Our own Alex De Line recently talked with Richard "Faustus" Lyle with Palestar Inc. about their large-scale sci-fi space MMORPG "DarkSpace."  Here is an excerpt from the interview:

MMORPG.COM: Now DarkSpace possesses some unique qualities compared to other space sim Massive Multiplayer Online Games. How would you compare it to other games of the particular genre? Richard: DarkSpace is in space, which is about the only similarity between it and the other MMOG space games available. The core of DarkSpace is the PvP tactical star ship combat, which occurs on a 2D plane (The game is rendered in full 3D) from a 3rd person perspective. Players can choose a ship based on their military rank in-game, no need to spend your hard-earned credits or mine ore for 2 weeks to take out a Heavy Cruiser, so long as you have the rank and the resources/shipyard is available you can get the ship.

You can read the full interview at this link.