Altitude Productions announced today that it has launched its first massively multiplayer game, Diaspora. The game takes place in a large online universe in which the player, in the role of a space-trading pilot, takes the helm of one of 64 fully customizable ships. Beyond Diaspora's 600 base missions, the game focuses strongly on the community elements of its gameplay, including the option to form guilds. Altitude says over 8,000 players have already begun playing Diaspora online.
Diaspora requires players to download a free 10.5MB client, available on the official site.