BigPoint has announced that Battlestar Galactica Online has surpassed the five million registered players mark. This number has been reached in a scant six months since the game's launch in February 2011.

The BGSO team attributes much of the game's growth to the fact that the player base is actively involved with the dev team in making the best choices for the game.

To celebrate the milestone achievement, BGSO players from both Colonial and Cylon players will soon have new Fleet Recon ships to utilize. Beginning later this month, players will be able to get hold of basic models of both ships using Cubits, the in-game currency that can either be purchased or earned through game play.

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