They are planning to honor this achivement by holding sweepstakes from Dec. 5-18 and registered users can win prizes like smartphones and special set of gold coins.

“In recent years, we’ve seen a rapid increase and unprecedented numbers in our titles. We want to celebrate our accomplishments and show our appreciation to our international community,” said Heiko Hubertz, founder of Bigpoint.

“The strength and support of our players exemplifies how we’ve evolved in the F2P industry, and motivates us to keep driving innovation in browser games.”

Bigpoint has made more than 65 high-quality games, available in 25 launguages. Tell us what you think in the comments section below.

From the PR:

“A new Battlespace Sector has been created for beginner level players (Level 9 and below) to experience intense space combat and accustom themselves to the instanced PvP world. Players who are eligible will be able to join this sector at anytime by clicking the ‘Take me to Battlespace’ button on the HUD, and will be transported to the Battlespace from anywhere in the galaxy.

“The 3D flight controls to enable better maneuvering and speed control for pilots in the game. With the highly-requested advanced flight controls, players will notice more dynamic transitions in various aspects of gameplay such as basic combat, mining, and camera orientation. The advanced flight controls offer users a smoother and more intuitive experience while engaging in epic dogfights.

“Troy is a new server dedicated to community testing. Players have the opportunity to check out new features and additions available for testing and provide feedback before they are deployed to the live servers. The new public test server will be used to support a wide variety of in-game assessments, and will not accept player payments. The first release of Troy includes improvements in the Leoben branch, which comes out this week.”

Had a “WTF” look on your face when you clicked this title, didn’t you? Allegorithmic is the leading firm in texturing technology, or so they say. And they have announced that Battlestar Galactica will incorporate this technology. The game was built in Unity 3D for browser and such an enhancement improves the game a lot.

It’s said to be optimized for each player’s computer.

“Bigpoint is constantly striving to push the boundaries of browser game development and we’re very pleased with the benefits BSGO has gained with the addition of Allegorithmic’s sophisticated technology,” said Matt Norton, Studio Director, Bigpoint Inc.

“Substance enables us to produce high-quality art without creating sizing issues. Since we can easily scale assets down from megabytes to kilobytes, we can use higher-res textures all while still minimizing download times for players in the game.”

Attendees at the upcoming Unite 2012 developer conference in Amsterdam (Aug. 22-25) will have the opportunity to learn more about Substance in two scheduled program sessions: “Faster, Better and Lighter Textures with Substance Designer 3 (R.I.P. Photoshop)”on Tuesday, Aug. 21 and “How to Benefit From Unity’s Substance Integration Without Paying a Dime” on Thursday, Aug. 23.

The upcoming online game Gameglobe will be Bigpoint’s focus of their consumer booth, together with Square-Enix providing hands-on, a chance to meet the developers and an exclusive in-game perk for all Gamescom attendees.

On the business end of proceedings, Bigpoint also plans to dominate the business area showcasing, as well as Gameglobe, Game of Thrones Seven Kingdoms, Universal Monsters Online and casual titles like Ice Age Online and Fantasyrama.

Bigpoint will also be present in the career area to meet aspiring games talent in Hall 10, E60, to discuss exciting opportunities in the industry.

It can be found in Hall 8, C025 and B024, as well as Hall 4.1, A042.

If there’s one word to describe this trailer, it would be ennui, three French term for a sort of irritable, listless boredom. The depictions of greed, betrayal, war, power of the closing tagline in the trailer are the sheer epitome of faux-epic.

It doesn’t look good, guys.

Producer Julia Salomon states:

We’re excited to have fans of Ice Age jump into the open beta. Our team is dedicated to delivering an authentic online gaming experience that is true to the cinematic adventures of Sid, Manny Diego, and Scrat – and we’re confident that fans will be entertained by Ice Age Online.

Built upon Unity 3D, the game has you playing as a sloth looking to reunite with it’s herd by traversing various locations based on the film’s locales. You can also play as characters like Diego for his obstacle course run.

Ice Age Online can currently be played in 10 different languages, with more to be added in the weeks to come.

The MMORPG, inspired by the hugely critically acclaimed fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R. R. Martin, and subsequent television programme of equal reception, will be a free-to-play browser-based title, set within the seven kingdoms of Westeros.

Game of Thrones Seven Kingdoms will allow players to relive some of the epic moments of the series, the game beginning after the deaths of King Robert Baratheon and Ned Stark, which sparks a war between the north and south.

The game will be developed with Artplant, with them and Bigpoint having previously collaborated on Battlestar Galactica Online.

An exclusive new trailer for Game of Thrones Seven Kingdoms will be shown to attendees at the San Diego Comic-Con between 12-15 July, at booth 2615, which captures the essence of gameplay, as well as visuals.

Battlestar Galactica Online has attracted nearly 10 million players to the game since its launch. The developers will be giving away free in-game items and bonuses from  April 30 through May 6 to all logged in players.

The developers have also shared some facts about the game:

• Within a year, 9.2 Million mining ships have been called.
• Within a year, 11.5 Billion loot items have been dropped.
• Monthly, 3.7 Million Rewards are earned.
• Monthly, players buy 16,000 new ships.
• Weekly, 55,000 players participate in PvP tournaments.
• Weekly, an average of one million player ships are destroyed; nearly 50-50 ratio Human and Cylon

Stay tuned for more news and updates.

Bigpoint’s Battlestar Galactica Online just began “space trials” for its new Carries, the largest and most unique class of ships players can now own in the game. (Players can also “rent” the Pegasus and Basestar by cashing-in Merits, which they earn through gameplay.) Attached please find a screenshot of the Cylon Carrier.

Carriers are a new class of ship in Battlestar Galactica Online. They are support and supply vessels for the fleet that can serve as a mobile outposts for nine Strike ships, a repair and recharge resource for friendly vessels in flight, and a coordinator of tactical offense by calling out enemy targets upon which to fire.

During the testing phase, which is scheduled to last until the end of Feb.,, level 30 or higher players can enter a lottery to pilot the ships on the Kobol (public beta) server.

Upon successful completion of the space trial period, these ships will become available to all players on all severs. The current requirements to purchase these ships: Level 40 or higher players, 400,000 cubits, 90,000 Merits. We’ll keep you posted on the status and if any changes are made.

Bigpoint today announced that it has surpassed 250 million registered players for its free-to-play (F2P), browser-based online games. Bigpoint – which has established a global publishing network of 1000+ game portals, social networks, and media sites – attracts over 250,000 new players to its key titles every day, such as Battlestar Galactica Online, Drakensang Online, Dark Orbit, and Farmerama.

“Since 2002, we’ve strived to bring high-quality games and experiences to the widest possible audience,” said Heiko Hubertz, CEO and Founder, Bigpoint. “With players hailing from every corner of the globe, today’s milestone underscores our success – and we’re not done. We’ll continue to challenge the notion of what online games are and can be.”