[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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The MOP Up: Valheim comes to Microsoft’s store this month
That kooky Norse survival sim Valheim is sending a raiding party to new shores -- in this case, to Microsoft itself. The company announced...
Massively Overthinking: Have you ever returned to an old MMO and fallen in love?
Earlier this month, MOP's Eliot penned a WoW Factor that doesn't quote but certainly does evoke the ol' Heraclitus quote about how you cannot...
Black Desert Console brings quality-of-life adjustments to Node and Conquest Wars
Taking part in the Node and Conquest Wars of Black Desert on console should hopefully be a nicer experience overall thanks to this week's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 388: Elyon descends through finite care
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic's Wrath pre-patch, New World's new servers, Elyon's sunset, Bless Unleashed's sunset, EVE Online Uprising, Star Trek Online's Wil Wheaton, and Temtem's launch, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, with a lightning round of MMO questions from the mailbag.
Global Chat: Will World of Warcraft ever give up its raiding fixation?
MMO blog Kaylriene posted a lengthy article recently examining the state of the non-raiding scene in World of Warcraft while comparing it to Blizzard's...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most ‘generic’ MMORPG?
A few podcasts ago, MOP's Justin said something in passing that struck me so hard I wrote it down to talk about further. In...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that took aim at World of Warcraft
The fact that we currently have a Big Five in the MMO space is a big change from not so long ago, when the...
Choose My Adventure: Making a house and making character progress in Chimeraland
This week in Chimeraland was all about growth - not necessarily for my big round boy Chonkhonk but for my abode and for McFishy...
Why I Play: Returning to Diablo III in 2022
I don't know if there's a marketing term for this phenomenon, but Diablo Immortal did an excellent job selling Diablo III.
Popular streamers all caught...
Perfect Ten: Small features that still make RIFT awesome
When I re-installed RIFT this past month, I knew I was setting myself up for heartache. It is, after all, one of my all-time...
Blizzard concludes Diablo III season 27 testing, gives season 26 end date
Diablo III picked up quite a bit of momentum this year with the release of Diablo Immortal's totally un-bodacious monetization: Its gameplay aged better...
Gamigo director and producer moves to new position at co-development studio Lost Boys Interactive
Gamigo has seen one of its executive-level staffers shift to a different company entirely: Matthew Pettit, who was part of Gamigo's Austin, Texas office...
Villagers and Heroes’ most recent update revamps the Arcane Rift of Pyrron and marks midsummer
Last time we checked in on Villagers and Heroes, the devs were talking up its fourth season of raids. Since that time, there was...
RIFT fansite posts detailed timeline of the Gamigo era
With RIFT now in its 11th year of live operation, fans no doubt have concerns and questions about the game's future under Gamigo's dubious...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMO starting zones you always avoid?
While some MMOs only offer you a single standard beginning zone from which to launch your legend, there are plenty that give players a...
EVE Valkyrie gets an August 5 sunset date, begins the process of removing itself from digital store shelves
CCP Games has, at long last, confirmed what fans had already known: EVE Valkyrie, the first-person sci-fi dogfighting flight game, has gotten its final...
RIFT’s Summerfest events return today through July 26th
While the remaining RIFT players gaze nervously at Gamigo's dwindling gaming stables, Gamigo has been tossing them a snack in the form of annual...
Black Desert Mobile readies for its Heidel Ball as it brings a new region and PvPvE content in latest update
Players of Black Desert Mobile have a couple of important things to bear in mind for their favorite mobile MMORPG. First off, the Heidel...
Interview: ArcheAge’s Ham Young Jin on the Great Prairie, the western build, and beyond
ArcheAge is on the cusp of a big update this week as the Great Prairie releases on June 23rd, bringing with it a huge...
Black Desert PC revamped the Balenos region and quest in this week’s update
Black Desert's big PC this week went live yesterday, and at the heart of the release is a renewal for the Balenos core questline...
