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Trion extends RIFT half-birthday bonuses because of Hurricane Irene

Justin Olivetti — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:15:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, RIFT

"Trion, you should extend the birthday celebrations due to Irene," one East Coast player wrote on the forums.

"They did," came the next reply.

The many, many half-birthday bonuses that came with RIFT's kooky in-game party were set to end tomorrow, September 1st, but are now being extended until September 6th so that players affected by last weekend's hurricane can enjoy it as well. Subscribers are still expected to receive their in-game gifts tomorrow that include bonus potions and a reusable birthday cake.

James Nichols delivered the happy news: "We know many of you have been weathering out the storm on the east coast -- so we're keeping the subscriber bonuses turned on an extra week. You now have until September 6th to enjoy all the bonuses to XP, Guild XP, Favor, Prestige, Planarite, and dungeon & raid currencies. Have fun!"

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RIFT's fifth beta is extended into the weekend

Brianna Royce — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:00:00 EST

Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Events, real-world, RIFT

RIFT fans who found they spent too much time gawking over today's awesome new RIFT cinematic to actually log in can rejoice: Trion has announced that the fifth phase of beta, originally planned for January 25th to the 28th, will now be extended another day. Players can look forward to playing all night Friday until the servers boot them at 10:00 a.m. PST Saturday morning.

What's the reason for the extension? "We are having so much fun with you in Telara," says RIFT's official Facebook page.

For those new to RIFT or to its current beta phase, Massively's prepared a list of highlights you should check out in the game before the curtain falls on Saturday. And don't forget the current patch notes!

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Final Fantasy XIV grants players a month of freedom and revamped markets

Eliot Lefebvre — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:30:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Economy, Events, real-world, News items, Consoles, Final Fantasy XIV, Promotions

Player opinions have been strongly mixed on Final Fantasy XIV, something that hardly needs to be reiterated. Even the game's supporters have occasionally been a touch leery about paying for their first month of the game with the current state of polish. Which means that it should be good news for players all around that Square-Enix is extending the normal "free month" to encompass an additional month, placing early adopters out of the realm of billing until November.

Aimed primarily at purchasers of the collector's edition with its headstart, the extension will be credited to any and all accounts created before October 19th. Billing will be credited for another 30 days, giving a total of 60 days free time within the game world. The official announcement assured the community that the development team is listening to all the feedback received, and wishes to thank Final Fantasy XIV's players for their devotion to the game. Considering that the game has just seen its first pass of reorganization for the market system and a director dispatch on the game's future, it's a morning of good news for the game's players.

[Thanks to Bartillo and FusionX for the tip!]

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Aion open beta patched and extended... by six hours?

Brooke Pilley — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Aion, Patches, News items

We wrote about some of the issues players were experiencing in Aion open beta a couple days ago. We also mentioned an upcoming patch that aimed to fix it all. Well, it looks like that patch arrived last night. The patch isn't just performance related though -- it also addresses issues with classes, combat, quests, instanced dungeons, and much more.

As a reward to all beta testers for being so helpful and patient, NCsoft has decided to extend Aion's open beta... by six hours. This means open beta will now end Monday 9/14/2009 at 8 a.m. BST (5 a.m. EST). What's that we're hearing? The collective murmurs of "Yeah... um, woot?" Well, it's better than nothing, that's for sure. Some players have urged NCsoft to extend the beta even longer for testing purposes, but we're sure many of them don't want to let go of their characters before the week-and-a-half wait to release.

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LotRO token collecting game extended until November 4th

Shawn Schuster — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:30:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Contests, Culture, Events, in-game, Game mechanics

If you've found yourself excited by the tin, silver, gold and platinum token drops from Lord of the Rings Online this last weekend, you'll be happy to hear that these token drops have been extended until November 4th. These tokens were brought back as part of the Welcome Back Weekend, encouraging previous players to come check out LotRO for free before Mines of Moria releases, later this fall.

What use are these tokens? Free stuff! What other reason do you need? Ok, to be more specific, you can get some amazing items by trading these tokens in to the trader NPCs. There's crit consumables, special cosmetic outfits, Beryl shards and much more! So if you missed what you thought would be an event that only lasted through the weekend, this four week extension gives you no more excuses. Get out there and grab some tokens!

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First Impressions: PMOG, the passively multiplayer game

Mike Schramm — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:30:00 EST

Filed under: Betas, New titles, Reviews, Quests, Free-to-play, Browser, Hands-on, Virtual worlds

We first reported on PMOG here on Massively back at the end of January. It's the product of a videogame startup called GameLayers, Inc., and claims to be a "passively multiplayer game." But unlike most online games, there are no clients or servers -- the game itself is played with just an extension for the Firefox browser, and instead of wandering a vast virtual world with dragons or aliens, you wander around the weirdest virtual landscape out there... the Internet itself.

It's an interesting idea, but does it work? I've been playing PMOG for about a month (the game is now in open beta), and I've amassed quite a stash of virtual cash and almost reached level four. Read on to see my impressions of the "passively multiplayer online game," and find out whether it's something worth extending your browser into.

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