A mod of the new
Battlestar Galactica with the Freespace 2 game engine is currently underway and making some progress.
Click on the image to the right and you'll be directly taken to the mod's 13MB AVI trailer.This trailer gives a better sense of how things look than the images on the mod's home page at the moment (as the navigation there is a bit broken right now), but anything to mix a fan-favorite space combat sim with the hottest sci-fi show on TV today is definitely worth a look.
Of course, as with any total conversion or unofficial adaptation of a commercial property, there's always a chance this mod will get shut down before it ever gets released (that is, if it ever gets finished). As a retail game was made based on the old BSG continuity, this is a legitimate concern for the community developers trying to put this together. Let's hope that the licensing Lords of Kobol will look upon this effort with favor.
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See also:
- The Galactica Freespace mod site in question
- The official Sci Fi site for the new Battlestar Galactica show
- A search of Joystiq posts concerning "Galactica"
- PS2
BSG reviews off of GameTab--Critics Avg.: 72.33%
- The Freespace 2 entry on Home of the Underdogs
- The Freespace Wiki
- A silver lining for fan-made King's Quest IX
