Evening Reading

by Jeff Mattas, Jan 31, 2011 5:00pm PST

Well, that was quick, January. We barely knew ye.

I'm off to Namco Bandai's Ignite event in San Francisco tomorrow evening to see what they have in store for 2011. And then I'm back up there again at the end of the month for the 2011 Game Developers Conference. As anyone who has been to San Fran will tell you, there are certainly worse cities in which to to spend some time. Being a bay-area native that hasn't been back in a while, I'm really looking forward to it.

And on that note, let's all welcome the last chatty of January with open arms, while casting suspicious sideways glances at February.

Also, here's what's been happening today at the Shack:

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RIFT y ER thread.
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Rift beta 6 & 7 Schedule

Beta 6: Planar War
Feb 4th, 18:00 GMT - Feb 7th, 18:00 GMT
Levels 1-35

Beta 7: Telara the Merciless
Feb 15th, 18:00 GMT - Feb 21nd, 18:00 GMT
Levels 1-42

Speculation is existing beta characters will still be around.

Supposed leaked patch notes
http://leakerz.net/wp/2011/01/30/rift-alpha-patchnotes/

Keys available at The Escapist
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/107173-RIFT-VIP-Key-Giveaway

Jan 31, 2011 5:59pm PST

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RIFT y ER thread. News Rift beta 6 & 7 Schedule Beta 6: Planar War Feb 4th, 18:00 GMT - Feb 7th, : Visceral Monkey
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  VM, you're better at this than all the Rift "official fansites" combined. : Geoffrois
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    Heh. Funny you should mention that. I found the concrete beta event data and dates before they were posted on the official forums, just got lucky with hitting the Escapist in search of keys.
    
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    Heh. Funny you should mention that. I found the concrete beta event data and dates before they were poste... : Visceral Monkey
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  Someone sum up this game as a delta from WoW in a concise way. : SqueegyTBS
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  Nothing about improved animations or spell effects :( : skinlab133
  - I'm hoping spell effects will get cleaned up now even if not in the notes. Nothing like having what look... : JuffoWup
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  How large is the beta download once selected for it? I've got the launcher and plugged the key into the w... : GrimmyD
  - About 7.5 gigs : Visceral Monkey
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    you should get your account squared away before launch starts. And they have enough available bandwidth ... : JuffoWup
    - The mention of how polished the beta is what has me trying this out. My concern wasn't for bandwidth on t... : GrimmyD
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  Sweet, thanks. got my friend a beta key through this. I dunno if this will work, but feel free to give : OhSnapHighFive
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    POTENTIAL BETA KEY INCLUDED ABOVE! GIVE IT A TRY EVERYONE INTERESTED WHO DOESN'T WANT TO WASTE TIME REGIS : OhSnapHighFive
    - let me know if this works for you guys : OhSnapHighFive
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  If I already entered a VIP code (from here) for the last beta, am I in this one? Do I have to do anything... : sixfoot6
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    No, you're already set. : Visceral Monkey
    - Good. Hope the chars roll over, interested to see 20+ and not very interested in doing 1-20 again to see ... : sixfoot6
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  Very excited for this. I've been daydreaming about other soul combos I want to try out since the last be... : Drifter141
  - Same here! I plan to try a rogue or warrior and then try to get more instancing done on my mage. : Kiyohime
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  speaking of trion. Apparently they are working on another mmo as well that will tie into a tv series syf... : JuffoWup
  - annd, fuck.. I thought this was morning version. I don't know why. : JuffoWup

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