• Failsafe added to PvP:
  
  Nothing like another gizmo for the arsenal of tools on an engineer's belt strap! Now you can enjoy the power of the failsafe tool in PvP warfare, use the careful automatic functions to maintain all the bolts and whistles of your components while you hold the ship together with glue and a healthy wad of spit shine!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Added 1v1(AI) to Pirate Deathmatch in Novice and Practice
  
• War monument added: Victory for the Gilt Authority in their unwavering charge against the Vanguard Fleets has earned them a resounding victory in the war! Lands and riches stand changed by the events and the victors erecting the symbol of their might for all to see!

• Judgement lateral drag increased to 2.5 from 1. This will reduce sideways drift.
  
• Novice Deathmatch and Practice Bot Deathmatch renamed to Pirate Deathmatch
  
• Improved novice menus to address the most commonly asked questions.

• Missing check/cancel on mask dye buttons.
  
• Decals are repeating and bleeding over
  
• Fixed some texture issues with the “Eli T. Pumpkins” mask
  
• PvE to PvP content fix

• Failsafe added to PvP:
  
  Nothing like another gizmo for the arsenal of tools on an engineer's belt strap! Now you can enjoy the power of the failsafe tool in PvP warfare, use the careful automatic functions to maintain all the bolts and whistles of your components while you hold the ship together with glue and a healthy wad of spit shine!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Added 1v1(AI) to Pirate Deathmatch in Novice and Practice
  
• War monument added: Victory for the Gilt Authority in their unwavering charge against the Vanguard Fleets has earned them a resounding victory in the war! Lands and riches stand changed by the events and the victors erecting the symbol of their might for all to see!

• Judgement lateral drag increased to 2.5 from 1. This will reduce sideways drift.
  
• Novice Deathmatch and Practice Bot Deathmatch renamed to Pirate Deathmatch
  
• Improved novice menus to address the most commonly asked questions.

• Missing check/cancel on mask dye buttons.
  
• Decals are repeating and bleeding over
  
• Fixed some texture issues with the “Eli T. Pumpkins” mask
  
• PvE to PvP content fix

We put out a few fires earlier, and it looks like it's unlocked a special new item, free to anyone who logs in!

We put out a few fires earlier, and it looks like it's unlocked a special new item, free to anyone who logs in!

The Yeshan Judgement is now available in PvP!

Have you ever considered that the world to be too chaotic? People not falling in line? No one listening to your orders? Now you can finally set things straight in true Yeshan fashion with the Yeshan Judgement ship. Use its double heavy gun layout to drop any enemy that tries to cross your path in PvP. Finally bring order to the skies with this deadly addition.





Dare Devil’s Run: Flying with the wind! Alliance players will need to beat the clock with fifty successful missions in any mission to earn your place among the clouds! Simply complete 50 matches in under 5 minutes with Hard difficulty or higher within two weeks to earn the 'Pale Accomplice' decal!

Rise of the Machine: Cast shadows across the skies and intimidate your foes into submission with your obsidian black sails. Completing this requires able sky sailors to win 30 matches in 2 weeks using the Judgement ship in order to earn the exclusive 'Sky Dog' decal!

Steam Upgrade Deal: Are you an owner of Guns of Icarus: Online? Now you can upgrade to Alliance at 50% off! Check out the store page for your eligibility!

• Matchmaker is only enabled with 60 or more concurrent users. Players are sent to match list directly otherwise.
  
• Players in crew slot 3 and 4 are automatically switched to engineer. They can still change to gunner if they’re in pregame lobbies. Crew slot 2 remains the same (allows both engineer and gunner).
  
• UI adjustments: Buttons, match list menu, text chat box, clan menu layout
  
• Engineer special ability: attack drone, renamed ‘Choppy’

New balance changes brought to you buy the Player Council. Enjoy!

• Hwacha: Jitter 4.25 degrees (from 5), Direct dmg 24.66 (from 25), AoE dmg 50 (from 45)
  
• Light Flak: Arming time 0.375s (from 0.4285, same arming range of ~150m after all changes considered), Jitter 0.5 degrees (from 1.25), Muzzle speed 400m/s (from 350), maximum range 1200m (from 1000), Yaw rotation 130 degrees (from 100)
  
• Pyramidion: Mass 200 tonnes (from 300), Forward speed 32m/s (from 30.36), Forward acceleration 4m/s2 (from 2.25), Turn acceleration 8d/s2 (6.25)
  
• Squid: Fixed longstanding configuration error that affected armor and hull health. Returned to standard 330 armor and 450 hull health.

