Players of massively multiplayer online games who are starting to feel the fantasy genre might be a little stale will have some interesting things to look forward to in the coming years, with the surge of science fiction and post-apocalyptic MMOs coming to market. One such title is Earthrise, set in the final refuge of humanity following the rest of the planet's annihilation. Although the game is still in a pre-beta stage of development, the Earthrise developers, Masthead Studios, have been providing status updates to its growing community through monthly newsletters.
Issue VII of the Earthrise newsletter is up, and Masthead Studios has some good news for all of the beta hopefuls out there. There will be several stages of beta invites, and they'll begin accepting beta applications at the end of December. First up is a 'friends and family' stage, which will be followed by the first round of closed beta. The message stressed in the announcement is that Masthead Studios is really looking to the community to help them work out bugs and gameplay issues to make Earthrise into a solid title.
Beyond the beta news, the latest Earthrise newsletter rounds up the game's media coverage over the previous month, as always. Plus there are a number of discussion topics brought up by Earthrise's community manager, Moll. You can read up on the latest updates on Earthrise in Issue VII of the game's newsletter.
Fans of post-apocalyptic games, does Earthrise seem like the MMO you're waiting for, or is Fallen Earth the one to watch?
