Guns of Icarus Online News

Greetings, captains and crews of the skies,

It’s been a long while since we’ve spoken to you here, and it’s about time we caught up. We, Muse Games, have grown up as a team. We’ve worked on and released multiple titles, and we are independent. So, what are we here to talk about? First of all, you.

The Guns of Icarus community have been with us for over a decade now. That’s incredibly humbling, and heartwarming for the entire team. To see you all still out there, flying in the skies we first created in Flight of the Icarus back in 2010 is amazing. So, firstly, we wanted to say, thank you.

Thank you for investing in our world, and thank you for helping shape and share the story we’ve all made together. Not many studios are as lucky to have a community as strong as the Guns of Icarus community, and we do not take that for granted.

We wanted to let you know that we’ve been working on something. Something we think you’re going to like. A lot. We’re going back to our roots. While we can’t tell you too much more at the moment, let’s just say that the sky is no longer the limit.

You’re going to be hearing a lot more from us in the coming weeks and months, so be sure to stick around and join us on Discord.

See you in the skies, and beyond…

Howard for Team Muse

This year we're celebrating our 10th birthday! 10 years of airships, rams, explosions, and friends.



[h2]A Note from Us Devs[/h2]
To all the privateers, captains, and crew that have ever braved the skies over the wastelands, we want to thank you from the bottom of our souls for supporting us over the last decade.

A decade! Before we set out, we had a dream of making something that people hadn’t quite experienced before, but we certainly didn’t imagine that 10 years later, people would still be playing and supporting the game. Thank you for making our dream come true.

When we started, we had just been digging out a predatory publisher relationship, and we released Guns on the day of a category 3 hurricane. We honestly weren’t sure if we were going to make it or even be able to support the game. Many times I have had those life flashing before my eyes moments - servers blown up, DDoS’ed, hurricane, studio space burnt down, etc. Each time, we found strength and comfort in everyone’s support. All the interactions on forums and at conventions, all the late nights we spent with you in game, chit-chatting about life in the lobbies of Icarus, they mattered, and they kept us going.

When matches did start, it was amazing to see how much creativity and teamwork were possible, way beyond our imaginations and machinations. The thousands of feedback we worked on with you turned into close to 6.5M matches played, 24M ships destroyed, and 8.8B shots fired in the skies. These stats still look surreal to us.

In the last few years, we’ve had to shift our focus to create new game experiences such as Hamsterdam, Embr, and now Wildmender, in order to survive as a team and studio. We’ve handed the reins of game management to our interns, moderators, CAs, and dedicated players. We wanted to take a moment to thank them for all their support - Richard LeMoon, Portable Grump, Lysanya, Kajros, Loosepolygon, Alpha Sierra, Infinity Omelette, Delorum, Josie. Nerdhector, -Genesis, D.Strought, Zetnus, MaddBoi, Abby, Mr Trickery, Nedsvart, Sandy Hawkins, Tindwunnel, Frostbound, Teaco, Psi Crow, Saldarim, Bookkeepper, Krybon, Captainjan, Sprinkler, Ortagon, Chickenrun, Ambiorix, Coldcurse, FrozenHotSauce, Guras, Huskyneer, Mr.Moonwalker, Zyem, and others. We would not have gotten this far without you. Thank you for everything!

We made this game for you, and we’re so thankful that 10 years after release, we get to write this note. To more years in the skies!



[h2]Giveaway Event[/h2]
To celebrate this improbably and special milestone, we're giving away a big pack of goodies, including:

• An exclusive new title
  
• A fancy dye + outfit bundle
  
• A crew loadout slot
  
• A ship loadout slot
  

Additionally, we are asking for your help to Wishlist our new project called Wildmender. For your support, we would like to offer an exclusive new themed outfit based on our new game, Wildmender. You’ll also receive a code to unlock a pair of exclusive hats in Wildmender once they’re ready!



Wildmender is our new project in development. It is an open world survival experience set in an arid world. You get to explore the land, cultivate an oasis, and bring the world slowly back to life.

On top of that, we’ll also enter you into a giveaway for one of these wonderful faction banners! These are one of a kind, so please tell us which one you’d like if you win. 4 banners, 4 lucky winners!

• Anglean Republic
  
• Mercantile Guild
  
• Fjord Baronies
  
• Order of Chaladon
  

Here’s the Steam page to wishlist:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599330/Wildmender/

If you email us a screenshot of your Wildmender wishlist to [email protected], we’ll send you a code for all of the items! This giveaway will end November 14th, 2022 at 12pm UTC
Happy Anniversary and happy Halloween!

