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Platform 360, PS3, Win Publisher Syfy Games Developer Trion Worlds Release Date Apr 2, 2013

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Defiance review: great expectations

By Griffin McElroy on Apr 16, 2013 04.16.13

Defiance is a game worth putting up with. Like so many massively multiplayer titles before it, Defiance is riddled with flaws, structural and otherwise. Not all its blemishes are attributable...

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Layoffs hit Trion Worlds after company sold

By Michael McWhertor on Oct 22, 2018 10.22.18

Rift and Defiance developer said to be down to just 25 people

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Syfy cancels Defiance TV show, but game 'will continue exactly as before,' says Trion

By Samit Sarkar on Oct 16, 2015 10.16.15

Syfy has canceled the science-fiction series Defiance after three seasons, the network announced today, although Trion Worlds, the studio behind the show's accompanying video game, says the MMO...

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Defiance game will continue, even if the Syfy TV show ends

By Philip Kollar on Jul 30, 2014 07.30.14

When Defiance launched in 2013, it carried the promise of a cross-media franchise where TV was more deeply integrated into a game than we'd ever seen before. The game was introduced alongside a...

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Sci-fi MMO Defiance goes free to play beginning in June

By Owen S. Good on May 01, 2014 05.01.14

Defiance is going free-to-play. The science-fiction MMO, launched last year, will open its doors on a free-to-play basis beginning June 4 on PC and July 15 on PlayStation 3. Plans for a...

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Glyph is a new DRM-free games platform from Rift developer Trion Worlds

By Dave Tach on Mar 12, 2014 03.12.14

Trion Worlds, the developer behind Defiance and Rift, unveiled Glyph this week, a new digital games service that will launch following GDC 2014 with DRM-free titles and no always-online requirement...

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Defiance Arkbreaker DLC gives players alien arkfalls and cold fire weapons today

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Dec 10, 2013 12.10.13

The next round of add-on content for Trion Worlds' massively multiplayer online shooter Defiance drops today, a mission-packed bundle featuring new perils and souped-up alien weapons called A...

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Defiance producers getting the hang of things for season 2

By Samit Sarkar on Oct 15, 2013 10.15.13

Defiance, the crossover between a massively multiplayer online shooter and a Syfy television series, is doing well enough for the network to have greenlit a second season of the series, which is...

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Defiance DLC trailer introduces Dark Matter Arkfall events

By John Funk on Oct 10, 2013 10.10.13

A new trailer for Defiance focuses on the new Dark Matter Arkfalls developer Trion added to its MMO shooter. According to the official community site, there are two types of new Arkfall events,...

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Defiance's Castithan Charge Pack DLC hits Aug. 20

By Dave Tach on Aug 13, 2013 08.13.13

The Castithan Charge Pack, Defiance's first major piece of downloadable content, is set for an Aug. 20 release, the massively multiplayer online shooter's developer, Trion Worlds, announced today. ...

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Trion closing San Diego studio, relocates Defiance and End of Nations development

By Michael McWhertor on Aug 08, 2013 08.08.13

Trion Worlds will close its San Diego, Calif.-based studio, the company confirmed to Polygon today, and relocate operations of two of its games, Defiance and End of Nations to its Redwood City...