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New Battlestar Galactica Game Promises To Give Fans Exactly What They Want
By Chris Snellgrove
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If you’re a fan of the Battlestar Galactica reboot, you’re probably dying for some new content. That killer sci-fi show came out over two decades ago, and frequent attempts to spin it off or reboot it yet again have fizzled out. Meanwhile, video game adaptations have been hit or miss. Many fans enjoyed Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock, but that game and all of its DLCs were delisted last year, leaving a vacuum just waiting to be filled.
Fortunately, the wait for a new killer game is over. Dotemu (who has published some excellent games in recent years, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge and the recent Marvel Cosmic Invasion) is about to release Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes. It’s a creative and ambitious roguelite that’s coming out on May 11th. What’s this game about, and will it be worth your frakkin’ time and money? Recently, we sat down with two of the lead developers (Creative Director Julien Cotret and Lead Game Designer Simon Swinscoe) to get answers to all of your questions.
Gameplay That Actually Captures The Show’s Feel
Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes is a roguelite. That means that you will most likely need to make many attempts before you can successfully complete the story. In traditional roguelikes (named after the vintage game, Rogue), each of these attempts would be as brutal and unforgiving as the first. But as a roguelite, Scattered Hopes allows you to retain certain upgrades (and, of course, meta-knowledge of the game) to make successful runs easier.
As for the core gameplay loop, Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes is split into two main sections. The first is fleet management, in which you must allocate various resources, talk to your crew, and make difficult decisions that affect the entire fleet. You can only make so many decisions in this phase: as in the show, you can’t take care of every problem facing your fleet, so you are forced to make hard decisions that may or may not prove to be catastrophic.
After fleet management, your fleet will inevitably be attacked by Cylons (a design inspired by the excellent Battlestar Galactica episode “33”). At this point, the game switches to a real-time space battle mode, though you can pause at any time to issue various orders. As with most episodes of the show, you do not have a real shot at actually defeating the Cylons, who effectively have endless resources. During these sequences, your primary job is to deploy your Vipers and defend yourself until you can successfully jump to safety.
Something Old, Something New
One of the first things I asked the Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes devs was whether this game is meant to take place in the canonical universe of the show or if this was more of an alternate universe. What they told me is that the game focuses on its own, original story that could plausibly be part of the show. You take control of a gunstar that, like Galactica, survives the initial Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies. You are actually trying to find the Galactica and join up with the rest of humanity. Along the way, you will find scattered colonial ships, and you’ll have to protect them (and yourself) from relentless Cylon raids.
Therefore, fans of the original show can easily imagine this as just another story taking place in this gritty sci-fi universe. It’s even in line with the show, which eventually revealed that an entirely different Battlestar (the Pegasus) survived the Cylon attack on the colonies. Of course, some aspects of the game still tiptoe outside of established lore. At certain points, for example, you will need to suss out hidden Cylons in your fleet, and they may be completely different characters than the named, human-looking bots from the show.
A Unique Kind Of Roleplaying
The original Rogue, and many of the subsequent roguelikes and roguelites, didn’t have much in the way of a real story. The games were all about kicking butt and seeing how far you could get before dying. However, there are some major exceptions out there, including Hades, a killer roguelike that has major RPG elements inspired by Greek mythology. With this in mind, I asked the developers of Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes if there were many RPG elements in their own game.
They told me that there are several RPG aspects to the game. In addition to giving orders to your subordinates, you can chat up the crew in the ship’s bar. When investigating who may or may not be a secret Cylon, you will also learn extensive background information about your suspects. Mostly, though, the game functions as an Adama simulator. While you play a different commander, you will face the same blend of strategic crises, moral dilemmas, and resource management struggles. After playing the game for a few hours, you’ll feel closer to Adama because you will have survived the same impossible situations.
So Say We All
Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes is coming out exclusively on PC on May 11. Currently, there are no plans for a console release, but that may change if the game proves popular enough. Speaking of which, the developers have ideas for some exciting DLC, but they won’t release anything until they see what fan response to the game is like first.
That’s where you come in. If you loved Battlestar Galactica and are eager for some new content, then it’s time to vote with your wallet. From everything I’ve seen, this looks like it will be a killer game; one made by devs with genuine and heartfelt passion for the original show. It will give you a chance to be like Adama, making hard decisions that affect the lives of thousands of people. Or maybe you just want to be like Roslin and shoot some annoying people out the airlock? Either way, this game has you covered!
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How to watch Borussia Dortmund vs. Eintracht Frankfurt online for free
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After some incredibly tense Champions League action this week, the focus returns to domestic action over the weekend. There are a number of fascinating matchups in the Bundesliga over the next few days, starting with Borussia Dortmund vs. Eintracht Frankfurt.
The hosts are looking to secure second spot in the standings. They’ll face a tough test against Eintracht Frankfurt, a team that is gunning for European qualification. It should be an exciting contest in front of a passionate support at the Signal Iduna Park.
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When is Borussia Dortmund vs. Eintracht Frankfurt?
Borussia Dortmund vs. Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga kicks off at 2:30 p.m. ET on May 8. This fixture takes place at the Signal Iduna Park.
