Lars Buttler, CEO of VC-funded online game developer Trion Worlds said that his studio’s to-be-released fantasy MMO, Rift: Planes of Telara costs tens of millions of dollars to create. “Rift: Planes of Telara is already very ambitious because it is over $50 million in development,” he said in an interview with Develop. The game is slated to release next year. Buttler helped found Trion in 2006, and the company has since raised $100 million in …

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Report: Trion’s Debut Game Costs Over $50M