In an exclusive interview with DEFIANCE TV Show writer, Rockne S. O’Bannon, Sci-Fi Bulletin gets Rockne to talk about the challenges involved with creating a script for not only a TV show but a TV show that is interconnected with a massive online video game.

“When Syfy first approached me – and the more I heard about what they were attempting – I just kept getting more and more excited,” O’Bannon said today. ”The grand experiment of building an MMO game simultaneously with the development of a TV series is just such a great challenge. And one that promises a kind of kaleidoscopic storytelling that I just couldn’t resist. This series is going to be huge. A true saga of future Earth – that you not only watch, but that you can actually enter and be a part of through the game.”

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This year at E3 ZAM got a quick look at Trion’s new MMOG, Defiance. They got their hands on the game and got invited to a short Q&A.

After the demo finished, Trion opened the floor for a brief Q&A session. We gleamed that Trion will enable some competitive play features, possibly leader boards. For truly exceptional players, their character names might even be mentioned in the television series. We also discovered that given the alien’s terraforming activities, players might wake up one day and log in to find that the world as we know it has completely changed, again.

Most detail-specific gameplay questions were met with a standard “we can’t answer that yet,” or “that’s not decided,” bringing us back to my original gripe. The fact is, whenever you have an ambitious title you can never have enough information.

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Check out the latest screenshots fresh from E3.

Recently Trion released a trailer for Defiance for E3. Check it out.

TRION AND SYFY REVEAL DEFIANCE™, THE FIRST INTERCONNECTED VIDEO GAME AND TELEVISION SERIES

Trion’s Multi-Platform Shooter MMO to Debut at E3; Rockne S. O’Bannon Tapped to

REDWOOD SHORES, CA & New York, NY – June 6, 2011 – Defiance™, the upcoming open world shooter MMO from Trion Worlds, will make its official debut at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, June 7-9. Demos will take place behind closed doors at the Trion booth over the course of the three-day show. Select press and VIPs will see the first shooter-style MMO to play live on PC, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.

Defiance is the first multi-platform shooter MMO which, in a ground-breaking entertainment experience, interconnects with a global television program by Syfy, cable’s premier imagination-based entertainment channel. Announced last year, the first live gameplay demo of Trion and Syfy’s visionary concept will debut at the annual industry event.

On the television side, the Defiance series, to be produced by Universal Cable Productions, will be penned by Rockne S. O’Bannon, a legendary sci-fi TV writer best-known for his work onWarehouse 13, Alien Nation, seaQuest DSV, and Farscape.

About Defiance
Set on a future Earth, Defiance introduces players and viewers to a world where humans and aliens live together on a planet transformed by decades of conflict. The game combines the intense action of a “AAA” console shooter, with the persistence, scale, and customization of an MMO, while its TV counterpart weaves the rich tapestry of the world into a series with the scope, characters, and drama of a classic sci-fi epic. Because they exist in a single universe, the show and the game will influence each other and evolve together over time, with actions in both mediums driving the overall story of Defiance.