With the launch of Earthrise just under a month away, Masthead Studios has released a new beta client and plans to send out more beta invitations in the coming days. The new client features changes to the game's combat and tactic skills, crafting and other player-centric changes. Thousands of beta keys will be distributed in the coming days and you can sign up for your chance on the official Earthrise website.

“We are incredibly excited for our fans to experience firsthand the significant updates we have made to Earthrise over the past few months,” said Atanas Atanasov, producer of Earthrise and director of Masthead Studios.  “The development team has been working around the clock to continually add new gameplay functions and we are thrilled for our community of testers to become further immersed and share their thoughts with us.”

Earthrise is scheduled to launch on February 4th, 2011. Additional details are available in the official press release.