Trion Worlds has announced Defiance 2050 as a “from-the-ground-up” recreation of Defiance for current generation hardwarefor PC. They have been supporting their video game cross television series online TPS title Defiance since its launch in 2013. 

Defiance 2050 is set 20 years after the Arkfall event left millions of Votans deads and brought Earth to resemble a post-apocalyptic landscape. Interestingly this setting lines up where the current story of Defiance is in the timeline, which originally began 15 years after the event. Players will explore this desolate version of San Francisco in an open-world while taking on story-driven missions as they fight for their survival. Defiance 2050 is scheduled to release Summer 2018 with a planned closed beta period for players will be able to sign up for soon.