Family Guy is getting into the MMO business with their latest announcement of Family Guy Online.  Recently the project has gone into the beta stages and character creation in now up and running.

The game is running on the Unity Web Player and the entire game will be 3D rendered. 

As of right now, character classes are based on the main characters of the show.  There are Peter, Lois, Chris & Meg and Stewie.  A Brian logo is seen on the character creator screen but at this time is locked.  Based on the description of the characters, Chris & Meg characters will be melee DPS roles, Lois-type characters will be healers, Peter-types will serve as tanks and Stewie-type characters will be ranged DPS characters.  Gender specific characters like Peter, Lois and Stewie allows players to choose genders, so you can create a girl Stewie if you want.  Chris and Meg are on the same class tree.

Family Guy Online will be a browser-based MMO and will be fee-to-play and is expected to launch later this year.

For now, head over to the website and sign up for the beta.