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In the latest of our series of interviews with MMO creators, big and little, we go back to last year’s best MMO, Rift. We saw it as a mechanically-experimental game that had stuck to a safe fantasy MMO formula. Our three interviewees are Chief Creative Officer Scott Hartsman, design Producer Hal Hanlin and Producer Adam Gershowitz. Let’s see how they see themselves now… (more…)

It continually amazes me how often Trion Worlds adds to Rift, its MMO. Since the game's launch in March this year we've seen five full-fledged content updates, and the sixth, Ember Isle, is on the way. It looks to be the largest yet, too. Patch 1.6, Ember Isle, is adding an entire new zone, new dyna...

When did we last write about Trion’s MMO Rift? Oh, May. Just two months after it launched. Whoopsie. Well, fortunately Trion have put out a video showing how the game’s grown over the last seven months. It’s jolly dramatic, and conveys both that Rift is holding its own against the big-boy competition, and that for all the talk of freeform progression in other respects it’s holding fast to genre convention. I.e. “bored of WoW? Come hither, come hither” is the presumed message.(more…)

#gdconline Tonight at the second annual Game Developers' Choice Online Awards in Austin, the GDC honored the best in online gaming. Three Rings Design's won Best Online Game Design with their charming MMO Spiral Knights. KingsIsle Entertainment's Wizard 101 won the Audience Award, and Minecraft won both of the categories in which it was nominated, Best Community Management and Best Live Game. More »

#trion Imagine the lovechild that would emerge from the coupling of, say, Epic's Gears of War and Zynga's Adventure World. You'd get all the gritty action and polished mechanics of a AAA game buoyed by a constant stream of updates and content. Daddy's eyes and mommy's brains, so to speak. And sequels? With a back-end where developers could create and respond to a game's community much faster than is currently possible, they'd become a thing of the past. More »

#rift Is it alternative advancement time already? Trion Worlds' Rift got its 1.5 Ashes of History update on today, giving level 50 players the ability to fill a honeycomb-shaped board with powerful new abilities. What else does 1.5 have in store? More »

Rift players know better than anyone how frequently Trion Worlds patches their MMO, and just how large the patches are. Each new patch to date has not only included new raids, dungeons and player-versus-player content, but have also come with ongoing world events that push the story of Rift forward and give players of all levels more to do. Patch 1.5, Ashes of History, is no different...

Legacy of the Fallen, the fourth major content update to Trion Worlds' MMORPG RIFT is now live on North American servers. The update features several key content additions and gameplay improvements, including open world PvP rifts, the "Drowned Halls" 10-player raid, a new epic quest line, cross shard Looking-for-Group, and much more...

With each new patch, developer Trion Worlds takes the opportunity to address something missing or underrepresented in the MMO Rift. The last patch introduced a major raid area, and the patch before introduced the concept of Slivers, entrances to other elemental planes. Patch 1.4, due sometime in...

Not all healers are peace-lovers or back-of-the-pack weaklings!

Rift appears to be one of the only recent title to take a modicum of wind out of World of Warcraft's sails. It makes sense, then, that Trion would respond to WoW's new free-to-play mode with an offer of its own: namely, the temporary markdown on the Rift client to a measly $4.99.

Trion Worlds today unveiled a new Facebook app that allows all visitors to the RIFT page (fans and non-fans) to send personalized themed e-cards to friends on the social networking site. The app allows users to superimpose up to three faces (humans, animals, insects, or otherwise) into six RIFT-themed greeting cards featuring Dwarves, Elves, and Bahmi, along with notable non-player characters such as Cyril and Asha Catari...

When Rift patch 1.3, The Waves of Madness, lands on hard drives worldwide next week, players will be treated to some brand new content, a couple new features and -- and this is the cool part -- free weekly server transfers for all characters. On the 22nd, when players log in to Rift, the festivi...

Prepare yourself for the Waves of Madness in Update 1.3 to Rift!

Play on a new quest coming with version 1.3 in this walkthrough.

When the next major update for Trion World's massively-multiplayer online game Rift hits this summer, players and whole guilds will earn unlimited free weekly server transfers, taking all stats, items, currencies, and achievements with them. More »

When the next major RIFT update hits early this summer, subscribers will be treated to a surprise free character transfers. Trion Worlds announced today that with RIFT 1.3, players will have the ability to move to select servers in their territory once each week, taking all items, achievements, and titles with them. Additionally, guild leaders will be able to move their guild's level and experience...

Dominate the souls of your opponents with some serious magical prowess.

Looking for a way to dip your toes into the world of Rift without putting a rift in your wallet? Steam has you covered, with a 33 percent discount on both the standard and Collector's Edition of the MMO, which both include a one-month subscription and "Ascended Gift Pack" filled with in-game goods.

#mixandmagic With eight different souls to choose from, a mage in Trion Worlds' MMO Rift never turns out quite like a mage anywhere else. More »

Crysis 2 for $34.99 heads up a day of video game bargains at Amazon.com today, with Madden, Sonic, and PC MMO Rift all on the receiving end of deep discounts. As seen on Cheap College Gamers! More »

For a week, anyway. There’s a 7-day trial up on the main Rift site, which allows you to play the dimension-bleeding fantasy MMO for no pennies. I’ve still not got around to dabbling, but I understand from Dan’s review, and also from a few of you lot who are playing, that it’s one of the more interesting takes on the MMO business of late (despite some issues with the big public events…)

Anyway, go take a look!

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. - Trion Worlds today launched two new programs designed to give gamers a free taste of the immensely popular fantasy MMORPG, RIFT. The RIFT 7-day Free Trial lets players experience the besieged world of Telara for a full week at no cost, and the Ascend-a-Friend program rewards...

Trion Worlds today released patch 1.2 for its first MMO, Rift. The patch, which primarily focuses on the end-game for high-level players, includes new zone events and a new 10-man raid in a Sliver -- a spot on Rift's world of Telara where the planes kind of collide. You can read a whole lot more about the Rift 1.2 patch here...

#freetrial You've had two months to look at videos and screenshots and complain about how much of a World of Warcraft clone it is. Now you can try Trion Worlds' Rift for free and potentially score your Rifting friends a virtual puppy in the process. More »

#mmoupdate If you've lost friends to Trion Worlds' massively-multiplayer online role-playing game Rift, prepare to get them back in an annoying fashion next week, when the 1.2 update hooks its claws into Facebook. More »

Trion Worlds announced today the second major update to its popular MMORPG Rift hits servers on Tuesday, May 10th. In Rift 1.2 "The Spoils of War," Trion adds Facebook integration, a new type of instanced content called a "Sliver," additional zone events, and several in-game features, including a Looking-for-Group system, an additional role, and a Wardrobe...

When Rift first launched it was followed with a flurry of support from its developer and publisher Trion Worlds. The few bugs that launched with the game were rapidly fixed and new content and design tweaks started flowing almost immediately. On May 10th this trend continues as Trion launches Patch 1.2...

Attack from any angle or distance with the versatile Rogue Class!

#rollyourown In Trion Worlds' massively-multiplayer online role-playing game Rift, eight different souls come together three-at-a-time to create many different flavors of rogue. Here are just a few. More »