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Battlestar Galactica MMORPG hitting browsers this fall

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Mar 10, 2010 5:56 pm PT

SyFy teams with Bigpoint to deliver Web browser-based online game based on Emmy Award-winning TV series.

In 2007, NBC Universal and its now-defunct corporate sibling Vivendi Games teamed up to bring the Sci-Fi Channel's popular space opera Battlestar Galactica to downloadable platforms as a multiplayer-focused shooter. The two are giving it another go, as the rebranded science fiction network SyFy and NBC Universal are bringing Battlestar Galactica back to the online space, but this time in a more massively multiplayer form.

Battlestar Galactica Online is coming to a Web browser near you this fall.

This week, the media company announced that it had teamed with Bigpoint on a Web browser-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the Battlestar Galactica series. Titled Battlestar Galactica Online, the game will be available through Syfy.com beginning this fall.

Battlestar Galactica Online is being codeveloped by Norwegian studio Artplant and browser-based gaming engine maker Unity. Though situated in a cross-platform Web browser, the game features full 3D graphics and sees players assuming the role of either humanity's remnants or the Cylons.

As for gameplay, Battlestar Galactica Online will include tactical space combat, exploration, and mission-based quests, which flesh out the game's overarching storyline. The game will also feature assets taken directly from SyFy's Emmy Award-winning TV show.

Battlestar Galactica Online is hardly SyFy's only venture into the gaming market of late. In 2008, the television network announced a deal with Trion Worlds to develop massively multiplayer online games that integrate with its broadcasts. Last month, SyFy entered into a joint development deal with game-publishing heavyweight THQ that sees the two collaborating on adapting existing franchises and creating new properties for cross-media use.

28 Comments

  • blaob

    Posted Apr 2, 2010 7:36 am PT

    MMO is not the way... the dogfighting title about the old BSG was great. I think we need an action game about the new BSG, something like HALO or republic commando, a kind of stealth action, including dogfight across the space. that wouldn't be bad imho

  • vassago_

    Posted Mar 23, 2010 6:58 pm PT

    The original series sucked, sorry old folks. As for the game being browser-based, the Unity Engine is extremely capable in a browser. Afterall, it just uses that as the loading device - you can make it entirely fullscreen just like a regular game and it has advanced graphical features. I'm more worried about the development studio behind the game, than the engine itself.

  • ajac

    Posted Mar 14, 2010 9:01 pm PT

    how it it universally agreed? I see only a handful of people here saying they prefer it.. universally would be everyone and since I know for a fact that quit a few people I know prefer the original then I know its not universally just ur opinion.

  • ajac

    Posted Mar 14, 2010 9:00 pm PT

    I know plenty of people that dont like it and I prefer the original. I guess when you give euros a great american scifi this is what happens to it.

  • FBIoh3

    Posted Mar 12, 2010 4:43 pm PT

    so.....syfy,mgm....how about frakken stargate online?

  • DuaneDog

    Posted Mar 11, 2010 3:09 pm PT

    Browser based? wtf?

  • Sins-of-Mosin

    Posted Mar 11, 2010 1:50 pm PT

    Cally, we need more Cally.

  • Vulpis

    Posted Mar 11, 2010 11:04 am PT

    So basically it's a porn game in the Unity engine? There's a strike against it right there (Unity, not the porn).

  • 2bitSmOkEy

    Posted Mar 11, 2010 4:48 am PT

    What the frak man....what the frak....

  • _MojoCraft_

    Posted Mar 11, 2010 4:22 am PT

    @ajac

    Sorry but its almost universally agreed on that the original BSG sucked.

  • SDBusDriver1979

    Posted Mar 11, 2010 12:19 am PT

    Wrong license man, this screams Descent Freespace all over it.

  • NinjaFoot

    Posted Mar 10, 2010 10:23 pm PT

    This license literally screams for a Wing Commander style game a la WC3 or 4. If that were coming I would sign up immediately.

  • ColdfireTrilogy

    Posted Mar 10, 2010 10:19 pm PT

    @ajac given that the new BSG is the second highest rated show ever produced aggregated review wise ... i dont know who besides you doesnt like it : \ I loved BSG...

  • ajac

    Posted Mar 10, 2010 9:54 pm PT

    maybe they will use the original BSG and make a GOOD MMO and leave the crap BSG go this crap idea.

  • greendude123

    Posted Mar 10, 2010 7:34 pm PT

    True Krholmes. I played runescape as my first MMO YEARS ago, back when dial up was the norm haha. still has a place in my heart. I just hope this dosen't turn out like STO. If they put the time into and don't rush it, it could be great

  • Maxor127

    Posted Mar 10, 2010 7:33 pm PT

    I'm assuming it's going to be a lite-MMO and not an attempt to overtake WoW? These companies don't seem to realize WoW earned its success by being in development for years and years... at least 4 if I remember right.

  • punkpunker

    Posted Mar 10, 2010 7:26 pm PT

    no commandable battlestar, no deal

  • Delius

    Posted Mar 10, 2010 7:23 pm PT

    *rolls eyes*

  • Hazzerz

    Posted Mar 10, 2010 7:12 pm PT

    They can't possibly be serious -,-

  • Gamesterpheonix

    Posted Mar 10, 2010 7:11 pm PT

    What the hell. No. Wtf. Why tarnish BSG's good name with a destined to fail MMO??? Make a damn action game. What races are you going to use? Human and human looking cylon? Seriously? WTF?!

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