Icarus Studios announced today that the Alpha test of Fallen Earth will start on August 14th - the test is scheduled to run through early 2009, immediately followed by Beta testing to begin in 1Q 2009. Fallen Earth will offer fully customizable characters (including different faces, hair, and skin color), thousands of items (clothing, body art, weapons, armor and objects of varying power and ability), storyline based missions, sniper view, night vision goggles and various sensor arrays, as well as Deathmatch arenas and Capture the Flag scenarios.