Pre-Order Rift on Steam, Get Two Team Fortress 2 Weapons

This doesn’t really make any sense to us here at GDN, but I guess whatever way they can promote their game, they’ll take over at Trion Worlds.

Valve’s Team Fortress 2 is about to be invaded by Rift, the upcoming MMO from Trion Worlds. Both companies announced today that Steam customers who pre-order Rift by March 1st will receive two exclusive melee weapons in Team Fortress 2: the “Sharpened Volcano Fragment” and “Sun-on-a-stick.” Additionally, the Valve team is adding a permanent Team Fortress 2 achievement that grants players a redeemable code for an equally exclusive (and terrifying) headpiece in Rift, the “Well Spun Hat.”

Team Fortress 2 players will automatically receive the melee weapons beginning today, while players lusting after the Well Spun Hat must complete the new “Riftwalker” achievement. After applying the code on their Trion account page, Rift players will receive the hat in their in-game mailbox beginning with the game’s headstart period on February 24th.

All Steam pre-order customers will receive the weapons, including those who’ve already purchased Rift through the digital platform. This offer is available to Steam users worldwide.

Item Descriptions:

• Sharpened Volcano Fragment – Melee weapon for the Pyro
• Sun-on-a-stick – Melee weapon for the Scout
• Well Spun Hat – Cosmetic head slot item used to intimidate and frighten other players 

Cross game promotion is cool and we could well do with more of it. I just hope that they tend to make more sense in the future. But of course teaming up with a game that is very similar is like making your enemy your best friend so that probably won’t be a popular move in gaming.