Our latest coverage of RIFT.
Gamigo might have let some of its other MMO titles go but it hasn’t given up on RIFT just yet. In fact, it’s just brought back its Hellbugs event this weekend to celebrate the Lunar New Year. The event returns with its usual quest lineup and a reskinned mount up for grabs. “You can find terrified NPC’s in Sanctum and [...]
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Gamigo has undergone its second round of layoffs this year which seems to have affected everyone from its executives to its rank-and-file employees, including RIFT’s last remaining community manager. The company has also announced that it will be shutting down its Aeria Games Portal and will be transferring publishing responsibilities for Aura Kingdom, Grand Fantasia, Last Chaos, and Shaiya to [...]
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Gamigo is belatedly celebrating RIFT’s 11th anniversary with the Budgie Carnival Celebration update which kicks off a pair of in-game events and adds new spring-themed items, all of which are now live in the free-to-play MMORPG. The Budgie Madness event features the return of the adorable bird-like Budgie mounts which can be acquired by trading in Chaos Motes collected during [...]
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If you’re wondering what happened to Rift’s big Q1 2022 update, well it seems that it’s been delayed but is still on track for release. The delay might have something to do with the recent layoffs that affected several MMO development teams except Fractured Online and which Gamigo still refuses to acknowledge or comment on. “We know that all of [...]
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The annual Carnival of the Ascended event has returned to RIFT with a new, and slightly less fantasy-esque name – Carnival 2020. The event usually runs side by side with birthday events which, for some unknown reason, seem to be missing for RIFT’s birthday this week. “It's the time of year to play some rigged carnival games once again! Are [...]
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MMOs.com has partnered with RIFT to give away codes that can be redeemed for a Racing Snail mount in-game. We have 1,000 codes to giveaway, so grab yours below: RIFT Racing Snail Mount Giveaway Redemption Instructions: Visit: The Rift Website and log into your account. Click on “Account” and then on Apply Code. Put in your promo code and you [...]
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Trion Worlds announced today that their classic server for Rift, titled Rift Prime, will be shutting down on April 7th, 2019. Players will be able to transfer their characters to any other live server within their regions (US or EU). As compensation for those who played on the prime server, anyone who reached level 50 will be able get a [...]
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The progression server for Rift, Rift Prime, is launching the Storm Legion expansion this fall and with it comes an increased level cap to 60, 2 new continents, new dungeons, raids, and more. Storm Legion itself isn't a new expansion, as it originally launched back in November 2012, but it's new to Rift's first progression server. Storm Legion Expansion Approaches [...]
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Rift launched patch 4.5 today and with it comes a flurry of balance changes with big changes for almost every class along with dozens of bug fixes. While today's patch didn't add any new content to the game it is following the blueprint laid out in Rift's developer letter in that they want to fix existing problems before introducing new [...]
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The previously announced Rift subscription progression server Rift Prime officially launched today. To play on Prime players will need to purchase patron status with Trion Worlds which runs anywhere from $8.33 a month (full year paid upfront) to $14.99 (paid monthly). The main reason to play Rift Prime is to re-experience Rift the way it used to be from the [...]
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