I check here every so often to see if there are any updates or if the games been released. Still nothing yet, sadly.
@Levodicus: The game, from what I've seen of the screenshots, is being made in a 2D MMO Engine called Eclipse Origins. Origins, like all the Eclipse 2D MMO Engines, will incorperate a chatbox thats fully functional and features several different channels for speaking such as Map Chat, where you just talk to people on the same map as you. Global Chat, where you broadcast your message to everyone currently logged into the game. PM Chat, which is like Forum PMing, but live. And Guild Chat, which is just a chat for your group members to talk in.
Hopefully Kumi hasn't forgotten about everyone here. We're all counting on him.