First episode in Syfy#146;s new drama is channel#146;s most-watched scripted series premiere in seven years; players have logged more than 6 million hours in tie-in game thus far.
Syfy's new TV series Defiance is off to a hot start, though the success of the of the same name remains to be seen.
reports that the premiere episode this week drew 2.7 million total viewers and 1.3 million adults 18-49.
This makes the show's premiere the network#146;s most-watched scripted series debut for adults in seven years.The previous ratings king for Syfy was the 2006 debut of Eureka
Defiance was developed as a TV series and a game from Trion Worlds. According to Deadline, players have logged more than 6 million hours in the title since it launched on April 2.
The Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC game is set in the San Francisco Bay Area in a futuristic time period where Earth been dramatically changed by alien terraforming, whereas the TV series takes place in St. Louis.
First episode in Syfy#146;s new drama is channel#146;s most-watched scripted series premiere in seven years; players have logged more than 6 million hours in tie-in game thus far.
Syfy's new TV series Defiance is off to a hot start, though the success of the of the same name remains to be seen.
reports that the premiere episode this week drew 2.7 million total viewers and 1.3 million adults 18-49.
This makes the show's premiere the network#146;s most-watched scripted series debut for adults in seven years.The previous ratings king for Syfy was the 2006 debut of Eureka
Defiance was developed as a TV series and a game from Trion Worlds. According to Deadline, players have logged more than 6 million hours in the title since it launched on April 2.
The Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC game is set in the San Francisco Bay Area in a futuristic time period where Earth been dramatically changed by alien terraforming, whereas the TV series takes place in St. Louis.
If you havent been following the development of Defiance, roughly two years ago the SyFy channel finally got the ball rolling on their dream to create a trans-media event. They made a single universe split down the center of your television screen. Coming in through the cable box is a weekly, hour long science fiction show about a human-alien colony trying to survive in a dystopian version of St. Louis. But theres also a game, a MMO 3rd person shooter set in the San Francisco Bay Area, played online through your Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, or PC.
Jamie of Xboxer360 writes, "Not many TV show tied-in games have achieved great success, in fact you could say the only game to do so was Telltales The Walking Dead, whereas Survival Instinct showed us exactly how not to make a TV tied-in title. Well now its Defiances turn to show what its got, with the TV series set to premiere on Monday 15th April on the Syfy channel.
Set in the San Francisco Bay area, the world does not appear as we know it, with a terraformed environment and alien inhabitants known as Voltans, now sharing Earth with the human race. Defiance is an open-world third-person shooter MMO, a lot to say I know, but thats exactly what it is. You are an Ark Hunter, not a Vault Hunter although there are a lot of similarities to Borderlands. Employed by the famous Karl Von Bach (CEO of Von Bach Industries), its your job to search for advanced and expensive alien technology."
EuroGamer - Chance is a funny thing. The road we walk through life is filled with forks that force us to choose between one route and another, and with every turn the final destination becomes less and less clear. You know, a little like in OutRun.
Although Yukio Futatsugi was potty for games ever since he was in junior high school in Kobe, Japan, and fell in love with Pong and Space Invaders while spending a year in San Francisco at primary school age, he very nearly did not become the creator of Panzer Dragoon. He very nearly became a filmmaker.
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein says if industry continues to make games that glorify guns, Congress could step in.
Violent games are a negative influence on young people, US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) argued at a recent event. As reported by the ), the policymaker said this week in San Francisco that if the game industry continues to make games that glorify guns, Congress may step in.
Feinstein said these games play "a very negative role for young people, and the industry ought to take note of that."
Her argument came as part of a discussion regarding potential legislative action that could be taken following December's schoolhouse massacre in Connecticut where a 20-year-old killed 20 children and six adults being taking his own life.
The shooter was reportedly a "."
"If Sandy Hook doesn't do it, if the knowledge of these video games this young man played doesn't, then maybe we have to proceed, but that is in the future," Feinstein said.
New legislation over the sale of violent games in the US would face an uphill battle. In 2011, the Supreme Court an attempt to legislate violent game sales in the US.
Feinstein is not the only politician to criticize violent games in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting. Last month, US Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-DW) said the industry must lessen the "" in games.
Following an extended leave of absence, intrepid international mobile gaming reporters Jon and Keith join me in the podcast booth for a special post-GDC round-up.
Despite the pair of them being jetlagged and infected with exotic diseases (if you count a San Francisco cold as exotic), they manage to recount a laundry list of upcoming mobile games impressive enough to make your iPhone explode wit...
Following an extended leave of absence, intrepid international mobile gaming reporters Jon and Keith join me in the podcast booth for a special post-GDC round-up.
Despite the pair of them being jetlagged and infected with exotic diseases (if you count a San Francisco cold as exotic), they manage to recount a laundry list of upcoming mobile games impressive enough to make your iPhone explode wit...
