Big Layoffs Hit The Studio Behind Defiance And Rift [UPDATE]
We're hearing of big layoffs at Trion Worlds, the company behind big online games like Rift and Defiance.
Defiance—the SyFy TV series tied to Trion Worlds' shooter—isn't out yet but a second season is already being planned.
You Can Play Warface With Russian Players Right Now, But You Might Get…
Crytek's near-future military shooter for the PC, Warface, is currently live in Russia, with a closed beta in China. But the game plays differently in both regions.
Defiance Trailer Is Half Game, Half TV Show
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Here's the latest trailer for Defiance, an upcoming massively multiplayer online game that will come coupled with a television show that its creators say will be affected by the way players play.
Here’s a First Look at Massive Online Shooter Defiance in Action
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Trion's Defiance, the platform-agnostic shooter-MMO that Stephen Totilo saw at E3, promises to deliver open-world action with thousands of simulataneous players. It's also supposed to sync with an in-development SyFy TV series, so that developments in the game affect the show. That's a tall order, right?
Another MMO's Accounts Have Been Hacked
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Developer Trion Worlds has sent emails out to its subscribers warning them that accounts for its MMO Rift - which some people think is a damn fine game - have been compromised by "unauthorized intruders".
They Want to Make Sequels a Thing of the Past
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Imagine the lovechild that would emerge from the coupling of, say, Epic's Gears of War and Zynga's Adventure World. You'd get all the gritty action and polished mechanics of a AAA game buoyed by a constant stream of updates and content. Daddy's eyes and mommy's brains, so to speak. And sequels? With a back-end where…
End of Nations Won't Release Until 2012
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Though no official release date had been given for the free-to-play MMORTS End of Nations, 2011 had not been ruled out for the game's launch. Developer Trion took that off the table today at the Eurogamer Expo, saying the game will in fact arrive in 2012 and not sooner.
I Saw the PlayStation 3 Wired to Play Against an Xbox 360, but You Won't
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I'm supposed to be telling you about a new video game called Defiance, but... I have to tell you something else: I saw one guy controlling the game on an Xbox 360. Another was playing in on a PlayStation 3
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A Hacker Didn't Break This Game, He Helped Fix It
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New MMO game Rift has had a few problems since launch, one of them being a percentage of user accounts having been compromised. Luckily, an ex-hacker has been able to help plug the leak.
Interview: How Cloud Computing Changes Trion's Game
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Trion CEO Lars Buttler promises that platforms like his company's will evolve the way we play online. The company recently announced some ambitious plans - to develop a persistent MMO that ties into an ongoing Sci-Fi Channel television series, to create a new fantasy MMO helmed by Might and Magic creator Jon Van…
Trion Also At Work On First-Party Van Caneghem MMO, PS3 Titles
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Earlier this morning, we reported Trion World Network is teaming up with the Sci-Fi channel to create an MMO based on an upcoming show, a cool idea as the show's direction is intended to evolve depending on what players do in the game. That co-development agreement is not the only thing Trion has in the works, however.