Category: Rift News

“Ocho” from the Rift Community Team has posted on the game’s official forums in response to players who are concerned about its future longevity. Ocho challenges the notion of doom by revealing that the team is growing, the population is strong and that there are concrete plans for the future.

The Rift community team will be on hand later today to show off the new Assault feature coming with the Into the Wilds update. The live stream will take place today at 3:30 pm Pacific / 6:30 pm Eastern in the Rift Twitch channel. In addition, players c…

Trion has announced that the v3.3 “Waking Nightmares” update will be launching on Wednesday, July 15th, with the first chapter in the ongoing saga. Players will be able to get a firsthand look at the new Planar Crafting, the Tarken Glacier Instant Adventure and a “more accessible variant” of the Gilded Prophecy raid.

The Rift team has let us know that the Echoes of Madness update has gone live on all servers. This update is notable for the overhauled 20-player Hammerknell raid, improved Instant Adventures, and the extensively redesigned Wardrobe system.

Trion has announced that the v3.2 Rift patch, “Echoes of Madness”, is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, April 15th.

The Rift team has announced that players will be able to participate in a brand new Instant Adventure in Hammerknell when the next update goes live. According to a developer blog on the Rift site, Hammerknell and overall improvements to the Instant Adv…

The Rift site has been updated with a new developer blog post to lay out all of the details about the forthcoming “Echoes of Madness” patch that most notably will contain significant changes to the game’s wardrobe system.

A little late to the party but never too late to get your Budgie on is the news that players can earn Rift in-game currency to saddle up a budgie thanks to the return of Budgie Madness. Taking part in daily races and saving up bird seed will allow play…

Rift players have a lot to look forward to in update 3.2, particularly with regard to wardrobe collections. Riftgrate.com has a terrific sneak peek packed with screenshots to give fans and players a good look at what they can expect.

Trion has released an interesting new info-graphic that shows some pretty cool facts about Rift in celebration of the game’s fourth anniversary. For instance, nearly 1.5B quests have been completed by Defiant (46% of the population) and Guardian (54% o…