News Gamigo shuts down Atlas Reactor Trion Worlds' F2P tactics title closes after two years, "can no longer sustain itself" April 17, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Trion Worlds lays off staff Job cuts come as German MMO outfit Gamigo acquires majority of assets of Rift and Defiance developer/publisher Oct. 22, 2018 Brendan Sinclair
News Trion Worlds eliminates 15 positions post-Defiance 2050 launch MMO studio says round of layoffs necessary to enable continued development on upcoming projects July 20, 2018 Rebekah Valentine
News Trion Worlds acquires Gazillion Entertainment assets Rift developer hopes to expand MMO portfolio through acquisition, third-party relationships June 25, 2018 Rebekah Valentine
Feature Free-to-play and back again for Trion Worlds Five years after Rift abandoned the subscription model, Trion Worlds is revisiting it with a new Prime server to bring back lapsed players March 7, 2018 Brendan Sinclair
News Trion Worlds remastering Defiance without TV show MMO publisher will bring free-to-play shooter to PC and current gen consoles despite lack of key selling point Feb. 28, 2018 James Batchelor
News Trion Worlds adds premium server with "no lockboxes" to Rift Rift Prime server's "progressively unlocked content" a response to debate in the wider industry Jan. 22, 2018 Matthew Handrahan
News Atlas Reactor: From freemium to premium "We don't tend to view business models as a religious subject" May 18, 2016 Rachel Weber
News Defiance TV show cancelled, game will continue SyFy ends companion series after three seasons, F2P MMO remains Oct. 19, 2015 Dan Pearson
News Trion Worlds hires GameSpot writer Kevin VanOrd joins Rift and Archeage studio July 21, 2015 Rachel Weber
News Linda "Brasse" Carlson joins Trion Worlds Sony Online Entertainment veteran is the new Director of Community Relations April 16, 2015 Matthew Handrahan
News Defiance TV show renewed for third season Trion Worlds' ambitious MMO will continue to influence events in the show Sept. 29, 2014 Matthew Handrahan
News Rift sales up, player counts "way up" with switch to free-to-play Trion Worlds' SVP of marketing talks Rift, Defiance, and changes in marketing Aug. 20, 2013 Steve Peterson
News Trion Worlds confirms closure of Guildford office "Part of its recent company realignment," says director of communications Aug. 15, 2013 Rachel Weber
News Trion World closes San Diego office "The day to day operations of Defiance will be moved to our Redwood City studio" Aug. 9, 2013 Rachel Weber
News Trion Worlds names Scott Hartsman CEO Rift maker's former chief creative officer returns in new role after just seven months away Aug. 8, 2013 Brendan Sinclair
News Crytek refuses to comment on Trion relationship following Warface silence Update: Exec producer says another closed beta coming soon, "very optimistic about Warface's future" June 26, 2013 Matt Martin
News Trion's former CCO: AAA development is "fundamentally broken" Hartsman comments on AAA and devs becoming "business-aware" May 22, 2013 Mike Williams
News Trion hit by mass layoffs Defiance developer reportedly makes deep cuts to staff, Rift and other games "unaffected" May 17, 2013 Brendan Sinclair
News Rift goes free-to-play Trion Worlds opens up entirety of 2011 MMORPG for non-paying gamers starting next month May 14, 2013 Brendan Sinclair
News Defiance scores 1 million registrations Trion Worlds' shooter hits milestone one month after launch May 3, 2013 Rachel Weber
News Defiance show Syfy's most-watched scripted premiere since 2006 The show tied to Trion's newest MMO is off to a good start April 16, 2013 Mike Williams
News Trion producer joins Zynga Hal Hanlin now lead producer at social gaming giant March 5, 2013 Rachel Weber
News Trion Worlds confirms layoffs An unconfirmed number of employees have been let go at the publisher Dec. 12, 2012 Mike Williams
News Gamers refunded as End of Nations beta postponed Trion Worlds' free-to-play title "needs polish and improvement" Nov. 28, 2012 Rachel Weber