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912: 396: 31: 162:, during which the plot of the game is shown. After completing the tutorial a player would enter the game at their home sector. The game comprised various sectors that could be jumped into, and both sides could win control of individual sectors. Players could also fight each other in "battlespace", a small area separate from the sectors designed for small scale pilot vs. pilot engagements. 962: 950: 938: 165:
Ships were arranged into four main types: Interceptor, Assault, Command, and Multi-role. These were then subdivided into three classes: Strikes, Escorts, and Lines. A fourth class, Capital Ships, also existed and consisted of Carriers, Battlestars and Basestars.
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There were also stationary game features such as "outposts" and "platforms" which could be targeted, and mining ships could also be created that the other side could attack. Players achieving points could see their scores through the leaderboard and
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Bigpoint announced in early January 2019 that the game servers would be closed at the end of the month, and the game permanently shut down in the early morning hours of February 1, 2019.
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collecting resources will allow you to requisition more ships, while gaining XP will qualify you to command larger ships
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universe, in which the player took the role of a pilot. A player could select to be either a Colonial (human) or
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was a browser-based massively multiplayer online game (MMO) loosely based on the 2004 television series
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Players could either purchase ships and weapons with virtual currency they bought from Bigpoint, or "
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Battlestar Galactica Online was a space-based flight-combat game set in the
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You can pilot a Battlestar in Battlestar Galactica Online right now!
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for the game client in the browser. The game server was written in
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Battlestar Galactica Online passes one million player milestone
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Battlestar Galactica Online surpasses 2 million players
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Developer(s)
Bigpoint Games
Publisher(s)
Engine
Unity 3D
Platform(s)
Windows
Mac OS X
Genre(s)
Battlestar Galactica
Bigpoint Games
Unity game engine
Erlang
Battlestar Galactica
Cylon
MMO
tutorial
level up
grind
"GDC: Bigpoint Announces Battlestar MMO, Unity Partnership, San Francisco Office"
Gamasutra
"Battlestar Galactica vets needed for online roleplay"
The Register
Battlestar Galactica Online surpasses 2 million players
Joystiq
the original
"Bigpoint Newsletter"
"Battlestar Galactica Online taking closed beta sign ups"

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