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DLC and premium services 'milking customers to death', says Cevat Yerli

MMO publisher Trion Worlds has dramatically expanded its team to cope with its 2012 release slate. The most recent hires include former Ubisoft lead game master Franck Vacher – now French community manager for End of Nations – and two former EA employees: Lee Sritharan joined as business intelligence director, …

Trion Worlds has expanded the trial version of its flagship MMO, essentially making the game free-to-play. Rift Lite drops the time limit and lets new players enjoy the the game for free until they reach level 20. If they enjoy the game, they can sign up for full membership, with …

Quality is vital in standing out from the freebies, says BioWare man

Up-and-coming MMO specialist Trion Worlds has received a massive financial boost towards the company’s ongoing expansion. The publisher secured $85 million from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and current investor Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments. "We are thrilled about entering this exciting period of growth and scale with our investors," said Trion …

Trion Worlds has dropped the subscription price of its PC MMO Rift with bigger savings given to those who pay annually. An annual subscription previously cost 71.88 per year – or 5.99 per month – but this has now been lowered to 59 per year. This works out at 4.92 …

Jonathan Goddard, Jeff Pabst and Simon Bull are the latest names to join MMO specialist Trion Worlds. Goddard joins as head of European PR. He previously worked at EA Games for four years as senior international PR manager, and most recently was global PR and marketing manager at Polish publisher …

Developer has raised $100 million in venture capital since 2007

No prize-hoarding as trophies are split between seven studios

Smartphone group finishes work on cloud-based mobile tech