• Fixed altimeter upper limit being misleading on some maps (Blackcliff)
  
• Fixed some reload speed modifiers (notably Gunner stamina) not applying to animations/sounds properly
  
• Fixed incorrect lighting on avatar preview on low settings
  
• Fixed golden Fail-Safe Kit showing the wrong asset on affected parts
  
• Fixed a calculation error that caused ships’ top turning/forward speeds in practice to be slightly slower than intended.
  
• Fixed incorrect pathfinding data on a few maps where enemies could spawn or path into obstacles (Downfall Departure, Parous Glen, Voyager’s Cove, and Burning Wastes

The Yeshan Judgement is now available in PvP!

Have you ever considered that the world to be too chaotic? People not falling in line? No one listening to your orders? Now you can finally set things straight in true Yeshan fashion with the Yeshan Judgement ship. Use its double heavy gun layout to drop any enemy that tries to cross your path in PvP. Finally bring order to the skies with this deadly addition.





Dare Devil’s Run: Flying with the wind! Alliance players will need to beat the clock with fifty successful missions in any mission to earn your place among the clouds! Simply complete 50 matches in under 5 minutes with Hard difficulty or higher within two weeks to earn the 'Pale Accomplice' decal!

Rise of the Machine: Cast shadows across the skies and intimidate your foes into submission with your obsidian black sails. Completing this requires able sky sailors to win 30 matches in 2 weeks using the Judgement ship in order to earn the exclusive 'Sky Dog' decal!

Steam Upgrade Deal: Are you an owner of Guns of Icarus: Online? Now you can upgrade to Alliance at 50% off! Check out the store page for your eligibility!

• Matchmaker is only enabled with 60 or more concurrent users. Players are sent to match list directly otherwise.
  
• Players in crew slot 3 and 4 are automatically switched to engineer. They can still change to gunner if they’re in pregame lobbies. Crew slot 2 remains the same (allows both engineer and gunner).
  
• UI adjustments: Buttons, match list menu, text chat box, clan menu layout
  
• Engineer special ability: attack drone, renamed ‘Choppy’

New balance changes brought to you buy the Player Council. Enjoy!

• Hwacha: Jitter 4.25 degrees (from 5), Direct dmg 24.66 (from 25), AoE dmg 50 (from 45)
  
• Light Flak: Arming time 0.375s (from 0.4285, same arming range of ~150m after all changes considered), Jitter 0.5 degrees (from 1.25), Muzzle speed 400m/s (from 350), maximum range 1200m (from 1000), Yaw rotation 130 degrees (from 100)
  
• Pyramidion: Mass 200 tonnes (from 300), Forward speed 32m/s (from 30.36), Forward acceleration 4m/s2 (from 2.25), Turn acceleration 8d/s2 (6.25)
  
• Squid: Fixed longstanding configuration error that affected armor and hull health. Returned to standard 330 armor and 450 hull health.

• Fixed altimeter upper limit being misleading on some maps (Blackcliff)
  
• Fixed some reload speed modifiers (notably Gunner stamina) not applying to animations/sounds properly
  
• Fixed incorrect lighting on avatar preview on low settings
  
• Fixed golden Fail-Safe Kit showing the wrong asset on affected parts
  
• Fixed a calculation error that caused ships’ top turning/forward speeds in practice to be slightly slower than intended.
  
• Fixed incorrect pathfinding data on a few maps where enemies could spawn or path into obstacles (Downfall Departure, Parous Glen, Voyager’s Cove, and Burning Wastes

• Search & Destroy: Night map of Drowning Wastes. Night map expansion continues! This time to Search & Destroy. We wanted to add to the Search & Destroy contents, which are long overdue. This night map will bring a new dynamic to this game mode, enjoy!
  
  
  
• Oblivion converted to Infiltration! Play it now on Downfall Departure! Infiltration is another game mode that needs more! So we’re adding more, expanding the Oblivion map to support the game mode. It adds a different dynamic to the experience. Enjoy!
  
  
  
• VIP Deathmatch: Blackcliff Entourage. VIP Deathmatch gets expanded map support with Clash at Blackcliff!
  
