Rift: Storm Legion named Expansion of the Year by Massively and ZAM

Trion World‘s recently released Storm Legion expansion to their MMORPG Rift has won Expansion of the Year awards from both Massively and ZAM.

Honorable mentions from both publications were World of Warcraft’s Mists of Pandaria, Eve Online’s Retribution, and Lord of the Rings Online’s Riders of Rohan

Rift Patch News:

Not to rest on their laurels, and keeping with their fast paced content release schedule, the Rift Dev team released Patch 2.1 Endless Eclipse exactly one month after their monstrous Storm Legion expansion. Included in Patch 2.1 was A new 20-man Raid “Endless Eclipse”, A new solo Chronicle “A Hero Rise” (for level 60 players), and the return of annual Fae Yule event in each faction’s capital city!

To celebrate all subscribers get a 20% bonus from 12/24/12 to 1/1/13 on:

  • Guild XP
  • Planar Attunement XP
  • XP from kills
  • Prestige from PvP kills
  • Chance for plaques/marks
  • Favor
  • Planarite
  • Zone Event currencies