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Defiance team relocated to Redwood City office
Read More »Hartsman returns to Trion as CEO
Former chief creative officer is back at MMO studio just months after departure
Read More »Trion shuts down San Diego studio, names new CEO
Trion Worlds will be relocating operations for Defiance and End of Nations to its Redwood City headquarters, as it has announced the closing of its San Diego studio. We can confirm that the San Diego studio will be closing,” a Trion spokesperson confirmed to Polygon. The day to day operations …
Read More »End of Nations now a ‘MOBA RTS’
Trion Worlds changes tacks as MMO aspects of game fail to wow testers
Read More »Trion board gets former Activision exec
Robin Kaminsky joins forces with Defiance developer
Read More »Triple-A development model ‘broken’
Former Trion Worlds CCO vents concerns over rising dev costs
Read More »Job losses rock Trion Worlds
Defiance developer Trion Worlds has been hit by a "massive" round of layoffs. Sources speaking toIGNclaimed that more than half of the company has been let go, with some claiming as many as 80 per cent of staff were laid off. It has also been claimed the most of the …
Read More »Mass layoffs strike at Trion Worlds
Sources claim as many as 80 per cent of staff made redundant
Read More »Rift confronts the inevitable, goes free-to-play
Trion Worlds has confirmed plans to ditch subscription fees for MMO title Rift. The game, which was launched in early 2011, will become free-to-play as of June 12th and will not lock content away from non-paying players. Our free-to-play model is built on a simple idea: everyone can download, log …
Read More »Rift MMO going free-to-play
Trion Worlds' first game to ditch subscription-only model on June 12th
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