RIFT News

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, [...]

"Epic siege battles are something we’ve all longed for in RIFT," the announcement reads, and now players shall have them. With the launch of Starfall Prophecy, players will be able to take on the first Fortress Siege, Xarth's Skull, storming the castle built "over millennia" by the Tuath'de and challenging Queen Una. Players will be able to take on Xarth's [...]

Trion Worlds announced today that RIFT's latest expansion, Starfall Prophecy, will be entering Open Beta on October 13th. While not specified, as RIFT's first paid expansion since it went free-to-play, it is likely that you will have to own Starfall Prophecy in order to take part. Starfall Prophecy's key features are as follows. Explore 5 new Zones, including: Scatherran Forrest, [...]

The announcement that RIFT: Starfall Prophecy would be a paid expansion was rather surprising. RIFT is a free-to-play title that previously released a free-to-play expansion. Why are players suddenly going to have to pay for new content once again? According to a statement that Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman sent to Polygon, this is what players want. You see, when [...]

Trion Worlds announced today that RIFT's latest expansion, Starfall Prophecy, will be launching this fall. The expansion will bring with it an increased level cap of 70, five "massive new zones," two new dungeons, a new raid, and two new types of content: Fortress Sieges and Rift Assault Adventures, in addition to plenty of other new and improved content and [...]

Trion Worlds announced today that RIFT has received a new 10-player raid called The Comet of Ahnket. The raid is described as follows. Raids are the ultimate player vs. environment content in most MMOs, and players will travel to The Comet of Ahnket to engage the latest planar evils and earn some of the best rewards in the game. The [...]

Trion announced today via press release that a new pack called the Essentials Edition has been released for its MMORPG RIFT. The Essentials Edition costs $49.99 and contains the following items. All of the Souls from the Nightmare Tide and Storm Legion DLC packs Primalist Calling with 6 Souls Planewalker: Water ability (gear unlock) 2 bag slots 2 Earring slots [...]

RIFT's fifth anniversary is still going strong with the launch of Update 3.6. This long-awaited update adds five new souls and multicore support, among other additions. The new souls are Frostkeeper, Maelstrom, Runeshaper, Shadeborn, and Warchanter. These souls are available to all Callings, allowing the mage to heal the tank or the rogue to deal damage to multiple targets, for [...]

Having originally launched in March of 2011, RIFT has officially reached the five year milestone. Given the number of shutdowns and cancellations we've seen in the past year or so, it's nice to be reminded that some games do continue to survive and thrive. As one of the games that is continuing on, RIFT is celebrating with a massive event [...]