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.

SyFy’s Defiance transmedia television show is like an immigrant drama with aliens (video)

Michael Nankin has directed a number of the episodes in the upcoming SyFy transmedia TV show and game, Defiance.

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.

After 8 years, Hunted Cow Studios unveils its MMO Eldevin

Hunted Cow Studios is unveiling Eldevin, a story-driven fantasy title that the company has worked on for eight years.

Dragons, dinosaurs, and Transformers: RuneScape’s CEO on the future of free to play

Free to play is the future of gaming, even for traditional game publishers, according to Jagex Games Studio CEO Mark Gerhard. He talks to GamesBeat about the rush to the free-to-play model, Jagex's potential market value, and the development of upcoming MMO Transformers Universe.

I’ve got a bad feeling about this — Star Wars: The Old Republic’s producer leaves BioWare

Star Wars: The Old Republic executive producer Rich Vogel, has left BioWare Austin. He oversaw all aspects of the massively multiplayer role-playing game during its development and after its launch.

APB Reloaded: Turning a game that killed a studio into a 3-million-user success (interview)

APB Reloaded is proving that positive reviews and long-term success don't necessarily go hand-in-hand, as it flies in the face of criticism from the gaming press and continues to gain new users on a near day-to-day basis.

Investigating something wicked in The Secret World

When Norwegian developer Funcom's latest massively multiplayer online role-playing game, The Secret World, launches in July, two things will no doubt set it apart from its competitors: its real-world Lovecraft meets Stephen King meets the X-Files setting and its challenging, brain-teasing missions.

EA’s Star Wars: The Old Republic snares 1.3M subscribers

Electronic Arts said today that its critical online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, had 1.3 million active subscribers in the fourth-fiscal quarter ended March 31.

The video game giant announced the news as part of its quarter and year-end …

Spacetime Studios ratchets up cross-platform gaming with Dark Legends

Are you longing for the day you can play a game with depth on your phone or tablet, then hop onto your PC when you get home to continue the adventure? That day may be here, if Spacetime Studios has …

Wargaming.net lead designer expects massive aerial clashes in World of Warplanes (interview)

Wargaming.net has earned its stripes in PC gaming. Known for the Massive Assault series, Order of War and other titles, the PC development has now started cashing in big time on its hardcore gaming know-how with the success of its …

Star Wars: The Old Republic was built to thrive in a WoW world

The first step in creating a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game in today’s market is to start with the world’s most popular intellectual property: Star Wars.

So says Dallas Dickinson, director of production for Electronic Arts’ BioWare division. In fact, …

Your odds of staying married in Maplestory may be better than in real life

Marriage in online role-playing game Maplestory is serious business. Just ask some of the folks who found themselves marrying other players in the game, or the marriage and family therapist who weighed in on their online relationships.

Marriage expert Athena …

Hyrulecraft recreates massive Ocarina of Time landscape on Minecraft server

Here’s a story that is equal parts awesome and amazing: some talented and persistent Minecraft fans have built a one to one scale representation of the entire Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time video game on their own Minecraft …

Interplay loses rights to Fallout intellectual property in lawsuit settlement

ZeniMax Media, the parent company of video game developer and publisher Bethesda Softworks, has reached a settlement in the lawsuit against Interplay Entertainment over the Fallout brand.

The lawsuit sought to cancel the license granted to Interplay to develop a …