his "office,"...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 76: The fall of Firefall
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, Guild Wars 2, SOTA, SWTOR, Firefall, StarCraft Universe, Age of Wushu 2, and RIFT, with mailbag questions on early MMO adoption and permadeath in MMOs.
One Shots: Topless edition
We must warn you that this week's One Shots will be headlined by naked flesh from the waist on up. If you are reading...
Massively Overthinking: Starting over with MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic is from a reader named Yasser, who asked us:
"If you had to pick one MMO to experience all over...
EU gaming blogs seemingly confirm RIFT’s Starfall Prophecy expansion
Earlier this month, we wrote about a Trion Worlds video game software trademark filing for "Starfall Prophecy," which prompted speculation on whether that might...
The Daily Grind: What MMORPG city would you not want to see destroyed?
ArenaNet teased last week that some sort of doom might befall the Krytan city Divinity's Reach in the impending living world season, and I'm sad.
Guild...
One Shots: Strange voyages
As cool and iconic that Star Trek ships look, I've always thought they also came across as fragile, with pieces sticking out here and...
Social VR MMO MetaWorld will use SpatialOS just like Chronicles of Elyria
UK tech startup Improbable is stretching the bounds of the MMO and MMORPG again with its announcement that its SpatialOS will serve as the...
Trion’s Scott Hartsman on Trove’s console launch, fighting lag, and whether RIFT is next
Following Trion's announcement earlier this week that its cutesy voxel sandbox MMORPG Trove had registered five million players in its first year and that...
Perfect Ten: The most exciting MMO developments yet to come in 2016
In the annals of MMORPG history, 2016 might well go down as a very odd duck of a year. While on the surface it...
RIFT’s Summer Solstice patch is here
Fire up the grill and roast some weenies: RIFT's 3.7 update has arrived.
Today's Summer Solstice patch contains quite a lot for players to do and...
Trion has filed a Starfall Prophecy trademark – is it for RIFT?
Trion Worlds has filed a new trademark relating to video games this week: Starfall Prophecy.
A thread on the official RIFT forums has led to a...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs reward vets for helping newbies?
During this week's podcast, Justin explained to me something that Trion is up to in RIFT that blew me away: Players who have run...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 72: The dog days of summer updates
Justin and Bree discuss Riders of Icarus, Landmark, Age of Conan, RIFT, and Aion, with mailbag questions on FFA PvP tension and social encounters.
Check out all of the housing items coming in RIFT 3.7
We already know that RIFT's 3.7 update is trotting out a lot of new content in addition to the return of Summerfest, but what...
League of Legends’ overhauled Ryze lands on the test server
League of Legends character Ryze has had so many do-overs that even the Riot Games copywriter can't remember whether it's been three or four....
Global Chat: The verdict on Landmark
Landmark's launch hasn't gone unnoticed by the MMO blogging community. Several players have decided to use the game's official release as an opportunity to...
RIFT’s summer patch includes starter guilds, dungeon veterans, and the 64-bit alpha
Summer is the perfect time for cookouts, beach parties, sunburns, and meaty MMO patches. At least RIFT thinks so, as Trion Worlds is preparing...
