If you'd like to get a sneak peek at some of the features coming to Rift in Update 1.2, then you should jump onto the Public Test Shard today, April 28 at 4 p.m. PDT. Trion Worlds will be hosting a battle royale to test out the new zone invasions, and they need your help. Leveling and gear merchants will be standing by the Porticulums in both Sanctum and Meridian to boost you up to level 50, and don't forget to buy a mount!

Assistant Community Manager James "Elrar" Nichols also posted a brief summary of the new zone invasion events. Here are the details:

• Stillmoor – An Eye for An Eye: Picture Godzilla vs. Mothra vs. Mechagodzilla. This is a clash of the titans between 3 collosi as you fight in a three-way-battle of titanic proportions!
• Iron Pine Peak – Planar Chill: Stretching along the spine of the zone you will need to defend and hold strategic points across the map and defend the Icewatch from the maelstrom of invaders from the Plane of Air.
• Shimmersand – Scourge of the Sands: Merchant Caravans herd their precious cargo towards safer footholds across the treacherous desert of Shimmersand. Escort and defend these vulnerable lifelines and stop the Plane of Earth from cutting off the trade routes.

For more information on these zone events and everything else Update 1.2 has to offer, including the new Looking for Group tool, check out our interview with Executive Producer Scott Hartsman. The update is scheduled to launch on May 10.