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Summerfest is in full swing, as is all the adventure of 4.2 Celestial Storm. With new quests, a new overland zone, and a Telaran-ton of fun, what more could you ask for? How about some free stuff?

Community member Seshatar has just what you need! He put together a fun community contest where you can submit your screenshots on Twitter to win some great prizes. There are three categories to choose from:

Contest Categories

1) Greetings from Vostigar!
Create a virtual postcard based on one or multiple RIFT screenshots that shows how your character is exploring the secrets of Vostigar Peaks. The focus should be on the beauty of the new zone.

2) Summer Fashion
Put on your favorite summer wardrobe, put it in scene and take 1-4 screenshots of it! Your whole character should be clearly visible in at least one of the screenshots, in the additional screenshots you can pose or mount up if you like!

3) My Celestial Moment
Record a video clip of 30-60 seconds length that shows your special little moment in Vostigar Peaks. You can easily do that with the in game recorder or use external software. Editing and (royalty free) music are allowed! Upload it on YouTube or Twitch.

How to Enter

Tweet your creations together with the following information:

• Mention: @Seshatar
• Hashtags: #RIFTgame #CelestialStorm
• Other Info: CharacterName@Shard

Prizes

Trion Worlds, Inc. sponsored awesome prizes for the winners of each of the three categories:

• 1^st Place: Spectral Chariot + 30 Days Patron Time
• 2^nd Place: 30 Days Patron Time
• 3^rd Place: 30 Days Patron Time

Up to 10 of the most magnificent entries in each category will be pre-selected and the winners will be chosen by the community during an upcoming livestream!

Hurry and get your entries in! The contest closes on Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 3:00 AM PDT / 6:00 AM EDT / 10:00 AM GMT. Plus, each week until the end of the contest, we’ll feature some of your entries on the official RIFT social media channels! For more information, visit the official forum post here.

Stay cool out there, Ascended!

*Special thanks to Clemmykins for the fantastic header image that was a contest entry.

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The next exciting chapter of RIFT’s Prophecy of Ankhet is here! A war arises between Crucia and Ankhet in 4.2: Celestial Storm. These powerful femme fatales are hell-bent on domination and destruction of the Celestial Lands and you, Ascended, must stop them!

4.2 Celestial Storm Features:

• New Overland Zone, Vostigar Peaks
• New Version of Tartaric Depths Raid (Normal Mode)
• Over 80 New Quests
• New Raid Rifts
• New Instant Adventure
• Four New Primalist Souls:
  • Farseer
  • Mystic
  • Predator
  • Primal Lord
• New Achievements
• New Creatures
• New Loot
• New Dimension
• Over 20 New Artifact Sets
• Updated Supply Crate Rewards and UI
• And More!

Wilds Pack is Back!

In honor of our new game update and the four new Primalist Souls, we are offering the Planetouched Wilds Pack on sale for a limited time. It’s now on the RIFT store for $19.99 until August 15, 2017.

Take a walk on the wild side! Unleash your inner beast with the Primalist Calling, 10 Souls, a War Beast Mount, and more. Includes the following:

• Primalist Calling (includes 10 Souls)
• Primal War Beast Mount
• Primalist’s Ovog Ceremonial Garb
• Khar Warfront Announcer
• Zendi Pet & Minion Card
• Cloak of the Great Wheel
• Primalist Portrait Frame
• Ascended Primal Trinket
• +1 Character Slot (Max 13)

Limited Time Login Bonus

Haven’t played in a bit and want to come back? Now is the perfect time! From now until August 15, 2017 at 11:59 PM PDT, log into RIFT and receive the following rewards:

• Celestial Rewards Cache
  • 2 Tenebrean Engines (used to upgrade powerful raid items).
• Box of Individual Reward Charges
  • Contains 10 Individual Rewards Charges. Does not extend the cap of 100 charges and charges in excess of 100 will be lost.
• Glimmering Bag of Sparkles
  • Contains 100 Phenomenal Sparkle required for the monthly Patron quest. Sparkles that exceed the 500 cap will be lost.
• Sagum of Lightning Costume Cape

Rewards will be available in the top right “claim” area of the RIFT UI.

For more information on what’s in the update, as well as more lore, check out our Celestial Storm announcement blog here. For a visual guide on today’s 4.2 Celestial Storm update, check out our livestream recap blog here, which shows off the new zones, creatures, the new Supply Crate, and more. So steel yourself for battle between two of the most powerful forces you’ve ever come across.

Chat with us about the 4.2 Celestial Storm game update on the forums here!

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Hello all!

The team is hard at work getting Celestial Storm ready for the Live servers and we need just a little more time to get the build to the level we want.
We are going to aim for Thursday, July 20th as our publish date. Summerfest will follow shortly after, with a tentative date of Friday, July 21st.
Enjoy one more day of 100% bonus on everything in game as we get things locked and loaded here!

• Experience
• Planar Attunement Experience
• Guild Experience
• Prestige
• Favor
• Planarite

Thank you for your patience as we make the Update and Summerfest the best they can be! We will update you with exact times and any changes as they occur.

~The RIFT Team

Talk to us about the delay of 4.2 on our forums!

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On Friday, July 14, the RIFT dev team took players to the future to visit 4.2: Celestial Storm. They then later brought in the art team to show off an in-depth look at the new zone, Vostigar and go through the creative process in bringing this area to life. Re-watch them and learn the secrets of the devs so that you can be prepared for the launch of RIFT’s next game update, 4.2: Celestial Storm!

4.2: Celestial Storm Dev Q&A

Our host, Linda “Brasse” Carlson (Director of Community Relations) was joined by Chris “Keyens” Meyer (Systems Designer), Christopher “Archonix” Junior (Game Director, RIFT), and Simon “DeadSimon” Ffinch (Sr. Design Director) to go over the new features of Celestial Storm, including two new mounts, new lockbox mechanics and rewards, new creatures, new story, and more. Also meet the brand-new Communtiy Manager, Jennifer “Yaviey” Bridges with special guest Nicholas “Captain Cursor” McDowell.

Vostigar ArtStream!

Brasse returned to interview Justin Stearns (Environment Artist) and Mike Chang (Senior Environment Artist) from the RIFT art team to explain the creative process and design elements behind the new zone in Celestial Storm, Vostigar Peaks. They completed the stream with an in-game run-through of the new overland zone in all its colorful glory. Once again, special guest Captain Cursor joined them to help explain some of the lore in the zone as it related to the new artwork.

We’ll be back for more fun on Friday, July 21, 2017. Stay tuned to learn who our guests will be and what we’re going to show off. Until next time, Ascended!