[h2]The 10th Birthday Tournament[/h2]
The 10th Birthday Tournament is a semi-competitive tournament with single ship sign-ups. The matches will include Crazy King, King of the Hill, and Deathmatch.

The matches will be streamed starting at 7pm UTC on Sunday, October 30th.
The matches will be streamed by Fredrik Knudsen on our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/musegamesnyc

- Team Muse

Game servers will be down from August 16th @10pm EDT until August 17th @10pm EDT.

See you in the skies when the servers are back up!

Build 2.0.20 (695) is live, it fixes several sound and video assets accidentally broken by our new build environment, including:

• Music
  
• Voice commands
  
• Intro videos
  
• VFX for several skills that relied on video data (such as the Salvo Neutralizer)

Big thanks to everyone who reported these bugs, and thanks for your patience while we fixed them!

[h2]Welcome, Sky Captains and Crew![/h2]

It’s time to celebrate our 8th Anniversary! Update 2.0.20 features new customizables such as, hats, goggles, profile pictures, titles, and decals.

In celebration of this exciting milestone we’re holding an 8th Birthday Tournament! In preparation we have added lots of prizes for all the participants.
Catch the action on Saturday, October 24th at 6pm UTC over on twitch.tv/MuseGamesNYC.

[h3]Birthday Tournament Items:[/h3]

• 8th Birthday Tournament Hat
  Given to all party guests from the 8th Birthday Tournament.
  
  
• 8th Birthday Decal
  Given to all party guests from the 8th Birthday Tournament.
  
  
• Birthday Boy & Birthday Girl titles
  
  • Awarded to the winners of the 8th Birthday Tournament.
• Party Goer title
  
  • Awarded to all participants of the 8th Birthday Tournament.

[h3]Cosmetics:[/h3]

• Sir and Lady Pumpkinhead “goggles.”
  
  • Will be available during spooky Halloween missions.
    
  • Coming to the store in the future.
    
  • Probably cursed.
  It is a pumpkin and you put it on your head. Put a snazzy hat on top and hit the town.
  
  
• Mechanical Frontier Hat
  
  • Available in the store
  Nobody is quite sure how it works, or what it even does -- only that it brings good luck to those who venture into the wastelands wearing it, and that it is the most fuel-efficient hat out there.
  
  
• Roman Centurion Helmet
  
  • Available in the store.
  A helmet worn by Roman Centurions -- Roman military officers who held command of 100 Roman Legionaries. Many, many years and a few apocalyptic events later, some airship captains and crew wear these as a tribute to those ancient warriors. They’re also pretty practical as head protection in airship battles, too.

[h3]Decals[/h3]

• SCS 300 1st place
  Awarded to the first place winners of SCS 300.
  
  
• SCS 300 2nd place
  Awarded to the second place winners of SCS 300.
  
  
• SCS 300 3rd place
  Awarded to the third place winners of SCS 300.
  
  
• SCS 300 Participant
  Awarded to the participants of SCS 300.
  
  
• SCS 300 Staff
  Awarded to the staff team behind SCS 300.
  
  
• The Fellowship of Steel
  Decal for The Steel Forge of Friendship
  
  
• The Overseer’s Eye
  Decal for The Steel Forge of Friendship

[h3]Anniversary Mission Decals:[/h3]

• 8 Ball
  An ancient device said to predict the future, bringing both good and bad fortune. Also good for 8th anniversaries.
  
  
• Birthday Gears
  Is it gears or a cake? No one knows. Submitted by Zetnus.
  
  
• Eight Shot
  8 shots for 8 years!

[h3]Profile Pictures:[/h3]

• Chaos D20
  From the Chaos Skirmish
  
  
• SCS 300 Gold
  Awarded to 1st place winners of SCS 300.
  
  
• SCS 300 Silver
  Awarded to 2nd place winners of SCS 300.
  
  
• SCS 300 Bronze
  Awarded to 3rd place winners of SCS 300.
  
  
• SCS 300 Ruby
  Awarded to Participants of SCS 300.
  
  
• SCS 300 Emerald
  Awarded to staff of SCS 300

[h3]Titles:[/h3]

• The Undaunted Admiral
  
• Inspiring Starbolin

[h3]Balance[/h3]

• Boss Cluster Hades
  
  • Reduced cluster shot count to 6 (from 8)
    
  • Reduced velocity to 300 (from 400)
• Seraph Tempest Missiles [Mk. S]
  
  • Corrected typo and added submissile count in the description.