Magic Hat Software sent over a press release announcing that its new MMORPG Irth Online is scheduled for commercial release in the second quarter of 2005, and the beta test applications are now being accepted on the Irth Online website. The game features an open ended skill system (players may learn any skill offered in the game without facing limitations of race or class), PvE (Player vs. Environment) and PvP (Player vs. Player), the ability to fully explore, travel, or wage war on the ground, on the sea, and in the air, and more. Irth Online will use Mystic Game Development’s EMotion FX real-time character animation technology. Press 'read more' for details and first screenshots.