{"id":14716,"date":"2011-10-14T01:13:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"rift-free-to-play-for-the-next-few-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/14716-rift-free-to-play-for-the-next-few-days","title":{"rendered":"Rift: free-to-play for the next few days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting last night, Trion Worlds&#8217; fantasy MMORPG, Rift, is free-to-play for both new and returning players.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone can experience the full game, including its five-major-updates-worth of content, without spending a cent.<\/p>\n<p>The game is free to play until Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Although it received generally positive reviews when it was released earlier this year, Rift has struggled to grow its subscriber bas;, and like every other MMO looks destined to wilt in the shadow of the mighty World of Warcraft.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not sold on the free trial, check out our<a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/10741-RIFT.html\" target=\"_self\"> Rift review.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our resident MMO junky Myles called the game a &#8220;very polished game with much to offer; it&rsquo;s great for both newcomers as well as veterans looking for more classic MMORPG goodness. I strongly recommend RIFT for fans of the genre, just so long as they do not expect anything particularly groundbreaking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Head on over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riftgame.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Rift's website\">Rift website<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rift_screenshot_7_330370758.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"340\" height=\"187\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/18948-Rift-free-to-play-weekend\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Forum link\"><strong>Rift: free-to-play weekend<\/strong> <\/a>&lt;&lt; Comments and views<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trion Worlds announces free-to-play weekend (14 &#8211; 17 October  2011)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}