There weren't a lot of MMOs trying to compete with WoW throughout the 2010s and the ones that did try ultimately ended up shutting down. One MMO that falls into this category is Defiance, an ambitious project that was supposed to share cross-promotional elements with a TV series by the same name. Ultimately, the show was cancelled and the MMO servers went offline, but a comeback appears to be just around the corner. 

Update (24/07/18): Yesterday, reports began circulating that developer Trion Worlds had let go some of its staff as a result of Defiance 2050's performance just weeks after it had launched. While developers have indeed been let go from the company, Trion has clarified that the decision had nothing to do …

Defiance 2050 is Trion World’s effort to rebuild 2013’s Defiance from the ground up, but how does it stack up against the original?

Trion approached its 2013 massive multiplayer online (MMO) title in a rather unprecedented way, influencing gameplay by the events that occurred in its companion television show of the same name, Defiance. Unfortunately, the television show was cancelled in 2015, but Trion has continued building on Defiance and believes it to …