It's a sci-fi MMO that you may not be familiar with but has been in development for some time. Today developer Masthead Studios revealed that its first major game, Earthrise, will be launched via digital download on February 4. Earthrise takes place in a post-apocalypse far future setting and features sandbox gameplay, PvP support, a detailed crafting system and more. The game will also reside on one server for all players of the game, no matter where they are located.

The game doesn't have a US boxed copy distributor but will be released in retail stores in Europe via Iceberg Interactive. The minimal PC hardware requirements for the game are as follows:

OS: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7
Free hard drive space: 20 GB
CPU: 2.4+ GHz Single Core Processor
RAM: 2 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA 7800GT+ or ATI Radeon 9800 SE 256-bit
High bandwidth internet connection (DSL, Cable)