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Trion Worlds announced today that a new subscription based fresh start progression server is coming to Rift this Spring. The new service, titled Rift Prime (Amazon prime much?), offers players an alternative way to experience the fantasy MMORPG. The Prime servers will feature a cosmetic-only cashshop with absolutely no lockboxes. Trion Worlds arrived at the decision to launch a subscription [...]
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Last week Rift made headlines across the MMO press by allowing players to purchase best in slot gear via the cash shop, but their latest move has managed to attract the ire of the general gaming media. There is now a new loot box for sale which contains a random, tradable mount. The price for this mount-box? $100 USD. Rift's [...]
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RIFT has announced its new update, the 4.3 Update, coming on October 25th! More in-depth blogs and livestreams will be coming up in the coming days, but for now, Trion Worlds has highlighted two of the main features coming in Patch 4.3! New Tier 2 Raid: Bastion of Steel New Mage Soul: Mystic Archer For the Bastion of Steel, Crucia has [...]
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RIFT's latest update, 4.2, has officially gone live! Celestial Storm, brings with it new Raid Rifts, a new Instant Adventure, new creatures, and more! Lets break down the contents of this new update! Players will be heading to Vostigar Peaks, with new questlines, and new NPCs to meet. The zone itself is a "cool, sweeping mountain range." The following is [...]
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RIFT's latest expansion, Starfall Prophecy, will heretofore be known as "Prophecy of Ahnket." The reason for this is that Trion Worlds has become "acquainted with" the Starfall Education Foundation and has changed the similar expansion name out of respect. But that's not all. Anyone who logs into RIFT between now and May 14th will receive the full Prophecy of Ahnket [...]
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RIFT 4.1: Forged in Flame went live earlier today, bringing with it an assortment of new endgame content for owners of the game's Starfall Prophecy expansion. The update introduces a new, 10-person raid called the "Tartaric Depths"; a Life Fortress Siege called "Cracking Xarth's Skull," in which players attempt to siege the Xarth's Skull fortress where Queen Una reigns; and [...]
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how Smite's Grover was added to Paladins as a sort of crossover between Hi-Rez's games? Trion Worlds announced over the weekend that it plans to do something similar with RIFT and Atlas Reactor. RIFT's recognizable Defiant character, Asha Catari, will be ing Atlas Reactor as a playable freelancer. Very few details about the Freelancer version of Asha have been [...]
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It seems that RIFT's Starfall Prophecy expansion is still going strong, as Trion Worlds announced late last week that, on March 1st, the game will be getting a new chapter in the Starfall Prophecy saga: a 10-player raid known as the "Tartartic Depths." The story of the new raid is as follows. This fiery prison was created by the devils [...]
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Starfall Prophecy, RIFT's first paid expansion since it went free-to-play, has arrived. Players can now jump into the game and explore the five new zones that make up the Comet of Ankhet. Players will encounter deserts, forests, marshes, and volcanic wastes in their journeys across the comet. They will be able to level up to level 70, take on two new [...]
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RIFT: Starfall Prophecy is now in Open Beta, during which all RIFT players can try out the expansion's five new zones, two new dungeons, and Fortress Sieges, as well as work their way towards the new level cap, completely free of charge. The official launch will follow on November 16th, at which time players will need to buy the expansion, [...]
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