Billy dug up a few tidbits on the upcoming Messiah playable demo that should be released this Friday. Stuart Roch of Shiny made this post to the official forum with the details.

** The demo will be approximately 75 MB.
** The demo is comprised of the first section of the game; The Shipping Sector.
** There will be 10 playable characters.
** There will be 5 primary weapons and 2 secondary weapons available.
** We are still on target for release this Friday on Gamespot. Actual time has not yet been determined.

Back when the game was first announced and screenshots were coming out the game looked to be a technology ass-kicker above anyone else. At this point in the game Messiah only has some neeto character mesh stuff and gameplay to offer as new though. It's still impressive looking though: [shot1] [shot2] [shot3] [shot4] [shot5] [shot6]