The v1.7 version of Rift will bring many new features into the game including the marriage system. To celebrate, Trion will be attempting to set a world record on Valentine's Day for the most virtual in-game weddings in a 24-hour period.
Reported on Jan 25, 2012Trion Worlds has announced that Rift is now available on Origin. Players can purchase both the standard and Ashes of History versions of Rift that will include some in-game perks.
Reported on Jan 24, 2012In today's Chronicles of One Telaran, Caedryn the Dwarf continues his adventures in Rift and his 'handler', Paul Crilley, takes a crack at the Rift mobile app. He's got the skinny on all the groovy features in the app. Check it out and then tell us what you're thinking in the comments.
Reported on Jan 19, 2012With today's exciting news about Trion Worlds' financial health as well as this weekend's Return to Rift event, we wanted to find out more about what 2012 has in store. We had the opportunity to chat with Scott Hartsman about what the future holds both for Rift and for Trion Worlds. Read on and enjoy!
Reported on Jan 19, 2012According to an interview with Reuters, Trion Worlds' Lars Buttler has confirmed that Rift has generated $100 million in its first ten months. In addition, Trion Worlds has acquired $85 million in new funding revenue that will likely be used for future property acquisition or licensing.
Reported on Jan 19, 2012New and former Rift players are invited to check out a full weekend's worth of the game for free. From January 19-22nd, players can take advantage of the entire game for no cost.
Reported on Jan 19, 2012Yesterday, we reported that Trion Worlds was merging Rift servers based on a server-wide message players were receiving when logging in to affected servers. Trion has reached out to MMORPG.com to clarify what is actually happening.
Reported on Jan 13, 2012In the latest adventures of Caedryn the Dwarf, we take a look at the final Rift Chronicle, The River of Souls. It's pretty much as scary as it sounds. Find out why and then leave us your thoughts in the comments.
Reported on Jan 12, 2012Trion Worlds has announced a new subscription pricing plan that offers multi-month subscription discounts as well as a free month for any multi-month subscription purchased during January 2012. Rift players can get a year's worth of fun in our 2011 Game of the Year for only $99.
Reported on Jan 12, 2012According to RiftJunkies.com, players logging into Rift are being presented with a Message of the Day indicating that servers are being merged or turned into trial servers. Players are then given a suggested server to move to but can move to any currently active server.
Reported on Jan 12, 2012In this episode of Tripping the Rift, we take a look at Trion's Rift Mobile app, available now for iPhone and Android users. Do the features of Rift Mobile make it easier to stay connected to Telara? Find out!
Reported on Jan 10, 2012Earlier this week we kicked off our inaugural edition of our new "Screenshot of the Week" community feature, this time focusing on RIFT themed screenshots. After reviewing all of your submissions this week we are excited today to announce our first "Screenshot of the Week" winner!
Reported on Jan 05, 2012In today's Chronicles of One Telaran, Caedryn the Dwarf continues his epic journey in Rift by exploring the second Chronicle, Greenscale's Blight. Find out what Caedryn discovered during his time amongst the Fae. Leave us a comment or two when you're finished!
Reported on Jan 05, 2012Trion Worlds has sent word that the official Rift mobile application is now live on iTunes. An Android version will be released in beta form later this month.
Reported on Jan 05, 2012Trion has a new feature on the official Rift site in the form of a Developer Q&A. The community team gathers common questions for the team to answer and nine of them get the all-star treatment this week.
Reported on Jan 04, 2012Everyone loves to take screenshots of their favorite games, and we want you to share them with us and the rest of the MMORPG.com community! To that end, we're kicking off a new Screenshot of the Week feature this week, and we're looking to give out some cool swag. Some of our SOTWs will be themed to a specific game, and this week is one of 'em! So to get the ball rolling, we're going to focus on RIFT this week.
Reported on Jan 01, 2012In today's Chronicles of One Telaran, we find out that Caedryn the Dwarf has finally earned his first, albeit weird, mount AND is ready to take on the Chronicles. Caedryn describes Hammerknell in the way that only he can. Check it out and then leave us a comment or two.
Reported on Dec 28, 2011In the latest Chronicles of One Telaran, we continue the look at the Fae Yule celebrations currently ongoing in Rift. Check out what's transpired for poor Caedryn since the last time we checked in with him as he discovered that not all is bright ribbons and wrapping paper.
Reported on Dec 22, 2011Rift players will want to check their email for notification from Trion Worlds that the data servers have been compromised.
Reported on Dec 22, 2011Trion Worlds and the Rift team have released a new trailer shining the spotlight on the Fae Yule celebration currently ongoing in-game. Feast your eyes!
Reported on Dec 21, 2011