2012 is already a year made famous by either an innocent omission or dire prediction from our ancient Mayan friends. It is also an election year, so there is plenty of polling and pontificating going on. So in that spirit we felt it was high time to cast our gaze forward at the coming 12 months and see what the future may hold for Rift.

Admittedly, some of these forecasts are as so easy that even your local hack weatherman could get them right, but we didn’t get into this business for the difficulty level. With 2011 being a fruitful year for Rift, this year should prove to be much more interesting as several new challenges in the MMO space crop up.