Bigpoint making Battlestar browser MMO

Bigpoint has announced plans to release a browser-based "tactical space combat and adventure" MMO based on Battlestar Galactica this autumn.

Battlestar Galactica Online will be playable on Syfy.com for a 30-day trial period, during which players will sign up as a human or Cylon, and is based on the Unity engine.

"For the first time ever, we're relying completely on Unity in order to offer our users fantastic game graphics right in their browsers," Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz said.

The teaser site for the game is up now, and Bigpoint is discussing the game at GDC this week.