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The Stream Team: Running around the map seeking bugs to blast in Defiance

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MOP's Chris is back once more in the revivified Defiance, and this time he's looking for events to join in on. Whether it's shooting...

Not So Massively: Stormgate’s campaign reboot is much better, but is it too late?

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I hate what a cliche of cynical games journalism that headline is, but it really is the most accurate thing to say about the...

Defiance devs address everything they’ve fixed so far – and everything they’re still working on

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Would you believe that Defiance has already been open for two whole weeks? I can't, but that's because April somehow felt like four months...
Could mean anything.

The Daily Grind: Would you play a Marvel Heroes revival without the Marvel IP?

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Earlier this month, we saw the return of Defiance after Gamigo licensed Fawkes to run a revived version of it. Awesome, frankly. More of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 515: Palia’s purple paradise

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Justin and Bree discuss Defiance, Palia, Dune Awakening, and MapleStory Classic, with adventures in LOTRO, Classic Guild Wars, WoW Classic, and WoW, plus a mailbag topic on the future of MMOs.

Defiance confirms that live player counts vastly outnumber earlier stress testing

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Having too many players wanting to get in to your MMO would normally be a good problem to have, but in the case of...

Defiance’s return is marked with multiple server crashes, restarts, and high lag

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To say that people were pretty excited for the relaunch of Defiance over the weekend by Fawkes Games would be an understatement, particularly since...

The Stream Team: Joining in on the live return of sci-fi shooter MMO Defiance

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Defiance? In 2025? It's more likely than you think! MOP's Chris is going to be boots-on-the-ground during Fawkes Games' revival of the previously sunsetted...

Fallen Earth’s been offline over two months now, but Little Orbit isn’t giving up on its return

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So here's an out-of-nowhere thought for the day: Did Fallen Earth ever come back online since its abrupt closure in early February? And it...

Fawkes has officially relaunched Defiance four years after Gamigo killed it

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As promised, Defiance officially launched at 6 a.m. EDT this morning. If you got up at 6 a.m. to play this, you can officially...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 514: Elder Seasons Online

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Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online, Classic Guild Wars, LOTRO, abd Defiance, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and Diablo III, plus a mailbag topic on advice for MMO sequels.

Fawkes’ Defiance calls all players to assemble for this week’s relaunch

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Fans of Defiance and MMO revivals in general probably have this Friday, April 18th highlighted on their calendars, for that's the day that the...

Fawkes is running another Defiance stress test April 11, having rebalanced the cash shop ‘pain points’

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So, how did the Defiance stress test last weekend go? Well enough that Fawkes Games, which picked up the game from Gamigo to open...

Perfect Ten: The wild MMORPGs that came out in 2011

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Not every year sees equal releases in the MMORPG genre. We've had years of starvation and years of plenty. Every so often it's fun...

‘Less AI more game content’: Defiance’s new operators prep a new video and Saturday stress test

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Last week, Fawkes Games put out a trailer for Defiance hyping up its return. When we ran it, you may have noticed the trailer...

Who is Fawkes Games, Defiance’s new operator, and what other titles are under its care?

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With Gamigo reviving and offloading sci-fi MMO Defiance to Fawkes Games for a relaunch next month, there's some question about who this Fawkes is...

‘It’s all coming back, just as you left it’: Fawkes hypes the return of Defiance with a new teaser video

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Last week, we got the surprising but welcome news that Fawkes Games is unsunsetting Defiance, Trion Worlds' old "transmedia synergy MMO, come April 18th....

Perfect Ten: Short but mighty playable MMO races

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I like short races in MMOs. Not exclusively, but if there is an option to go small or go home, you can bet that...
Cool guys don't look at explosions.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 510: Defiance defies the odds

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Justin and Bree discuss the return of Defiance, the sale of Pokemon Go, World of Warcraft's housing, BlizzCon 2026, and Pantheon's PvP, with adventures in WoW and LOTRO, plus a mailbag topic on Dungeon Fighter Online and other deep-cut MMOs.

Defiance’s revival team didn’t get the database, will start with the final patch, and can’t commit to major updates yet

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Back on Tuesday, we reported on the news that Fawkes Games - which in the past has picked up multiple discarded Gamigo MMORPGs -...

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