GamesBeat weekly roundup: Google’s game service, EA axes online passes, and a look at The Last of Us

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Syfy renews Defiance — the TV show that is also a game

Sci-fi fans -- and maybe gamers -- will get more Defiance as SyFy renews the show for a second season.

The DeanBeat: Defiance is inescapable transmedia that you’ll want to escape

Awareness of this game-show transmedia will be huge. But the game's launch shows lots of things can go wrong.

Defiance TV show isn’t bad, but will it interest you for a whole season?

You don't have to watch the show and play the game at the same time, but it's a fair bet that these two will live or die together.

Defiance is not your normal massively multiplayer online game (first impressions)

It's been almost two weeks since Trion Worlds launched its latest massively multiplayer online game, Defiance. Here's some first impressions of the sci-fi shooter.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney shutters LucasArts, Zynga tries to reinvigorate OMGPOP, and more

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Trion Worlds launches massively multiplayer shooter Defiance with a lot on the line

Defiance heads out to gamers two weeks before the show debuts.

After five years of work, Defiance’s Nick Beliaeff needs sleep (video)

Nick Bliaeff has headed development for Trion Worlds' massively multiplayer online game.

SyFy’s Defiance television show and Trion World’s online game are in the home stretch after five years

Transmedia entertainment property Defiance is one of the biggest bets on cross-media promotion of games and TV.

With 7.5M users in Russia, Crytek’s free-to-play shooter Warface is coming to the U.S. (preview)

The successful online shooter is making its way to the U.S., China, and Asia.

Why the creation of ‘transmedia project’ Defiance terrified game developers and TV show makers

SyFy leader didn't want a bunch of gamers with guns running through his TV show's town and shooting it up.

Trion to publish XL Games’ massive online game ArcheAge in Western markets (exclusive)

Six years in the making, ArcheAge is a huge fantasy role-playing online game from Lineage creator Jake Song.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Richard Garriott, PAX Prime 2012, and insane Japanese commercials

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Trion Worlds readies Storm Legion expansion for its Rift fantasy online universe

Trion Worlds is announcing today that it will release Storm Legion, its first expansion for its Rift massively multiplayer online game. The expansion will debut in North America and Europe on Nov. 13.

The announcement shows that Redwood City, Calif.-based …

Battle Bears creator SkyVu raises venture round for brand expansion (exclusive)

The mobile gaming gold rush lives on: SkyVu raises a round from venture firm Lightbank and others.