[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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EVE Valkyrie shifts from testing to launch this month
Do you all remember betas? They used to be something games went through, back in the days before early access, alphas, pre-alphas, and pre-pre-alphas....
The MOP Up: Blade & Soul brings in the Warlock (March 6, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
RIFT starts the countdown to its fifth anniversary patch
Things are about to get crazy fun up in RIFT. The game is looking forward to celebrating its fifth birthday soon, an occasion that will...
The Daily Grind: What kind of MMO cities do you like?
I might be the very odd man out on this, but a large urban area (fantasy or otherwise) in an MMO is not a...
Perfect Ten: Ten weapons that should be in more MMOs
Swords, spears, axes, maces, and bows for fighters. Wands and fancy-looking staves for mages. Wolverine-style claws and double daggers for thieves. Some useless trinket...
HTC Vive will cost $799 but comes with two controllers and sensors
There's no getting away from it, VR gaming is going to be an expensive hobby to get into. Between the high system specs required...
RIFT asks players what they’d like in a brand-new bag
Inventory space is at a premium in RIFT, but that's always been an issue. The designers are aware of the issue, and they are...
RIFT’s next soul pack will contain a soul for each calling
Do you feel sufficiently soulful in RIFT? The game's next major patch will contain a new pack of souls for players to purchase for...
Massively OP’s MMORPG Valentine’s Day 2016 roundup
If you're one of those gamers who needs goofy real-world holidays in your MMOs, then this weekend is for you, as sappy pink hearts,...
RIFT will soon let you buy any of its 8,100 artifacts for credits
Whether you call them shinies or sparklies, artifacts are a fun little diversion in RIFT that can pay off with special toys, mounts, and...
Global Chat: Saying farewell to City of Steam
No doubt by now you have heard that the indie steampunk City of Steam has been shuttered. And while its demise won't change the...
Hellbug event makes strange bedfellows of Trove and Defiance
One thing that's quite apparent by now is that Trion Worlds adores its crossover promotions. It's happening again, as Defiance's hellbugs are breaching the...
RIFT talks about its new souls, one might be the Maelstrom
The RIFT community is certainly abuzz about all of the big changes and plans for the game in 2016, not the least of which...
RIFT is testing multicore processing support
Technology is vital to every single MMO that we play and is also almost completely invisible. When a game is running well, you don't...
One Shots: On a highway to Hell
The Secret World has needed awesome mounts since, oh, day one, and it does my heart good to see players rumble about on hogs,...
Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Social outcomes and online gamers
Of all the chapters in Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Video...
RIFT’s subscription package improves as F2P gets a little worse
In all of the hubbub surrounding Trion World's changes to the business model of RIFT, it might've been easy to overlook the fact that...
Massively Overthinking: Old MMORPGs, disco, and pop culture phenomena
A reader named Rob provides this week's Massively Overthinking topic. It's a really good one!
"Why isn't playing an old MMO from a previous decade...
More souls and massive tech improvements head to RIFT this year
As RIFT approaches its fifth birthday this spring, Executive Producer Chris Junior revealed many exciting changes and improvements that are coming to the game.
The fun...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 49: Marvel Heroes 2016 interview
Justin and Bree are joined by Marvel Heroes devs discuss Marvel Heroes 2016. We also talk The Repopulation's engine switch, The Division's beta, and business model shenanigans in RIFT, Trove, SWTOR, and The Secret World.
