Since I love Battlestar Galactic stuff I thought I’d share this with you guys.

LA Times Reports:

“Battlestar Galactica” is finding new life on the Web.

A year after the cult and critics’ favorite science-fiction show left the air, a multi-player online game is being developed that further explores the “Battlestar” universe, which is also continuing in Syfy’s “Caprica” television show. The game, which will be introduced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, is set to be released worldwide in August or September.

Unlike World of Warcraft “that ship on discs and cost $50 to buy plus $15 per month, Battlestar Galactica is part of a new wave of games playable entirely in a Web browser for free.” The game will be published by Bigpoint of which SyFy is a co-owner of.

The game’s website can be found here.

You’ve probably heard this already. 38 Studios and EA have signed a deal for EA to publish it’s first game code named “Project Mercury”.

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced an agreement with 38 Studios, LLC to publish the company’s first video game, an epic single-player role-playing game codenamed ‘Project Mercury’. 38 Studios is the creative enterprise of World Series MVP and avid gamer Curt Schilling. ‘Project Mercury’ is being developed at Big Huge Games, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 38 Studios, under the leadership of Ken Rolston, former lead designer of the critically acclaimed hits, Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The game marks the first entry into the company’s vast universe created by New York Times best-selling fantasy author R. A. Salvatore, with artistic direction by Todd McFarlane, renowned artist and creator of Spawn.

Now if you want to take a look at past Big Huge Games project one might find their self taking a peak at Crucible, a game that was headed by Ken Rolston at Big Huge Games. Some videos of it have been leaked on the interwebs. You can find the leaked video over on Kotaku. For more background you can read about it here.

Also please note, this press release did not mention Project Copernicus, but will deal with the same IP and the world RA Salvatore and Todd McFarlane have helped create.

At this years Square Enix Vanafest, some new information was announced that has FFXI loyalists as well as XIV hopefuls excited. Square Enix revealed that invites for the closed beta test will begin going out as of March 1st, and that players should begin checking their emails to see if they made the cut. While no solid date has been released as to when the beta will actually begin, it has been released that the beta community site will go live on March 11th.

Anyone still wishing to apply for the beta can do so Here.

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On F13.net Curt Schilling recently posted in a forum thread that fans should stay tuned; that some information with substance should be released before the end of the month.

Look for something that actually matters, information wise, soon, REAL soon. Like before the end of the month soon.

Looks like they might announce something at this year’s GDC perhaps? Nothing substantial has been released about this game other than a few concept drawings.

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Not so much MMOG news but for you lore-heads out there you might be excited about this one.

We’re proud to announce Ghosts of Ascalon, the first original Guild Wars novel! Written by acclaimed fantasy authors Matt Forbeck and Jeff Grubb, Ghosts of Ascalon sets the stage for the release of the highly anticipated Guild Wars 2 MMO.

Find out more about the book here.

If you like to follow the awesome viral advertising and conspiracy games Ragnar Tornquist and the other folks at Funcom are doing for their game here is the latest update. A Monsters of Maine blog has been discovered. It follows the investigations and other things that related to the last viral video released some time ago. If you can’t remember, check out Kingsmouth.

Also Tornquist tweeted recently that they will be showing off their game at GDC!

RagnarTornquist I can’t believe how much juicy stuff we’ll be
revealing – and showing – at GDC. Part of me wants to hold back, but hey, you wanted it! #TSW

Stay tuned.