It’s not often that mutiplayer games get political, but the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a controversial piece of legislation that could fundamentally change the Internet as we know it.  Whether you agree or disagree with the legislation, many otherwise a-political companies...

RIFT Trion Worlds has been compromised, with a database of user names, encrypted passwords, email addresses, billing addresses, and some credit card information being exposed and likely copied. The unauthorized access was noticed today and the Trion site taken down immediately. ...

Trion Worlds dropped some big news earlier today stating that their latest MMORTS offering End of Nations will be released as a free-to-play title. More details from the official press release below: “Trion Worlds, the leading premium online game developer and publisher, has...

At E3 today, Trion Worlds gave members of the press an opportunity to try out the upcoming 1.3 update for Rift, titled Waves of Madness.  Here’s a brief synopsis from Massively’s experience with the new 20-person raid: Waves of Madness will take place over a period of weeks...

A recent Gamasutra interview with Trion Worlds Senior Vice President David Reid revealed that its flagship, and first, MMO Rift has cost the company $50M, so far.  However, the publisher is confident that the investment is well worth the risk, and with more than $100M in venture capital...

This week, Trion World announced that deviantArt will be running an art contest to create a big beastly Colossus that will be used to take on in-game players in Rift.  Contestants will need to use one of the in-game elements-Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Light, Death-to design the elite...

Trion Worlds announced today that Rift players will be able to transfer their characters and guilds to other shards (servers) as early as this summer’s 1.3 patch, absolutely free. Play along with your friends, and be worry-free that your hard earned in-game money and achievements...

As if the Ascended didn’t have enough to worry about – protecting the world from otherworldly baddies, battling enemy factions and restoring peace to the world – Telara faithful can add another checkbox to their gaming to-do list. In only its third month on the market, Trion...