Beginning on June 12, Rift will be joining the growing list of free-to-play MMOs. The game’s existing content such as its dungeons, Warfronts, raids and its future update will be available to all players free of cost. However players who have purchased the game prior to Rift’s free-to-play launch will be able to experience a few additional perks. Players who choose to buy Rift prior to June 12 will have access to to extra character and bag slots, as well as expansion souls.
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Rift Goes Free-to-Play in June
Posted 14 May 2013 by Chloe Kung
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Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen to Arrive in North America and Europe in April
Posted 23 January 2013 by Chloe KungWelcoming both new players and veterans, Capcom has released new information about the upcoming expansion for their action RPG Dragon’s Dogma. Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen will feature a new quest where players explore the Bitterblack Isle and fight over 25 new enemies, earn new skills, earn over 100 possible pieeces of new weapons and armor sets, 14 new Pawn augments, new tiers of equipment enchancement, increased character customization, item appraisal, and the option to select Japanese voice over.
Players who have played the original Dragon’s Dogma will be able export and use their existing characters and earn perks such as 100,000 Rift Crystals, unlimited Ferrystones and the Gansys Armor pack.
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen will be available for purchase at retailers on the Xbox360 and PlayStation 3 in North America on April 23, 2013 and in Europe on April 26. The expansion will be available on the PlayStation Network as a digital download beginning on April 23, 2013.
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TRION’s MMOFPS is getting a whole stack of special pre-order editions and it’s also a good way to get on the beta test which got underway this past weekend. There are a variety of options featuring all sorts of goodies and here’s the details…
Defiance Pre-Order (£44.99 console, £34.99 PC) Bonuses Include:
- Outlander outfit helps you blend in with the locals
- Iron Demon title lets potential enemies know you are not to be messed with
- Retailer Exclusive pre-order weapon that gives you a leg up out of the gate
- 3-Day XP boost helps establish you on the battlefield
- Beta Invitation – get in the game early!
Defiance Digital Deluxe Edition (£64.99 console, £54.99 PC) Includes:
- Rare VBI Sentinel Shield helps you never let your guard down
- In-game title: Badlands Drifter
- Ark Infiltrator outfit – look good while crackin’ skulls
- Hydra heavy weapon helps you bring the boom early
- +5 Increased inventory space – don’t leave home without it
- 30-Day scrip boost – more everything!
- 30-Day XP boost – level up faster!
- Lock Box – sweet random rewards!
Defiance Collector’s Edition (£64.99 console, £54.99 PC), available only at GAME, includes the Digital Deluxe items and adds the following:
- Unique Defiance Collectors Box
- CD soundtrack – from legendary composer Bear McCreary
- Exclusive Art of Defiance book – unique stills and never-before-seen renders
- Exclusive Hellbug statue
- An official Von Bach Industries contract
- Defiance Post Cards and stickers
- Bonus “Making of Defiance” DVD
- 7-Day scrip boost
- 7-Day XP boost
Defiance Ultimate Edition (£89.99 console, £79.99 PC), available only at Amazon, adds the following to the Collector’s Edition:
- Exclusive Defiance Messenger Bag
- Exclusive in-game title: Pale Wars Ronin
- One Year Season Pass (All DLC) for Xbox 360, Windows PC, and PlayStation®3 1200 Bits
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RIFT Job Losses at TRION
Posted 12 December 2012 by Paul Younger
It’s not been long since the Storm Legion expansion was released and there’s some bad news as around 40 RIFT position have been made redundant at TRION according to Gamasutra. TRION issued a statement which reads:
As a response to market conditions, product timelines and the natural evolution of our company, we have made some organizational changes, which include a workforce reduction. This was a difficult decision and we wish the best for those affected by these changes. At Trion, we remain focused on delivering top quality online game experiences, and are committed to supporting RIFT and launching our highly anticipated new titles Defiance, Warface, and End of Nations in 2013.”
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One of the cool new features being added to the RIFT: Storm Legion expansion is player housing, or Dimensions to use the proper term. This new video gives you an example of what will be possible to players of the MMO.
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As we get closer to the release of the RIFT: Storm Legion expansion next month, TRION has posted some information on the Tempest Rising v1.11 update which leads up to the expansion release. The update includes major class updates to the Soul System with a soul reset, the Tempest Rising World Event which includes early access to the expansion dungeon Exodus of the Storm Queen.
Players are also being invited back for free between 7-11 November so if you’ve not been in for a while take the opportunity to check out some of these updates.
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Some big news for RIFT fans today as the first expansion Storm Legion has been given a release date of 13 November. Pre-orders are now being taken and if you take out a year’s subscription of RIFT you will get the expansion absolutely free with the following bonuses.
