This year we're celebrating our 10th birthday! 10 years of airships, rams, explosions, and friends.
A Note from Us Devs
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!
Giveaway Event
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!
If you email us a screenshot of your Wildmender wishlist to feedback@musegames.com, 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!
The 10th Birthday Tournament
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
Server Maintenance Tonight!
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!
Hotfix 2.0.20 (695)
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!
8th Anniversary Update
Welcome, Sky Captains and Crew!
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.
Birthday Tournament Items:
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.
Cosmetics:
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.
Decals
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
Anniversary Mission Decals:
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!
Profile Pictures:
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
Titles:
The Undaunted Admiral
Inspiring Starbolin
Balance
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.
Guns of Icarus Alliance -80% off!
With our 8th birthday just around the corner, now is a great time to upgrade to Guns of Icarus Alliance!
Welcome Airship Captains and Crew, to the Spring Update!
We have lot of new cosmetic options, balance changes, and more!
Cosmetics: Crusader armor is now paintable instead of its balloon. Paint responsibly.
Dyes Spring is in the air! And with it, some lovely Pastel colors that will be given out via events and quests.
Decals Many new workshop decals. 12 new decals from Broken Hammer Games, 6 of which are full color.
Badges New badges for Sunday Community Skirmish for their 300th event! Two badges for Chaos (distribution to be determined by Chaos staff)! One badge for Crewcible!
Figurehead New Iron Skull figurehead! Terrify your enemies or keep your crew in line.
Profile Pictures One new Profile Picture: Gem in the Rough. A lovely emerald Junker. Player submitted. Want to see more? Submit your own!
New Voicepack Kestril’s over the top classic stereotype Pirate voice added! Be a scourge of the skies, matey!
New Map Sunken Reach Rumpus is a new 4v4/Brawl map!. Tear up the pipes and landscape on this 2 and 4 team PvP adaptation of Sunken Reach.
And More!
Most costumes can now be used by any class. They must still be earned through class progression.
The Workshop is now accepting colored decals.
Balance:
Wall Rose An alternate armed version of Wall Maria that dislikes anyone being near it. Two large force guns will hammer any ship that gets too close. First use will be on the modified Scars of Lutessa map (see below). Image shows the new, more hefty wall model.
Wall Maria - added end caps and more bracing, adjusted collision hitboxes, and added an internal device to discourage trying to ram through the wall. Damage taken reduced. Walls will be harder to kill now
AI Emplacement tool adjusted. This is the tool used exclusively by AA turrets and walls. It will now put out fires and repair at a rate similar to the failsafe
Boss Hades changed from chain to cluster Hades. Less dangerous mid to long range, more dangerous close range
AI enemy extinguisher changed to prevent fire locking
Adjusted Anglean Frigate mass and movement.
Small adjustment to Anglean Corvette hitboxes.
Duel at Dawn expanded 500 meters to a 4x4 grid from a 3x3 grid and new map image added. Wind removed and spawns moved further away from each other
Crew AI have increased accuracy on guns
Scars of Lutessa changed from Intercept to Assault with some trial changes. Players now start in the opposite corner and travel to the dam. This Assault will have AA turrets and Walls that block the path to the next base. This is a very challenging map. We will tune this map with live feedback.
Shrike hitboxes changed to better fit the model
PvE: Armor kit lasts until destroyed. Does not degrade noticeably over time
Fixes:
Clarified Tempest missile description
3v3 added to Misty Mutiny
3v3 added to Misty Mutiny
Adjusted Squid decal position, size, and rotation for better viewability
Loading image and map for Batcave Returns cave map concept testbed
Fixed misplaced flag on Valentine Crusader theme
Fixed Embr theme axe misplacement on Spire and Pyramidion
Fixed overlapping/misplaced lanterns/banners on Royal theme on several ships
Adjusted ladders on all ships with reported consistent problems
Community:
Want to contribute? We have a few ways to make that happen!
Submit images for profile pictures. This can be done via Discord, forum, or email.
Try out the workshop. Submit decals, hats, goggles, and voicepacks for vetting.
Check out Discord to contribute to two new community projects, a ship theme and a new map.
Embr has burst onto Steam Early Access
We're so excited to announce that frantic, frenetic, firefighting multiplayer Embr launches on Early Access for Steam today! [previewyoutube="2BjiEmVejdk;full"] With Embr, we set out to shine a satirical light on the gig-economy - not in terms of the people making those deliveries and driving those taxis, but rather the companies at the top powering this particular brand of venture capitalism and deregulation.
On a gameplay basis, we also wanted to see just what mayhem would occur if the untrained masses headed out with a hose and tried to put out fires in the same way people deliver take-out or drive people around in makeshift taxis. The end result is fun, frenetic, and just as barmy as we thought it would be. It just makes you appreciate what a difficult and almost impossible job real-life firefighters do.
Embr launches on Steam Early Access today for $19.99/€19.99/£17.99 with a 20% discount in launch week. You can expect multiple free major content drops in the months after launch significantly expanding the game. We'll also continue to diligently work with the community to further shape the Embr experience based on feedback and suggestions. Having trouble? Get in touch!
It's amazing to finally get Embr into your hands during Early Access. Let us know what you think!
Guns of Icarus Alliance 85% off!
Attention all captains and crew!
We’re happy to announce that Guns of Icarus Alliance is a part of the Indie MEGABOOTH Going Away (for now) sale!
Guns of Icarus Alliance will be on sale for ONE WEEK from May 5th - May 12th at 85%
We're also running a sale on in-game items for this week only! Get a new look for half the price! (Sale does not apply to Steam Workshop items)
There are over 150 games participating in the Indie MEGABOOTH Going Away (for now) sale! You can find the full list of participating games here: https://indiemegabooth.com/imb-going-away-for-now-sale-game-list/
Stay inside, play great games, and stay safe,
See you in the skies.
Dev Games
Dev Games is a twice-weekly event in Guns of Icarus!
Play with or against the developers and complete the mission for free items.
The mission is always available from 30 minutes before Dev Games until 30 minutes after. Win 2 matches and receive today's prize! Join the Devs in game and get free stuff!
Dev Games Times: Thursday @ 2000 EDT / Fri 0000 UTC Friday @ 1400 EDT / 1800 UTC
Dev Games
Dev Games is a twice-weekly event in Guns of Icarus!
Play with or against the developers and complete the 2-hour mission for free items.
The mission is always available from 30 minutes before Dev Games until 30 minutes after. Win 2 matches and receive today's prize!
