Today, Bigpoint have announced an upcoming event for their hugely popular Battlestar Galactica Online MMORPG. The Festival of Kobol, a 17-day celebration event, will commence on July 27th and run through until August 12th. Players will be able to join in on a large variety of events, running 4 different tournament types across 10 events for the Decathlon tournament. As well as a variety of rewards and prizes for all players, the top 20 players on each server will be awarded special prizes while the top 3 will be branded as Gold, Silver and Bronze winners.

The Festival of Kobol will begin with the first of the Decathlon tournaments on July 27 from 3p.m. to 11p.m. in the local time zone of each server. Every other day, players can travel to various sectors on the map to engage in tournament battles:

· Decimation – Players with the most Player-vs-Player victories wins.
· Annihilation – Players that inflict the most damage against the opposing faction wins.
· Crucible – Players that gain the most experience points without boosters or capital ships wins.
· Rock Buster – Players with the most mined resources wins.