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Oculus Rift, a virtual reality head-mounted display (HMD) designed by Palmer Luckey and backed by John Carmack, will see its Kickstarter appeal begin around July 19, according to the designer.

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The PvP-focused Conquest patch for Rift will offer some new content for those who prefer to go solo. As detailed on PC Gamer, after patch 1.9 players can contribute to ongoing tri-factional conflicts by gathering and crafting resources which can help tip the balance in favour of one side or another, without having to participate in multiplayer battles.

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Rift’s first major expansion won’t require you to own a copy of the core MMORPG.

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Trion’s Conquest expansion for RIFT launches next week, and in order to celebrate the fact – and to get you pumped for it no doubt – the studio has released a new video showing the expansion’s merits. Watch it below.

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Trion CEO Lars Butler is of the opinion 38 Studios’ downfall was caused by more than financial issues, and BioWare’s SWTOR suffers from the lack of content.

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Trion has announced the first expansion for RIFT, Storm Legion, will release this fall.

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See RIFT’s new three faction PvP in extremely brief action in the trailer through the break.

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Trion has announced three faction PvP and open world conquest for RIFT. The area of Stillmoor is being revamped with “cross-shard, open-world PvP control points and sourcestone powered fortifications,” according to TenTonHammer, and in order for your faction to win, players will need to claim 40% of the control points or rack up 5,000 kills. Players will also need to align themselves with one of three factions and their totems: Dominion – The Ram, Oathsworn – The Lion, or Nightfall – The Raven. A PvP test for the new content will occur on RIFT’s pulic test server on Thursday, May 17 starting at 4.00pm PDT. Head on through the links to learn more.

Trion Worlds has released its Streaming Client for RIFT which will allow players to launch the game from the patcher without having to wait for the full data download to complete. This will allow players to jump into the fray within minutes, even if the patch is large. The game’s patcher will continue download the necessary updates in the background while you play. The new client works “best on a 5MBps or better connection,” and so those who have a slower connection should let the patch complete before attempting to launch the client. An in-game download indicator will show the current status of your download, and will disappear when the client is fully updated. Get more information through the RIFT forums.

Tron Worlds marketing executive Jim Butler believes the change from a time-limited to a level-limited trial is helping Rift maintain its success.

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Trion Worlds has released a new video of RIFT, in which the development team talk about the MMOs’ first anniversary and future plans for it, including upcoming content.

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RIFT is celebrating its one year anniversary with Carnival of the Ascended events.

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MMO Rift is to launch in Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, owner Trion World said today. The new releases of the popular fantasy game will be handled through Asiasoft, but there’s to be no localization from the English version. There’s a press release here.

Trion Worlds has announced its MMO RIFT has succeeded in setting the world record for the most in-game marriages in a 24-hour period. Officially recorded for the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition, 21,879 marriages were confirmed between 9.00am PST, February 14 and 9.00am PST, February 15. The record will be included in the 2013 edition of the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition. In addition to setting a record, all players who got hitched in the game, a feature launched with the recent content expansion Carnival of the Ascended, received the unique in-game title “The Avowed.” Screenshots featuring various nuptials are posted below along with a video.

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Trion Worlds and Chinese Internet firm Shanda Games have entered into an agreement which will see the release of RIFT in China. Shanda will hold the exclusive license for RIFT localized in Mandarin, a deal which Trion CEO Lars Buttler called “a huge step for Western premium games in China.” Trion’s expansion to Asia follows the firm’s recent $85 million round of equity financing, which will also help the firm along as it develops its consumer platform and full-scale publishing and development platform Red Door, later this year. The release of RIFT in Mainland China will be announced at a later date.

Origin has opened the doors to a swathe of third-party content providers, kicking things off with Trion Worlds’ Rift.

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EA has announced the addition of 11 new publishers to Origin, as well as Trion World’s MMO RIFT, which is available on the service starting today.

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Trion Worlds has announced it’s raised $85 million in a round of funding to help aid the firm’s expansion into Asia and further fund its development efforts.

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Trion Worlds would like to reassure you that your RIFT server is not about to close down. At present, 11 of the game’s servers have been labelled as “Trial” – but Trion promise there’s a perfectly valid reason.
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Trion Worlds announced today that its RIFT account database has been hacked, and private information such as: user names, passwords, birth dates, billing and email addresses, along with the first and last four digits of stored credit card information could have been compromised. However, the firm states that at this time, there is “no evidence” that such personal information has been accessed, and it has “no reason to believe, that full credit card information was accessed or compromised in any way.”

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