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Trion World’s MMO rift has done well enough for itself, but with Tera underway and The Secret World and Guild Wars 2 looming, they’ve got to be feeling some heat. Can the newly revamped three-faction Conquest system keep folks playing?
Have you ever wished you could play the first 20 levels of Trion World’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game Rift with no time limit at no cost to yourself whatsoever? Damn, that’s a very specific wish. Also, you’re in luck, as Trion launches Rift Lite, which is exactly what you wanted.
Massively multiplayer gamers that haven’t taken a break from Trion World’s Rift to go play The Old Republic are a special sort of people. Now you can stay in touch with them via Rift Mobile, a free iOS app that allows players to chat with their friends and win fabulous prizes on the go.
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Plenty of massively multiplayer online role-playing games attempt to fulfil the promise of easy-in, easy-out gameplay to appease folks that don’t have a great deal of time on their hands and just want a quick fighting fix. Rift might be the first MMORPG to deliver.
Is it alternative advancement time already? Trion Worlds’ Rift got its 1.5 Ashes of History update on today, giving level 50 players the ability to fill a honeycomb-shaped board with powerful new abilities. What else does 1.5 have in store?
