Saturday Shorts: RIFT, Star Trek, Green Lantern, The Settlers 7, sales
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Saturday playtime is almost over, so to get you ready for a relaxing Sunday, here are some headlines and news highlights.
- Tons of RIFT: Phase 2 of the World Event kicked off today; open world PvP events and class changes have bee detailed; the mobile authenticator for iOS and Android is now available.
- PAX organizers have announced PAX Dev will be held before PAX Prime 2011 between August 24-25.
- A trailer for Green Lantern has been released.
- Patch notes for the latest Marvel vs Capcom 3 update can be found here.
- The Settlers 7 will be getting a fourth DLC pack on Monday as well as a free patch which will add co-op.
- The April downloadable Track Packs for Guitar Hero will be the last released while the series goes on "vacation," until further notice.
- EA is to begin construction on $30 million, three-story, 94,000-square-foot facility at LSU which contains a classroom and more on the ground level. LSU gets the second floor, while EA gets the top floor.
- Guerrilla Bob has been released for PC and Mac and it contains cross-platform play with iOS and Android ports.
- Patch notes for the spring update of CrimeCraft have been released.
- D2D is having a massive sale, and Strategy First is donating 30 percent of proceeds to Japan until Monday.
- Zombies and werewolves are invading Champions Online with the return of the Blood Moon event this weekend.
- Star Trek Online: new engineering report details new features and Season 4 content; there's also a sale going on at the Cryptic Store for the game.
- Check out these shots of Red Faction: Armageddon.