RIFT news, guides, features, interviews and more at Ten Ton Hammer

Trion Worlds is getting more ambitious with each RIFT update. Many of the features in RIFT's 1.2 update has already had the community buzzing about the new content and changes that include new 10-man raid slivers, a Looking for Group tool, new cosmetic slots and much more. But Trion has a few more tricks up their sleeve for the update and they're calling on players to log into the Alpha test server tomorrow to help test them. What are they testing you ask? Keep reading to find out.

Trion Worlds hit the ground running with RIFT and delivering one of the smoothest MMORPG launches in quite some time.

Trion Worlds is expanding RIFT availability through a new multi-year deal with Korean publisher CJ E&M Games to exclusively publish RIFT in Korea. According to the press release, the agreement follows an NPD report that listed RIFT as the top-selling PC game at retail in the month of March, with digital sales significantly outpacing retail sales. Check out the official press release after the break for more.

If you took part r attempted to take part in the final parts of RIFT's first World Event this weekend, you were either treated to a final showdown that lasted between 1-2 hours or were stuck frustratingly pounding on the keyboard in a long server queue as the event passed you by. If you've been on the forums since then, you know that more than a few people are not happy about how things turned out.

Trion aimed high and they know that while the event was a grand idea and one that with some tweaking could be a lot of fun, was a bit flawed in the execution. Following the event, RIFT Executive Producer Scott Hartsman took to the forums to explain what the event was intended to accomplish and acknowledges that Trion had some missteps along the way and could have done some things differently. Hartsman also notes that what was learned from this weekend's event will be used to make the next one much better.