{"id":847134,"date":"2026-08-05T15:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/847134\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T15:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:52:12","slug":"riftstorm-officially-launches-into-early-access-on-august-11-2026-providing-a-new-gameplay-trailer-and-pricing-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/847134\/","title":{"rendered":"RIFTSTORM officially launches into Early Access on August 11, 2026, providing a new Gameplay Trailer and pricing details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Singapore, Singapore &#8211; August 5, 2026 \u2013 In development for five years Confiction Labs today announced that RIFTSTORM will be released into Early Access on August 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Set in the Mythic Protocol universe, RIFTSTORM is a co-op PvE action game where players deploy as Weavers: elite operatives sent into rift-exposed operations to fight Mythic threats, recover weapons and resources, and decide when to extract before a mission goes south.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Early Access launch includes five playable Weavers: Rook, Starling, Hertz, Botsy, and Caracal. Players can build squads around a starting arsenal of around 30 weapons, several dozen in-mission Lythogram power-ups, the first version of their Periapt progression system, and the opening missions of the PADDOCK Contingency.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>RIFTSTORM approaches extraction through what Confiction Labs calls an extraction-lite philosophy. Players can leave missions with the resources and weapons they have gathered rather than being locked into an all-or-nothing gamble that is common in most games in the genre. Failed runs still matter, but the game seeks to make punishing interesting by introducing a Weapon Scarring system instead of deleting a player&#8217;s entire inventory.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wanted the part of extraction games that creates tension: deploying into a dangerous space, deciding how far to push, finding something you want, and trying to get out before the situation hits the fan,&#8221; said Igor Tanzil, Chief Creative Officer at Confiction Labs. &#8220;The important part for us was making gameplay tension serve a co-op PvE power fantasy, not turning mistakes into something that could ruin a player\u2019s day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RIFTSTORM enters Early Access after three major community playtests. During Steam Next Fest in June 2025 the game&#8217;s demo placed among the Top 50 most-played titles.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Early Access will focus on tuning the game&#8217;s compounding combat systems while expanding the roster, weapons, enemies, missions, and longer-term progression. Confiction Labs has already outlined the first sequence of post-launch updates, including new Weavers and the Armory Update.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RIFTSTORM_PosterHeader-B_920x430_08_July_2026.png\" width=\"640\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">RIFTSTORM will be available on Steam August 11th, 2026<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2282790\/RIFTSTORM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2282790\/RIFTSTORM\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>About RIFTSTORM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>RIFTSTORM is a co-op PvE action game set in the Mythic Protocol universe. Players deploy as Weavers, elite operatives trained to fight supernatural Mythic threats, adapt their builds through weapons and in-mission Lythogram power-ups, and extract from dangerous operations before the situation spirals out of control.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>About Confiction Labs<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Confiction Labs is an entertainment studio building RIFTSTORM and the larger Mythic Protocol universe. The studio&#8217;s current focus is developing RIFTSTORM as a strong co-op PvE game first, while expanding Mythic Protocol through community-shaped events, lore, and future entertainment content.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Key Links<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Steam: <a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2282790\/RIFTSTORM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2282790\/RIFTSTORM\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.playriftstorm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.playriftstorm.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Discord: <a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/MhJrEhJTa4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/MhJrEhJTa4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE &#13; \u00a0&#13; &#13; Singapore, Singapore &#8211; August 5, 2026 \u2013 In development for five&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":847135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-847134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}