{"id":21655,"date":"2013-05-14T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=21655"},"modified":"2013-05-14T08:29:36","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T15:29:36","slug":"rift-opens-up-to-free-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/05\/14\/rift-opens-up-to-free-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"RIFT opens up to free-to-play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"21655\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Rifting-it.jpg\"<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Rifting-it.jpg\" alt=\"Rifting it\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21656\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>RIFT is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riftgame.com\/en\/promo\/freetoplay.php\">changing<\/a> to a free-to-play model on June 12th. Rumors had been swirling around Trion World&#8217;s MMO for months, but now it&#8217;s official. You&#8217;ll be able to download and play RIFT without spending a dime as soon as the Empyreal Assault update rolls out.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>All players will be able to explore the entire world of Telara for free and will have access to the expanded in-game RIFT Store where a variety of services &#8211; mounts, boosts, wardrobe items, and more &#8211; will be available for purchase. An optional subscription will still be available that grants a slew of &#8220;Patron&#8221; benefits and bonuses to maximize the RIFT experience. Trion will celebrate its current and previous subscribers with loyalty and currency rewards for their time spent playing RIFT thus far.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Owners of the original paid client will get additional loot bags and character slots over the regular F2P players. 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