Next Rift Beta Event Ascends on Jan. 25

Still fresh from the fighting that its fourth beta event “Warfronts” saw last week, Rift: Planes of Telara already has the fifth installment planned out. “Battle of the Ascended” opens to closed beta testers starting January 25 until January 28.

If you’ve registered for the closed beta or got a guaranteed seat (an additional perk with each Rift pre-order), then look forward to reaching the new level cap of 30. Additional locations will also be unlocked during the “Battle of the Ascended” beta event such as the Scarlet Gorge zone, which was revealed last October as a hot zone both in literal temperature and faction conflict. There is also the Foul Cascade dungeon, that provides some mystery for long-time Rift fans since the said dungeon was not previewed before.

But if the next Rift beta event arrives by Jan. 25 and you still haven’t shaken off the bloodlust from doing “Warfronts”, you’ll be glad to know that the Black Garden and Codex will remain open for non-stop PvP. Trion must be emulating the concept of a TV lead-in, where the popular “Warfronts” event tries rub off its popularity –we hear it gained a million hours of playtime in the three days it was on– to the upcoming “Battle of the Ascended” event. We’ll see if it works.