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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!

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TWO streams this Friday! Prophecy of Ahnket 4.2: Celestial Storm launches next week. The update is already on PTS and the team is hard at work on polish. Time to sit down with Archonix, DeadSimon and Keyens for a chat! Then we’ll follow the RIFT art team as they talk about how they built Vostigar Peaks!

Brasse is rounding up the troops to answer your questions and show you a bit more of Vostigar Peaks and all the cool stuff going on there. What diabolical plans does DeadSimon have? Keyens will update us on the new Primalist Souls that you’re about to enjoy (as well as taking a few class balance questions), and Archonix… well, he’s coming to answer all the hard questions! 11:30 AM PDT. Post your questions to our forum thread!

Later on Friday, members of the RIFT art team will take you through how they built Vostigar Peaks – one of the most beautiful and varied overland zones we’ve seen to date. What a great way to round out the lands of the Comet! Join us to feast your eyes and illuminate your experience when you travel through Vostigar yourself next week!  3:30 PM PDT. If you have any questions for the Artists, please post them to the same thread!

RIFT LIVESTREAM

Friday, July 14, 2017

11:30 AM PDT: Celestial Storm Pre-Launch Dev Q&A

3:30 PM PDT: RIFT Art Team – Vostigar Peaks Creation

www.twitch.tv/trionworlds

We will simulcast on RIFT Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, but remember that to get in on the prize giveaways, you need to be in our Twitch channel!