A heads up for those that put the game down and are content with waiting till the 24th. The RIFT Beta launcher is not an authorized version of the game when it releases nor will there be a patch. They are making you download it again... it now totals 8.32GB an easy 1GB patch would have fixed it... but what do I know.

You can download it here

Or you can use the link below

http://www.riftgame.com/en/headstart/index.php