Earlier this year we heard that RIFT would be bridging US-Soviet relations in a way unseen since Rocky Balboa stood toe-to-toe with Ivan Drago in '85. Today that dream has become a reality, as RIFT is now live across Russia.
This follows a string of beta tests and language localization for the title in the region. To make this happen, Trion Worlds partnered up with Belver, which will operate the MMO in the area. Russian fans can now check out a localized edition of the RIFT website in their native tongue.
Next up on RIFT's worldwide tour? The game is headed to South Korea "sometime next year."
[Source: Trion Worlds press release]
Reader Comments (6)
Posted: Dec 15th 2011 10:31AM Dblade said
yeah, you have fun with that, Trion worlds. Hope your botting and hacking countermeasures are robust.
Posted: Dec 15th 2011 12:59PM fallwind said
@Dblade
actually.... I've seen maybe all of one bot in my whole time in Rift (and I'm still not sure if it was a bot), and about 1/10th the gold spam as when I left wow. Considering I went from one of the lower pop wow servers to one of the highest pop Rift servers (at least twice the players), that's pretty good imo.
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actually.... I've seen maybe all of one bot in my whole time in Rift (and I'm still not sure if it was a bot), and about 1/10th the gold spam as when I left wow. Considering I went from one of the lower pop wow servers to one of the highest pop Rift servers (at least twice the players), that's pretty good imo.
Posted: Dec 15th 2011 11:59AM sjet said
Rift will fail in Russia as bad as Hitler and Napoleon, russians have their own mmo's, which (Allods online) are better than Rift.
as far as their release in russia, it wont take long before Rift realizes what a mistake it was. Who knows, like france and germany, russia could be Trion Worlds downfall.
After all, Rift is even going for South Korea... russia and south korea? ppl there don't give a crap about Rift lol.
as far as their release in russia, it wont take long before Rift realizes what a mistake it was. Who knows, like france and germany, russia could be Trion Worlds downfall.
After all, Rift is even going for South Korea... russia and south korea? ppl there don't give a crap about Rift lol.
Posted: Dec 15th 2011 2:21PM (Unverified) said
@sjet not likely, it doesn't have to be a smashing hit to be a success, and with their ftp end of nations it will be smart to have an easy way to get money from those and other parts of the world.
Also it will be two more "CE"'s for their item shop =P
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Also it will be two more "CE"'s for their item shop =P










