On a future Earth ravaged by aliens and 50 years of global war, a civilization emerges that rejects the old ways to forge a new destiny in a wild frontier. Can the connection between a lawman trying to keep his town safe and a new kind of gold rush in San Francisco hold the only hope for a better future?

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. 

Downloadable content is being executed with several components, including a free component, a paid component and a store update.

Set to provide fans with a flow of meaningful, exciting new content for the game, Defiance has its first major update coming soon. It has numerous performance enhancements, as well as new TV Tie-ins, one of which will utilize a new open world game mode called Sieges. It’s a crossover event that you don’t want to miss!

You get this when you buy the DLC for $10:

• Access to play the Castithan Species
• Access to a new Story Mission Line with new Battle Arena Game Mode
• Access to the new Castithan Battle Arenas
• Castithan Charge Blade & Ceremonial Mask as a reward from Story Mission Line
• A unique version of the Raptor, a new 4 player truck of doom
• A unique Castithan version of an outfit
• A Charge Weapons Starter Pack
• Access to New Pursuits
• New Xbox and PS3 Trophies and Achievements

You get this in the DLC for free:

• Access to the new Charge Weapons Class and Castithan Blades
• Access to Sieges, a new Open World Game Mode
• Access to the new Monolith Major Arkfall
• Access to a new PvP Map - Military Academy
• Join a friend into the Battle Arenas Game Mode
• Duel your friends and neighbors in the Duels Game Mode
• Enemies, lockboxes, and events can drop Charge Weapons
• Select a new voice for you character
• Multitude of game improvements from UI to content

You can buy these individually from the store:

• New Mods that tint the color of your Castithan Blade
• Lockboxes have a chance to get Charge Weapons
• More versions of the Raptor, the new 4 player truck of doomed compensation
• Character Customization changes: Appearance change, name change, or everything change