Some of our readers may remember a few weeks ago when I pointed to the imminent relese of the Infinity: The Quest For Earth combat prototype. Unfortunately, a multitude of problems caused the developer to almost immediately pull the download, and while the bugs were worked out he took the liberty of finishing a variety of additional features that had not been available at the original time of release.

I'm happy to say that the download is now out again as ICP 2.1 and looks downright astounding. I encourage you to take a look.

I've been watching the development of this project for more than a year now. With strong resemblance to some of my favorite games like TIE Fighter, Wing Commander and Freespace, Infinity is an independently developed space-based MMO where there are no artificial skillsets to improve or limitations emplaced on players beyond what they manage to acquire through regular play. It looks downright gorgeous, and what has been confirmed as in development makes me downright giddy in anticipation of its eventual release.

Check out screen shots after the jump...