Thanks to a reader submission from Metal, Ten Ton Hammer noticed that a mysterious timer has appeared on the Mortal Online site, counting down to 10 am US Eastern on the morning of March 18th, 2009. No clues about what the timer signifies are apparent, no games events of note are slated for the third week of March, and Mortal Online is by all previous indications a long way from release.

Our best guess is that mid-March will see the release of an eye-popping new trailer like the last one Star Vault aired.

See the countdown at the Mortal Online official site and make your guess below! And if you got the GI Joe reference in the tagline, you win.