Trion Worlds has been hit by layoffs. IGN sources suggest that well over half the company has been let go, with some suggesting numbers as high as 80%. (Update: Trion tells us these numbers are ...

With the twin announcements about last year’s Rift success and additional funding raised, we had the chance to sit down to talk with Scott Hartsman about some of the upcoming game design elements in ...

No one at Trion Worlds has promised that the company’s first fantasy role-playing online game, Rift: Planes of Telara, will be a World of WarCraft killer. Indeed, many makers of massively multiplayer ...

Trion Worlds has announced that its fantasy MMO, Rift, will be ditching its subscription fee from June 12. On that date the game's update 2.3 will launch, bringing with it a free-to-play model. A ...

I had the pleasure to spend last Thursday evening in the company of my peers in San Francisco, being treated to a bevy of sneak previews and demos of games from Trion Worlds. No longer going by the ...

Trion Worlds is adding a new server to its MMORPG Rift, one with a premium subscription model and a guarantee of no loot boxes. In a blog post published last week, Trion Worlds said it had noticed the ...

Mid-level RIFT players have a new place to adventure after the game's 2.5 update; Iron Pine Peak has been completely redesigned. According to Trion Worlds, the zone has been rebuilt from the ground up ...

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 ...

Interested in taking part in the beta for an MMO that has rifts opening up on the world map and one Eurogamer has called "worthy of attention"? Of course you are. Between December 3 and 6, those have ...

Trion Worlds has revealed that players can now play the MMORPG Rift for free. There will be no restrictions on levels or content for those players who register to play for free and they can explore ...

RIFT: Nightmare Tide's October 8th release date is no longer set in stone -- if it ever was. In a livestream yesterday, Trion Worlds devs said that there is a possibility of a release delay based on ...

First I have heard of this: I don't play any more but still concerning. We recently discovered that unauthorized intruders gained access to a Trion Worlds account database. The database in question ...