Why Defiance's 'fun now, depth later' is great for MMORPGs
This is a weekly column from freelancer Rowan Kaiser, which focuses on "Western" role-playing games: their stories, their histories, their mechanics, their insanity, and their inanity. I had my World of Warcraft year. In 2007, when 'The Burning Crusade' came out, the game clicked with me and it ...
SyFy renews Defiance for a second season
The SyFy network has picked up Defiance for a second season. Production on the 13-episode season will begin in August in Toronto, and is expected to air in 2014. The show also has a companion MMO of the same name by Trion Worlds. It's a popular one at that, as it recently saw its millionth user ...
Defiance team plans five DLC releases, first adds the Castithan race and more
Now that the MMO-slash-TV show Defiance has been launched, says executive producer Nathan Richardsson, things are about to really get good, in the form of five DLC releases later this year. He admits that fan response to the game has it pegged as "about as deep as a bag of chips but great fun," but ...
Defiance recruits over one million Ark Hunters
Trion Worlds' persistent-word shooter Defiance has surpassed a million registered users in its first month, the developer announced today. Players have collectively murdered over 500,000,000 hellbugs to date in Defiance, while the number of slaughtered heavenbugs is currently unknown. Trion also ...
PSN Tuesday: Defiance, Grand Theft Auto stories, Injustice demo
The PSN Tuesday drop features the full PS3 game Defiance, an online, open-world shooter from Trion Network, and $2 PSN download Ion Assault HD. PS2 Classics brings in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories, each for $10. The demo for Injustice: Gods Among Us is available now ...
Defiance goodie giveaway: It's dangerous to go alone, take these
Defiance, a sci-fi-themed, persistent-world shooter from Trion Worlds that shares a setting and story with a SyFy series, will be out on April 2 on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. To help give Joystiq reader a greater fighting chance on the battleground, Trion has shared several codes to unlock ...
Defiance final beta invites PC, PS3, Xbox 360 players March 22
Defiance launches on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 on April 2, but prior to that, developer Trion plans to run one last beta test, including – for the first time – Xbox 360 and PS3. The beta runs the weekend of March 22, starting at 8am PT (11am ET) and concluding on March 24 at 9pm PT (12am ET, ...
Defiance weapon mod trailer is infectious
This trailer for Trion Worlds' MMO Defiance shows off the weapon customization options in the game. Defiance will launch on April 2 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, while its counterpart TV show will air April 15 on SyFy. ...
Trion offering a Defiance season pass with DLC, new species, and more
Trion has posted details on a season pass for Defiance, its MMO-meets-a-TV-show project in conjunction with SyFy. The season pass will cost players $39.99 and enable access to the game's first five DLC packs, which will include a new playable alien species, along with lots of new weapons, vehicles, ...
Defiance pre-order includes early beta access, XP boosts
Defiance, the ambitious online open-world shooter companion to SyFy's upcoming television series of the same name, is offering a melange of murderous in-game items to all who sign up early. Publisher Trion Worlds reveals that plunking down $5 for a pre-order at a participating retailer grants early ...
