"Defiance" is an upcoming American science fiction television series and massively multiplayer online video game. The series and game are set in the near future, where humanity and the alien race known as the Votans are engaged in a brutal war over the planet. The game and TV show are coincide with each in a new method of trans media.
Earlier this month in an interview with Digital Spy, vice president of development at Trion Worlds and executive producer of Defiance, Nathan Richardson explained how the events of the game and TV show would overlap.
"We have what we call crossover events," Richardson told Digital Spy. "They cross both the mediums and the two locations. We have events around every episode and they cross back and forth between the game and show. Something may happen in the game, and then it will cross into the show, and cross back. You can play the game and you don't have to watch the show, but the storylines are mutually progressive."
Richardson says that when the game's first few missions will lead up to the TV shows premiere and after each episode there will be another crossover event.
"Basically, Defiance as a story progresses throughout the year," Richardson said. "When the game goes up you will be doing missions, which leads into the show. We will then have crossover events as each episode premieres, but the game will also move the storyline forward too."
Richardson added, "During the period between season one and [season] two of the TV show, we will have a certain amount of player influence and stuff like that which will affect what season two is."
He also explained that the video game and TV series also have some differences and can move forward with their respective storylines.
"We have certain areas that are very much synced always, such as the world storyline, but it is intentionally that the television show is happening in St Louis and we are in San Francisco," Richardson said. "We have very different settings, so we can give players freedom. We can move forward with the individual storylines."
The series will be broadcast in the United States on the SyFy channel staring in April 2013. Defiance, the video game will also be released in April on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Check out the game's trailer and the making of the TV show video below...
