Greetings. I am sorry to say that Trion has been sold [to Gamigo], and that a great many of us are packing to leave today.

Thank you for everything you have done for us. Trion has new owners, and I trust that they will treat you well, as you all deserve. *I will soon lose access to Trion email and channels, and I regret that I do not know who all will be left here, but I hope that the Gamigo team will look after you well in future.

I wish you all the very, very best. I hope to see you all in other worlds. Fare well.

Greetings -- We can confirm that there has been a transaction involving Trion Worlds and its games.

While many of the names and faces you’ve come to know in our studios will remain on through this transition, others will not be making the journey. To those who are leaving us, we are forever grateful for your incredible work and contributions over the years.

We’d like to assure our communities that the games will continue on in capable hands moving forward, as everyone involved is aiming to make this transition as smooth as possible for you. We will have more information to reveal as soon as we possibly can.

From the bottom of all of our hearts, we thank you for your time and dedication to our games and hope that you've enjoyed the experience as much as we have. From spending time with you in game, to seeing you at conventions, to talking with you on livestreams and forums, it's been our pleasure to be a part of this exceptional community with you since our first launch more than seven years ago.
Please know that you have our deepest gratitude. As for our games, we hope you continue to enjoy playing them far into the future!

The Trion Worlds Team

А вдруг Рифт заиграет новыми красками

Acquisition of Trion Worlds games company to further strengthen its market-position in the games market.

Hamburg, October 22, 2018: gamigo AG (“gamigo Bond” WKN: A2NBH2 / ISIN: SE0011614445) has acquired major assets from Trion Worlds Inc. Trion Worlds is a leading US gaming company with offices in Redwood City (California) and Austin (Texas) and has as publisher and developer of online and console MMO-games, well-known games such as Rift, Defiance, Trove and ArcheAge in it’s portfolio. The assets of the company have been acquired by gamigo’s subsidiary Golden Gate Games Inc., via an “Assignment for the Benefit of the Creditors” process, in which the buyer only buys those assets, with which he wishes to continue the business.

The gamigo group has acquired the majority of the assets, including the platform, takes over employees to operate the business and gets the full publishing rights of the games. The IP’s of the Trion Worlds games have been acquired by gamigo’s sister company Padmapani GmbH and are made available for gamigo group, worldwide and exclusive.

It is expected that the Trion Worlds acquisition will add on gamigo group level revenues of at least USD 18 million in 2019. Depending on the speed and success of restructuring and integration, management expects an additional EBITDA of USD 1 to 4 million, based on unlocking substantial synergies and economies of scale as proven in numerous acquisitions before.

The full purchase price amounts to a low USD two-digit million amount (including possible earn-outs).

Trion Worlds has laid off a significant portion of its staff. According to a source speaking to Gamasutra, the layoffs came as a result of the company's acquisition by Gamigo.

According to a statement from Trion Worlds sent to Gamasutra, "there has been a transaction involving Trion Worlds and its games" that have indeed resulted in layoffs at the company.

Trion Worlds declined to comment on the extent of the layoffs itself, saying via email that "while many of the names and faces you’ve come to know in our studios will remain on through this transition, others will not be making the journey. To those who are leaving us, we are forever grateful for your incredible work and contributions over the years."

A source speaking to Gamasutra, however, has indicated that those layoffs may have affected the vast majority of the studio. According to that source, only 25 or so employees were given the opportunity to continue on with the studio. According to that information, the remaining developers at both the company’s Redwood City, California and Austin, Texas offices have been affected by the layoffs. Prior to this, Trion Worlds employed over 200 people.

Согласна... Да и их игры, не внушают доверия. Хотя это вроде крупный европейский издатель. Но люди, работающие на игрой со дня основания, ушли... Может конечно это так легко разобраться в коде и вообще во всем этом, но я так не думаю. Все, кто так или иначе, был связан с игрой и публично показывался на стримах уволены. Какое развитие может быть...

To be honest, I do not know who is staying and who is going.
I am definitely out, and today is my last day. I'ma spend it on the forums and packing my stuff.

All Trion games will carry on.

I am sure that all game teams will fashion a Producer's Letter to let you know more once the transition is complete. I'll poke RIFT Dev to make sure they know I'm nagging until the last second, heh.

It has been so great to work on games that I love so much.
Now that it's my last day, the gloves come off and I tell the trolls to ****, RIFT is still one of the best MMOGs out there. Someone can ban me for that comment later. =)
I love you all so much.
Brasse

It was an honor being a player among you and working alongside everyone to create some great systems and content.

GL everybody, I wish you all the best

-RR / Ryan

Nine years of working on Rift is a high point of a very long career.

It was a pleasure interacting with a great many of you, and I wish you the best.

Time take my leave of this realm and find new planes to explore.

И я не параноик, но все-таки советую удалить информацию о привязанных картах в аккаунте триона.

а) Рифт сразу прикроют, если он совсем денег не приносит (менее вероятно)