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Nintendo Switch 2 officially gets a $50 price hike in the US
After less than a year on the market, the Nintendo Switch 2 is going up in price.
The company announced in a press release on its website that the device is getting a price increase in every major region, including the United States. Customers in the U.S. will pay $50 more for the console, as its price is going from $449 to $499. Nintendo did not delve into specifics in the press release, citing only “changes in market conditions,” but this is almost certainly a response to the global memory shortage driven by high demand for AI data center construction.
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That same memory shortage was the culprit behind recent price hikes on PlayStation 5 consoles and Motorola phones, among other tech products. Even if the reasoning is understandable, it must be stated that video game consoles rarely rise in price over time in a normal economic environment. The opposite usually occurs, typically after at least a few years on the market. Nintendo having to hike the Switch 2’s price less than a year after its June 2025 launch is fairly unprecedented, at least in recent memory.
Nintendo said the changes go into effect on Sept. 1 of this year, so if you want a Switch 2, that’s your deadline to get one for $450.
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Christopher Nolan’s Latest Odyssey Trailer Looks More TV Drama Than Historical Epic
By Jennifer Asencio
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The latest trailer for Christopher Nolan’s controversial The Odyssey was released on May 5, 2026, and revealed more of the director’s take on Homer’s epic. Like the other trailers and casting announcements, it drew equal parts controversy, criticism, and avid defenders.
This time, most of the action is focused on Ithaca, where Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and Telemachus (Tom Holland) deal with the numerous suitors trying to assume the throne by marrying the queen. Robert Pattinson lurks and smarms as Antinous, trying to woo Penelope, while cutaway footage shows the tribulations of Odysseus (Matt Damon) against Calypso (Charlize Theron), the whirlpool Charybdis, armored giants, and the Trojan War.
Ancient Accuracy Versus Anachronistic Angst
There are a lot of new problems with this trailer that echo issues people already have with Nolan’s vision. Previous complaints include ahistorical armor from a later Grecian period, boats that look more Viking longboat than bireme, and a plethora of miscast characters, such as Jon Bernthal as Menelaus and Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy.
One of the two main problems with the new trailer is Tom Holland. The actor who has been bringing Peter Parker to spectacular life in some of the rare good content from the Marvel Cinematic Universe looks like a lost child as Telemachus, and has been apparently directed to play the Greek hero that way. The parts of the trailer that aren’t Anne Hathaway angsting as Penelope feature Holland having plenty of angst of his own. Sure, Telemachus had some daddy issues, but Holland looks more like a kid looking for his mommy than a prince defending his father’s kingdom against overwhelming odds.
A large part of Holland’s failure in the new trailer is that the dialogue is extremely cringeworthy. At one point, Antonius actually says, “You’re pining for your daddy,” as though this is a CW teen drama and not a serious Homeric epic. “That world is gone!” Penelope cries with the appropriate amount of suffering and phony British accent.
The translation allegedly being used for the movie is based on the work of Emily Wilson, a feminist translator who felt that Homer’s epic didn’t have enough modern sensibilities. She simplified the poet’s gorgeous turns of phrase and literalized his abstract concepts, trying to take the focus away from the male point of view and focus on the women. Her translation has caused controversy among scholars. It is not confirmed that Nolan used this version to base his script on, but the quality of the dialogue is a poor rendition of modern Gen Z slang.
Follies In Formation
Another thing that stands out from this trailer is the battle scenes we are shown.
For one, Odysseus leads the Greeks in a very un-Grecian formation as he charges down a beach. The Greeks were known for their discipline and their deadly phalanx formation, not for charging into battle like a horde of barbarians. The scene looks more like a sword-and-board version of the opening of Saving Private Ryan than anything the Greeks would have actually done. That may sound like a nitpick, but the discipline of the Greek troops and their loyalty to their kings and to Greece is a huge theme of Homer’s duology.
The other is a ridiculous charge by a troupe of giants who are dressed in armor that looks like they salvaged it from the leftovers of a King Arthur movie than a Homerian epic. These silver-clad warriors look out of place and anachronistic in The Odyssey, another example of Nolan using spectacle and visual shorthand rather than something that actually reflects the source material.
Sure, the special effects look cool, with Charybdis a wide, gaping hole in the sea and the battle in Troy looking explosive. But so far, that’s the only thing The Odyssey has shown it has going for it. Between its snarky, modernized dialogue and its attempt to be a visual spectacle, the trailer looks more like Not Another Marvel Movie than it does a tribute to an important ancient epic.
While, I admit that I may be more sensitive to this vandalism of Homer because my family emigrated to America from Sparta, I can’t help but feeling affronted that my heritage as a Greek is being used by Nolan as a cynical Hollywood cash grab. This telling of Homer’s Trojan War sequel is looking more like a pageant of modernized filmmaking meant more to show that it, to paraphrase Ian Malcolm, could be done, regardless of if it should. Plus, the removal of the values Homer wrote about means that it is more like a presentist fanfiction than anything the Greeks may have written.
We will all find out when The Odyssey premiers in theaters on July 17, 2026.
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