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John Burns has been appointed as SVP and general manager of Trion Worlds Europe. The online games outfit welcomes the former EA and Atari man to its exec team – he has been consulting for the firm since the start of 2011. He reports to publishing SVP David Reid. Trion …

Rift users have racked up over 285,000 years of play time since the game launched last month. Stats sent to IGN report that players have spent a combined total of 284,846 years in Rift’s world over the past 28 years –a period that is 84,000 years longer than it took …

MMO developer and publisher Trion Worlds has announced that more than one million user accounts have been registered with the company to date. This massive audience suggests a high level of interest for the firm’s first release, MMORPG Rift, which arrives on March 4th. The announcement was made as the …

US developer and publisher Trion Worlds has kicked off 2011 with the opening of a UK office. The MMO specialist’s new European headquarters will serve as a base of operations for ongoing global expansion as it bring its products to the UK. The studio has cherry-picked key trade execs for …

The boxed release of upcoming MMO Rift: Planes of Telara will be distributed in Europe by Ubisoft, it has been revealed. The multi-year deal with developer Trion Worlds grants Ubisoft publishing rights in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and both the Benelux and Nordic regions. The game is due out next …

How Trion's CEO is spending $100m to build an online giant

Trion Worlds, the heavily VC-funded MMO start-up, has spent over $50 million on its first project, the group’s boss has confirmed. That project, entitled Rift: Planes of Telara, has been in development for some four years due to project delays. Trion CEO Lars Buttler told Develop the game’s exorbitant budget …