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Battlestar Galactica Online surpasses 2 million players

Richard Mitchell — Thu, 26 May 2011 05:00:00 EST

Much like the Colonial Fleet itself, Battlestar Galactica Online just keeps on rolling. Already cited as the company's biggest launch to date, BigPoint has announced that the free-to-play, browser-based MMO has garnered more than two million registered players in its first three months of availability. Managing director Rob Ollett stated, "At just three-months in we're at a point now where we can shift the majority of our attention to adding new content and addressing the community's wish list," implying that the game has made enough (star) bucks to focus on new challenges.

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Battlestar Galactica Online was BigPoint's biggest game launch

Griffin McElroy — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:30:00 EST

Though the series has been off the air for a few years now, the popularity of Battlestar Galactica is still very much alive in the hearts of Sci-Ficionados across the world. In a recent interview with GamesIndustry, BigPoint CCO Nils-Holger Henning said that the launch of its free-to-play MMO based on the intergalactic television series has had "the best start we've ever had with a game in Bigpoint's history." He expects the title to rake in over €1 million in revenue per month.

Henning attributed the success of Battlestar Galactica Online to community involvement, saying, "They've been so interested in the brand and what's going to happen with the game." Sure, that's one possible solution. Personally, we think people are flocking to the game after witnessing mankind's defeat in Jeopardy at the hands of an unfeeling computer, and want to start figuring out how to best fight them in space. This future is real, friends -- it's time to get educated.

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PSA: Battlestar Galactica Online now in open beta

David Hinkle — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:20:00 EST

Just because the show concluded back in 2009, it doesn't mean you've seen the last of Adama, Leoben and the rest of those zany survivors and the Cylons who chase them. As expected, an open beta for Bigpoint Games' space combat MMO Battlestar Galactica Online is currently underway and anyone can play. The beta's available exclusively on SyFy.com for the next six weeks.

Battlestar Galactica Online takes place during an unspecified time in the television drama's run, where both Cylon and Colonial forces are trapped in a sector of space, vying for military and resource dominance. Lolcats not included.

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Battlestar Galactica Online jumps to open beta Feb. 8

Randy Nelson — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST

Bigpoint Games is getting its space combat MMO based on Syfy's Battlestar Galactica reboot ready for open beta on February 8. Currently in closed beta, the browser-based Battlestar Galactica Online will let PC and Mac players live out their fantasies of piloting Vipers -- or Cylon Raiders, if you're secretly a toaster -- free-of-charge, with gameplay and cosmetic enhancements available for unlock with ~~Colonial credits~~ real cash money.

The beta will be accessible from the US and Europe via servers located on the West Coast, East Coast and one in the EU. Though the game will include language options for English, French, German, Polish, Turkish Italian, Russian and Spanish, English will be the only dialect permissible in chat. Bigpoint hasn't said wether or not the word "frak" will be filtered.

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Browse these new details and screens from Battlestar Galactica Online

Griffin McElroy — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:00:00 EST

Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture

Our MMO-centric sister site Massively received a whole mess of gameplay details and screenshots from Bigpoint's promising browser-based MMO, Battlestar Galactica Online. Players will be able to choose between the Human and Cylon factions, will be able to create their own out-of-ship avatars, and will progress through individual quests and story-based missions exclusive to their own factions. For instance, Cylons might be tasked with preparing a fresh slice of toast. (Because Cylons look like toasters. Obviously.)

For more details, check out the info Massively managed to glean from Bigpoint. For visual images you can see with your eyes, check out the gallery below.

Gallery: Battlestar Galactica Online (7/23/10)

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Preview: Battlestar Galactica Online

Xav de Matos — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:00:00 EST

When it was first announced we were less than enthused about the Battlestar Galactica series being developed into a free-to-play browser-based MMO. Although we're still scratching our heads at the direction the license-holder's decided to go in, what we saw of the "still in development" title has calmed our nerves. Slightly.

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Battlestar Galactica Online trailer is out of this world

David Hinkle — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:30:00 EST

Some of us may scoff at a browser-based Battlestar Galactica MMO, but for those who just want to see something BSG related on a screen, there's hope in the form of the embedded trailer. It shows a large scale space battle between the Cylons and human survivors, and if that doesn't give you the warm fuzzies then you're probably a frakkin' toaster.

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