There’s a good reason that Syfy had the largest hotel-draped sign at San Diego Comic-Con this past July to promote Defiance. The upcoming TV series stands above just about anything else out there in entertainment when it comes to ambition - the first science fiction universe that was designed by both veteran game developers at Trion Worlds and Hollywood creatives working with Syfy.
There have been plenty of examples of Hollywood adding interactivity to television series through Facebook games and second screen online options, but nothing to the magnitude of a fully realized world that offers a deep third-person perspective shooter as well as a dramatic serialized TV series. Defiance is set 30 years from now in a post-apocalyptic world. While the game takes place in the San Francisco Bay area, the TV series is set in the town of Defiance, which sits atop what used to be St. Louis (part of the arch still exists as a reminder). Characters, including those played by series stars Grant Bowler and Stephanie Leonidas, will make their debut in the game world before leaving for Defiance and picking things up in the show.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/15/defiance-changes-the-game-for-television
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