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Defiance game will live on, despite death of TV series

The tie-in Defiance MMO will continue ‘exactly as before’, the CEO of Trion Worlds has pledged, following the cancellation of its TV counterpart. The sci-fi show has been dropped by US network Syfy after three seasons, having premiered in April 2013 – two weeks after developer Trion Worlds’ interconnecting MMO …

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Syfy renews Defiance for third season

Trion and Syfy’s TV and gaming crossover experiment Defiance will get a third season, the television network has announced. Episodes for the upcoming season will begin airing weekly later this year, according to Syfy. In the meantime, Trion is prepping a new major update for the accompanying free-to-play PC title. …

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Sharknado: The Video Game is a real thing

Did you know there’s going to be another Sharknado film? There is. And now there’s going to be a game too. Syfy’s 2013 b-movie outing Sharknado was for reasons unfathomable to man a cult hit. So much so, in fact, that the station will on July 30th debut Sharknado 2: …

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SyFy commissions Defiance for second series

Cross-media games and TV project Defiance will return for a second series. TV channel SyFy has already put pen to paper after the strong start enjoyed by the ongoing first series which broke records upon its recent debut. The second series will begin production in August 2014. "Bringing the rich …

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Defiance breaks SyFy records, reaches 1m registered players

Trion Worlds’ multiplayer online shooter Defiance is off to a strong start. The Defiance TV show, which will integrate with the game as the pair develop, has broken new records on its host station SyFy attracting 2.7m viewers for its debut episode. GameSpot reports that the show also became SyFy’s …

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Syfy’s Xbox 360-exclusive television series launches today

Syfy digital has announced its set to launch Nuclear Family, an original television series, exclusively on the Xbox 360. IGN reports The show will be available via Syfy’s web app on the console, and will deliver 20 episodes kicking off at some point later today. The series revolves around a …

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E3 2011: Trion Worlds unveils Defiance

Ambitious MMO developer Trion Worlds has finally lifted the lid on its action MMO project. Entitled Defiance, the game has been developed for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in conjunction with SyFy and will be closely integrated with an accompanying TV series of the same name. Both properties are set …

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Syfy announces social gaming plans

Syfy will publish it first social games later this year as the broadcaster aims for a larger share of that market. While no specific titles have been announced, they will all be based on Syfy programming and will initially be made available through Facebook in the US, according to Broadcasting …

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