RIFT Wants to Celebrate the Terrible Twos With You

Posted on Mar 04, 2013

Over the weekend, the freshman entry from Trion Worlds entered its second year as a premium MMORPG. RIFT, a fantasy MMORPG rocking a classless system filled with dynamic content, launched in March 2011 to a solid reception. Since this time, Trion Worlds has met an aggressive content schedule, releasing a myriad of patches large and small

Storm Legion Decends Upon RIFT With Official Launch Trailer

Posted on Nov 13, 2012

The world of Telara will never be the same. Trion Worlds has launched the first expansion to the company’s freshman entry into the competitive subscription-based MMORPG genre. Introducing players to two new continents, which triples the size of the previously-known world, a new social hub, 10 additional levels and four new souls, Storm Legion is

Trion Worlds Offers Storm Legion for Free With One-Year Subscription

Posted on Nov 01, 2012

What’s the most annoying aspect of an expansion for a AAA subscription-based MMORPG? Why paying for it of course! Trion Worlds is getting rid of that little hindrance with a new promotion. Players that purchase a year of subscription time for Rift by November 11 will receive Storm Legion, the first expansion for the MMORPG,

Prepare for the Storm – Rift Expansion Pre-orders Open

Posted on Sep 05, 2012

Storm Legion, RIFT‘s upcoming expansion, is now  open for pre-orders. It’s being offered in several tiers, from the basic no frill $39.99 version to the super deluxe $69.99 version that comes with a variety of goodies including such things as game time, mounts, and personal teleporters. I’ll say one thing for Trion, they sure know how to

LoreHound Crier: Week of 7/20 In a Glance

Posted on Jul 20, 2012

This week is slow as I wake up… due to various happenings, my schedule is almost reversed this week and I’m finding myself eating breakfast at 2 in the afternoon. I’ve never minded being a night owl, but it is sad that I’ve been missing my gaming buddies all week and having to play it

What’s Behind Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Decline?

Posted on May 07, 2012

Earlier today, Electronic Arts had its stuffy quarterly report. The number, fact, and strategy filled report was of little interest to most MMO gamers until the mention of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Following the recent trend of LoreHound coverage, the mention wasn’t good. According to the publisher, TOR lost 24% of its subscribers, shedding

Two of My Favorite RPG Past Times Finally Coming To Rift (Patch v1.8)

Posted on Mar 30, 2012

I’ve been a sucker for fishing and cooking, or survival as its known in Rift, two new optional tradeskills being added in Patch v1.8, for as long as I could remember. Even in the single-player RPG days, I’d pick-up a fishing pole or cook a prize-winning dish for my party. They’re skills I’ve employed in

RIFT Subscription Packages At Deep Discount Until End of March

Posted on Mar 29, 2012

I’ve been clambering for subscription-based MMOG publishers to investigate alternative subscription rates for years. Not just because of the recent “external” pressure from the popularity of the free-to-play model. That’s a more recent occurrence. Even before the new (and exciting) business model began encroaching on the juvenile market, I was suggesting that smaller developers experiment

TERA To Feature “RIFT” Like Invasions

Posted on Mar 09, 2012

Called the Nexus system, TERA will feature “dynamic” public events where portals will randomly open up in the game world, allowing monsters from the enemy’s realm to pour in. Pretty much the same thing that is implemented into RIFT‘s system. When a “Nexus portal” opens up, a message will be announced on the server, and all players

RIFT Celebrating Linniversary. Did I do That Right?

Posted on Mar 01, 2012

To celebrate the March 1 launch of Rift last year, Trion Worlds is kicking off a one-year anniversary extravaganza. Seriously, what else did you expect the company would do? From February 29 until March 31, all players, Lite or subscribers, can experience everything that Patch 1.7 Carnival of the Ascended has to offer, from carnival