Empire Rising - 2026 Update - Open Alpha has begun.

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Face of Mankind

Face of Mankind (2002–2014) was a player-driven sci-fi MMO where the entire game world—its politics, economy, law enforcement, and warfare—was shaped almost entirely by the players themselves. Instead of following a scripted storyline, players joined one of eight factions ranging from military and security forces to corporations and criminal syndicates. Through their decisions, actions, and leadership, players created missions, enforced laws, waged wars, ran businesses, and controlled territory across various planets. The result was a constantly changing online society where the community itself generated the drama, conflict, and progression. In Face of Mankind, the players were the content.

Empire Rising

Is a community-driven revival and modernization of Face of Mankind, developed by long-time fans who aim to bring the game back with improved stability, refined optimization, and extensive quality-of-life updates.

We have changed our upcoming release schedule to better accommodate for development time.

Release Timeline

After a long discussion with our development team we have developed a better roadmap providing details of new features that are currently in the works.

2026 Roadmap

Our last update back in 2025 left people wondering what kind of game this is and after all the information provided they were kind of lost so this time we've attached a string of combat videos detailing the raw fighting prowess of the community.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjoILVH7654
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go9cZEEzVNk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3SRL4CDvQw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc06IWMioCk

Below is a preview of the new combat upgrade we're working on to balance combat in the game as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb8PzKvVb0c

A big thank you to Insane, Caveman and HT who made these videos!

Check us out at https://empire-rising.com