Nightmare Tide Expansion For Rift Delayed

Nightmare Tide beta will still be available to compensate.

Rift's upcoming expansion, Nightmare Tide, has been delayed following user "concerns".

Nightmare Tide was originally planned to be released on October 8, though it is now postponed to October 22. To compensate, the beta has been extended until that time, too.

"Our goal is to make Nightmare Tide the best expansion you’ve played," writes Rift executive producer Bill Fisher, "and our new launch date gives us time to batten down the hatches … and blow you out of the water."

Rift is not the only game that developer Trion Worlds is working hard on, as it recently launched ArcheAge. Trion Worlds CEO, Scott Hartsman confirmed in his latest blog post that over two million people are playing ArcheAge

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