- “Landslide” – an Earthen Juggernaut that matches your swiftest mount’s speed.
- The “Stormbringer” in-game title.
- Early Dungeon Access: Exodus of the Storm Queen
- Exclusive Cape
Fancy taking the plunge? Head to the Storm Legion site now.
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Just ahead of Gamescom, TRION has released a new developer diary for the upcoming expansion detailing the many new features players will enjoy on it’s release.
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TRION will be holding a special reveal on their Twitch channel for the Storm Legion expansion Mage soul updates. The broadcast will air on 10 August on their channel at 9:30 PM GMT here.
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TRION Bring Rift: Storm Legion Expansion and Defiance PvP to Gamescom
Posted 7 August 2012 by Paul Younger
TRION are going to have a very busy Gamescom this year. On show for the first time will be the new RIFT expansion Storm Legion and its ‘Dimensions’ massive battles as well as new dungeons for the MMO .
It’s also worth getting excited about the first showing of unseen PvP gameplay from their upcoming TV/MMO tie-in Defiance. Fianally, as it’s worth a mention, they will also be showing the campaign mode for their RTS End of Nations.
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From today, players are being invited back to the world of Telara and RIFT to try out the latest content that’s been added to the game. Previous subscribers with characters above level 20 can login from today through to Sunday 29th with unrestricted access. Recently added features include Conquest (three-faction PvP), four new zones of Instant Adventure, the new Primeval Feast raid sliver, and the Mentoring system. If like me you have not logged in for a while then head to this page and get started.
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Aion Update 3.1 Arrives Tomorrow
Posted 17 July 2012 by Paul Younger
NCSoft will be pushing out another update to AION tomorrow, 18 July, which takes the game to 3.1 and brings new events, features, content and some major changes to help players get their characters up to speed.
Level requirements for Alquimia Research Center, Aetherogenetics Lab, Steel Rake, Theobomos Lab, and Adma Stronghold have been reduced, allowing these instances to be completed by smaller groups of players at lower levels. Mobs in Alquimia Research Center and Aetherogenetics Lab will give increased XP, while bosses will drop Fabled and Heroic equipment. Theobomos Lab and Adma Stronghold will be open to both factions, and will contain five new quests for each faction to experience.
A new shared server will be available: the Fast-Track Server, which can be accessed as easily as switching channels in-game. This server is designed for players level 1-50, and grants double XP—level in half the time! Rift buffs will always be up on the Fast-Track Server, while rift buffs will be taken down on the standard servers!
And if you have not been to the Abyss in awhile, you may want to grab some friends the next time you venture in: A new and terrible world monster, the volcanic Moltenus, now lurks the Abyss.
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You’ll have to wait until the end of the year to get a taste of the RIFT expansion Storm Legion, but if you want to see what the art team are up to, TRION released some new art which does look great.
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He’s known for his predictions (which are not always right I might add) and today at the Develop conference in Brighton Michael Pachter, analyst for Wedbush Securities, commented on the current state of the MMO market. As part of his session at the conference, he used Star Wars: The Old Republic as an example of the MMO market reaching its maximum player base.
“In the next couple of years [following 2008] MMOs peaked; we didn’t know that [it had peaked] until Star Wars launched. I, and many other likeminded people thought that Star Wars would expand the market place.
“Star Wars was supposed to bring in all of these new people that had never played an MMO before, just because they loved the brand. We know that Rift just took players from other existing MMOs, and the same with Conan and Lords of the Rings. Now the same thing has happened with Star Wars.
“It looks to me as though the MMO market is as big as it’s ever going to be – as far as subscription MMOs. People willing to play $15 a month.., there are six or seven million of them. Period. If Star Wars couldn’t expand it, when it’s made by BioWare, nothing can do it.
“That’s why Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios went out of business, because he couldn’t get financing [for his MMO].”
It’s a bold statement and not necessarily one that I agree with. The problem as I see it is that there is a lack of innovation in the genre, too many MMOs attempt to use the same game mechanics and model which is no longer exciting for MMO gamers. The World of Warcraft model has been done to death and games that follow a similar path, SWTOR being one of them, offer little new to gamers who enjoy the genre.
John is at Develop all week so keep an eye on IncGamers for more news from the conference.
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Blizzard are currently looking at a few ideas to allow gear swapping for Magic Find. So far they have offered up five scenarios to the community, setting a magic find cap, adjust magic find over time and use your average MF% or your lowest MF% of the last 5 minutes, zero-out your MF% for 3 Minutes after swapping gear and gear swapping interacts with Nephalem Valor.
These ideas have been thrown out to the community for feedback and you can read the full list after the break. Nice to see Blizzard finally trying to get some community feedback.
