The new BSG Online Game will “contain the likenesses of” Chief Tyrol (and some other BSG characters). Chief is listed under the “Human” heading. I guess this is either a mistake or the game is set before the end of Season 3 when the final four were revealed as cylons (?????).
Battlestar Galactica Online Gets Some Familiar Faces
Eight characters from the show to hold house in the SyFy MMO.
By: Nick Kolan
Date: August 12th, 2010When it was announced that Bigpoint – a developer of web-based games – had acquired the Battlestar Galactica license and intended to create an MMO with it (to be called Battlestar Galactica Online), it was met with a mixed response from our commenters. The response was based purely on the fact that it was to be free-to-play and browser-based, and typically browser-based is associated with “cheap and/or ugly”. There was understandable speculation that it would be a standard game with few ties to the much-loved Battlestar Galactica universe.
Today, it was announced that many major characters from the popular SyFy show would have a presence within the game, rendered in fairly impressive 3D, considering it is running in your browser.
According to the announcement, the game will contain the likenesses of:
Human
William “Admiral” Adama portrayed by Edward James Olmos
Kara “Starbuck” Thrace portrayed by Katee Sackhoff
Lee “Apollo” Adama portrayed by Jamie Bamber
Galen “Chief” Tyrol portrayed by Aaron DouglasCylon
Number Six portrayed by Tricia Helfer
Number Eight portrayed by Grace Park
Number One (John Cavil) portrayed by Dean Stockwell
Number Two (Leoben Conoy) portrayed by Callum Keith RennieThe screens look decent enough, as you can see, though we’ll wait to see it running in our own browsers.
[click thumbnail to enlarge image]Source: Web Games Preview at IGN
NOTE: I only posted the image of Chief Tyrol. Click on the link in the article to view all 10 images.
ETA: This is the ‘Battlestar Galactica Online – Official E3 Trailer’ that was released in June.
Uploaded on 11 Jun 2010: The official Battlestar Galactica Online E3 Trailer