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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7668405" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Palladium Books has licensed its<em> Rifts</em> roleplaying game to Pinnacle Entertainment Group in order to produce a <em>Savage World</em> version of the<em> Rifts</em> RPG. There's no date yet announced. <em>Rifts</em> is a multi-genre post-apocalyptic game which dates back to 1990.</p><p>[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]</p><p>Palladium's <a href="http://www.palladiumbooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=779:palladium-booksr-weekly-update-april-19-2015&catid=52:weekly-updates&Itemid=183" target="_blank">weekly update</a> contained the first hints of this information:<p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">[hq]Something new and exciting. In an effort to truly expand Rifts® across the Megaverse®, in cooperation with Palladium Books, another role-playing game company is currently adapting the Rifts® Earth setting to that company’s RPG system of rules, as well as producing adventure sourcebooks. This is only the second time in Palladium’s history that an outside company will create new game material under a different set of rules. Rumor Squashing: No, Palladium is NOT going to stop publishing Rifts®, nor change to a completely different set of rules. Far from it. In fact, Palladium expects to release six new Rifts® titles in 2015 and 98% of all Rifts® titles are in stock and available for purchase right now! The idea is that by offering Rifts® via another game company’s set of popular rules it creates a parallel dimension of gaming enjoyment. An expanding Megaverse®, if you will. This is a bit of an experiment, but we are excited to see how it all unfolds.[/hq]</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><p>And today PEG issued a press release:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"> [hq]News from Pinnacle Entertainment Group</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">For Immediate Release--April 21, 2015</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Pinnacle Entertainment Group announced today the development of Rifts for Savage Worlds, their award-winning tabletop roleplaying game system.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Pinnacle released a mock cover, using art from Palladium’s 2005 Rifts Ultimate Edition with permission. The cover artist for the book was Scott Johnson.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“We are thrilled to follow up Kevin’s post with this announcement that we do, indeed, have the license to develop Rifts for Savage Worlds,” said Savage Worlds creator Shane Hensley. “We are early in the process, but anticipate having a core rulebook for the setting released in time for Christmas.”</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The Palladium Books Weekly Update--April 19, 2015, written by Kevin Siembieda, recently made mention of a new roleplaying game system for the beloved setting:</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“In an effort to truly expand Rifts® across the Megaverse®, in cooperation with Palladium Books, another role-playing game company is currently adapting the Rifts® Earth setting to that company’s RPG system of rules, as well as producing adventure sourcebooks.”</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Rifts is an exciting multi-genre post-apocalypse game that began publishing in 1990. Featuring elements of everything from cyberpunk and fantasy to mecha and mythology, Rifts has always been Siembieda's vision of a game with everything for everyone, tied together with a strong narrative.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">"I'm really excited to see what Rifts will look like in the Savage Worlds system," said Siembieda. "The Savage fans are great folks, and I think Rifts is going to be an amazing amount of fun for them, letting them explore all the possibilities of both the system and the setting."</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Savage Worlds was created by Shane Lacy Hensley. Savage Worlds and the Pinnacle logo are all trademarks of Pinnacle Entertainment Group. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.peginc.com" target="_blank">www.peginc.com</a> or contact Jodi Black, Marketing Manager for Pinnacle, at <a href="mailto:PEGJodi@gmail.com">PEGJodi@gmail.com</a>. More about Palladium and the Rifts setting can be found on their website here: <a href="http://www.palladiumbooks.com/" target="_blank">http://www.palladiumbooks.com/</a>. [/hq]</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]109424[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7668405, member: 1"] Palladium Books has licensed its[I] Rifts[/I] roleplaying game to Pinnacle Entertainment Group in order to produce a [I]Savage World[/I] version of the[I] Rifts[/I] RPG. There's no date yet announced. [I]Rifts[/I] is a multi-genre post-apocalyptic game which dates back to 1990. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] Palladium's [URL="http://www.palladiumbooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=779:palladium-booksr-weekly-update-april-19-2015&catid=52:weekly-updates&Itemid=183"]weekly update[/URL] contained the first hints of this information:[INDENT] [hq]Something new and exciting. In an effort to truly expand Rifts® across the Megaverse®, in cooperation with Palladium Books, another role-playing game company is currently adapting the Rifts® Earth setting to that company’s RPG system of rules, as well as producing adventure sourcebooks. This is only the second time in Palladium’s history that an outside company will create new game material under a different set of rules. Rumor Squashing: No, Palladium is NOT going to stop publishing Rifts®, nor change to a completely different set of rules. Far from it. In fact, Palladium expects to release six new Rifts® titles in 2015 and 98% of all Rifts® titles are in stock and available for purchase right now! The idea is that by offering Rifts® via another game company’s set of popular rules it creates a parallel dimension of gaming enjoyment. An expanding Megaverse®, if you will. This is a bit of an experiment, but we are excited to see how it all unfolds.[/hq] [/INDENT] And today PEG issued a press release: [INDENT] [hq]News from Pinnacle Entertainment Group For Immediate Release--April 21, 2015 Pinnacle Entertainment Group announced today the development of Rifts for Savage Worlds, their award-winning tabletop roleplaying game system. Pinnacle released a mock cover, using art from Palladium’s 2005 Rifts Ultimate Edition with permission. The cover artist for the book was Scott Johnson. “We are thrilled to follow up Kevin’s post with this announcement that we do, indeed, have the license to develop Rifts for Savage Worlds,” said Savage Worlds creator Shane Hensley. “We are early in the process, but anticipate having a core rulebook for the setting released in time for Christmas.” The Palladium Books Weekly Update--April 19, 2015, written by Kevin Siembieda, recently made mention of a new roleplaying game system for the beloved setting: “In an effort to truly expand Rifts® across the Megaverse®, in cooperation with Palladium Books, another role-playing game company is currently adapting the Rifts® Earth setting to that company’s RPG system of rules, as well as producing adventure sourcebooks.” Rifts is an exciting multi-genre post-apocalypse game that began publishing in 1990. Featuring elements of everything from cyberpunk and fantasy to mecha and mythology, Rifts has always been Siembieda's vision of a game with everything for everyone, tied together with a strong narrative. "I'm really excited to see what Rifts will look like in the Savage Worlds system," said Siembieda. "The Savage fans are great folks, and I think Rifts is going to be an amazing amount of fun for them, letting them explore all the possibilities of both the system and the setting." Savage Worlds was created by Shane Lacy Hensley. Savage Worlds and the Pinnacle logo are all trademarks of Pinnacle Entertainment Group. For more information, visit [URL="http://www.peginc.com"]www.peginc.com[/URL] or contact Jodi Black, Marketing Manager for Pinnacle, at [EMAIL="PEGJodi@gmail.com"]PEGJodi@gmail.com[/EMAIL]. More about Palladium and the Rifts setting can be found on their website here: [URL]http://www.palladiumbooks.com/[/URL]. [/hq] [/INDENT] [CENTER] [ATTACH=FULL]109424[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] [INDENT] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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