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Bigpoint has announced plans to release a browser-based "tactical space combat and adventure" MMO based on Battlestar Galactica this autumn.

Battlestar Galactica Online will be playable on Syfy.com for a 30-day trial period, during which players will sign up as a human or Cylon, and is based on the Unity engine.

"For the first time ever, we're relying completely on Unity in order to offer our users fantastic game graphics right in their browsers," Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz said.

The teaser site for the game is up now, and Bigpoint is discussing the game at GDC this week.

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Doctor_What #1 2 years ago

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Intriguing. I'll keep an eye on that one.
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TeaFiend #2 2 years ago

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I hope I can be a centurion. They were pretty cool.
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bad09 #3 2 years ago

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Why is all space combat MMO these days?

I'd bite someones arm off for a single player game like X-wing or Wing Commander or even that Battlestar game on Xbox. It would give me a reason to buy a new flight stick

Any good ones out there these days?

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jellyhead #4 2 years ago

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*Another* MMO! Blimey, some of these had better be good because there's going to be some stiff competition when they all arrive at the same time.
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optimusprym8 #5 2 years ago

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Places as human race characters is going to be limited
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ignatiusjreilly #6 2 years ago

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Unity is very cool.
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CosmicGypsy #7 2 years ago

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@bad09

"I'd bite someones arm off for a single player game like X-wing or Wing Commander or even that Battlestar game on Xbox. It would give me a reason to buy a new flight stick "

It might give you a reason, but until somebody actually MAKES a flight stick for the Xbox, I am afraid you will continue to be dissapointed.
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peterfll #8 2 years ago

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Frak off, in a browser?
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bad09 #9 2 years ago

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@ CosmicGypsy

I'm on PC so plenty of sticks

I meant that type of game.
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jellyhead #10 2 years ago

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@peterfil, if it's using the Unity engine there's a good chance it'll be good and not ropey. Unity's a pretty good API.
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Spekingur #11 2 years ago

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To those who think this somewhat impossible check out Tiger Woods Online - which his browser based and uses the Unity engine.
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peterfll #12 2 years ago

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I'll believe it when I fraking see it.

ps I actually have no comment to make, I'm just looking for reasons to say "frak".
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jellyhead #13 2 years ago

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Who the frak needs a reason to say frak for fraks sake? frakkin' hell, just get the frak on with it.
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bad09 #14 2 years ago

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Frakking carebears....
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Spuzzell #15 2 years ago

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@Bad09

I don't want another space MMO either. But thinking about it, a scripted BSG game with human users piloting the various ships in the fleet against an AI Cylon attacker has real potential.

No one would want to pilot the ore refinery though.
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LFace #16 2 years ago

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Hope this will be awesome, so say we all
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jellyhead #17 2 years ago

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As long as i can play as Yoda, i'm in.
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Dark_Stranger #18 2 years ago

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You should be automatically assigned a character & you wouldnt know if you were a human or skinjob, throwing up the conumdrum, as to who/what to kill, humans or cylons.
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CptFantastic #19 2 years ago

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I'm already worried as I can't register for the newsletter...every email I have entered is invalid. Nice one.

Edited by 1 at 10/03/10 @ 14:30
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thomaspower0 #20 2 years ago

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If it's as good as bigpoints other so called "mmo's" you could better waste your time playing online poker.
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BinaryBob101 #21 2 years ago

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Jelly, you can be Yoda if I can be Leia. I always wanted to have a try of the gold bikini.
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Tehren #22 2 years ago

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Gonna hit this up with a bottle of Jack, Tigh style.
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