Official Site:Â Defiance
Studio:Â Trion Worlds
Launch Date:Â April 2, 2013
Genre:Â Sci-Fi third-person shooter
Business Model:Â F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, Xbox 360, PS3
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The MOP Up: SMITE’s bad news bears (August 6, 2017)
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Perfect Ten: MMOs in limbo
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The Ex Inanis faction offers new loot for currency in Defiance
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The MMOs of the Steam Summer 2017 Sale
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Defiance heats up summer with a new high-powered event
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The Game Archaeologist: How Sceptre of Goth shaped the MMO industry
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Trion streamlines its Glyph launcher to decrease its memory footprint
If you play one of Trion Worlds' online games, then chances are very good that you also use Trion's Glyph launcher on a daily...
Defiance invites you to cleanse the diseased with pure, searing flame
The new Defiance event is full of disease. There's an outbreak of some illness or another with all-new Arkfalls, but what's really important is...
RIFT, Trove, and ArcheAge start accepting Razer zGold
There's a new way to pay in Trion Worlds' games, and that way is Razer zGold.
Trion announced this week that all of its games,...
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April Fools’ Day 2017: Hijinks across the MMOverse
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Defiance prepares for its Armistice Day celebration
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The Stream Team: The heart is where the Hellbugs are… in Trove
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Massively OP’s guide to Valentine’s Day around the MMORPG verse
Ready for sappy questlines, particle effects that look like hearts, and lots -- and I do mean lots -- of pink? Valentine's day has...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most unclear futures in 2017
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The MOP Up: Black Desert loyalty rewards (January 15, 2017)
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Here are all of the online gaming deals from Amazon’s Digital Day sale
Wake up! Are you awake? Good, because you've got less than 24 hours to take advantage of Amazon's first ever "Digital Day" sales event....
Trion Worlds’ Scapes jumps over to Bethsoft
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Evan Berman, more commonly known as "Scapes"...
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Defiance promises players more content moving into 2017
If you like playing Defiance, we can't blame you for being just a little... on edge about the game. The whole "transmedia synergy" element...