  
  
• Old Dog Achievements extended! Play the next level of the Old Dog achievements for new goodies like the Jeweled Nautilus decal, Cowboy victory pose, and golden Fail-Safe Kit.

• Steam Sale: Guns of Icarus Alliance, with all the PvE goodness, will be included in this week’s Weeklong Deals at 66% off! You’ll now be able to buy a copy for yourself or friends for under $5. Thanks so much for your support! Guns of Icarus Online will be a part of it at 75% off as well. Enjoy!
  
• Closing the Gap: Following our successful Hell Pays 2 event, this new Community Event features a cooperation goal, seek out novices or veterans alike, play matches and win! (or lose) with the chance of learning the game mechanics and possibly make some new friends. Learn & teach with each other to accomplish better cooperation and gameplay! It just takes 50 matches with at least one novice on board to complete the achievement in three weeks time! Accomplishing this will earn you the ‘Scout's Occulus’ for both genders. Happy hunting and clear skies to all!
  
  
  
• Broken Hammer Indiegogo: The epic All Is Fair In Dust and Air Visual Novel’s Indiegogo campaign is going on! Support them here: All is Fair in Dust and Air
  

• Minotaur: Jitter reduced to 2 (from 3), muzzle speed increased to 700m/s (from 550), reduced pitch arcs to 30 to -20 degrees (from 30 to -30), increased yaw arcs to -40 to 40 (from -30 to 30), turn speed increased to 40 d/s (from 20), increase ammo to 5 (from 4), reduced buckshot count to 4 (from 5), increased RoF to 0.67 bullets/s (from 0.33), reduced knockdown to 300,000 (from 400,000)
  
• Hwacha: Jitter increased to 5 (from 4), muzzle speed increased to 300m/s (from 250), burst size decreased to 5.5m (from 7)
  
• Judgement: Decreased forward speed to 28m/s (35.5), decreased forward acceleration to 4m/s2 (4.4), decreased turn speed to 12m/s (17.45), decreased turn acceleration to 8m/s2 (11), reduced vertical acceleration to 3m/s2 (5.5). Thrust from engines balanced more towards the front engines than the back. Hull health increase to 1000 (from 500). Balloon repair point moved down slightly to allow fixing from below without jumping.
  
• Junker: Hull repair point moved forward slightly to allow repairing from front without jumping.
  
• UI: Updated the Profile Page design which includes a bit more information.
  
• UI: Updated World map functionality to display every territory’s resources.
  
• Added Cowboy victory pose

• Altimeter adjusted for Height Ceiling on 2v2 Blackcliff
  
• Fixed controls locking up when a player's deadzone was set to 0
  
• Sharpened Mag Ammo icon
  
• Updated Wilson's Notes for the Kalakuta Gas Mortar description
  
• Fixed some collision issues with large rotating units (Alliance bosses most notably), including one that could cause player ships to be “vacuumed” into it.

• Search & Destroy: Night map of Drowning Wastes. Night map expansion continues! This time to Search & Destroy. We wanted to add to the Search & Destroy contents, which are long overdue. This night map will bring a new dynamic to this game mode, enjoy!
  
  
  
• Oblivion converted to Infiltration! Play it now on Downfall Departure! Infiltration is another game mode that needs more! So we’re adding more, expanding the Oblivion map to support the game mode. It adds a different dynamic to the experience. Enjoy!
  
  
  
• VIP Deathmatch: Blackcliff Entourage. VIP Deathmatch gets expanded map support with Clash at Blackcliff!
  
  
  
• Old Dog Achievements extended! Play the next level of the Old Dog achievements for new goodies like the Jeweled Nautilus decal, Cowboy victory pose, and golden Fail-Safe Kit.

• Steam Sale: Guns of Icarus Alliance, with all the PvE goodness, will be included in this week’s Weeklong Deals at 66% off! You’ll now be able to buy a copy for yourself or friends for under $5. Thanks so much for your support! Guns of Icarus Online will be a part of it at 75% off as well. Enjoy!
  
• Closing the Gap: Following our successful Hell Pays 2 event, this new Community Event features a cooperation goal, seek out novices or veterans alike, play matches and win! (or lose) with the chance of learning the game mechanics and possibly make some new friends. Learn & teach with each other to accomplish better cooperation and gameplay! It just takes 50 matches with at least one novice on board to complete the achievement in three weeks time! Accomplishing this will earn you the ‘Scout's Occulus’ for both genders. Happy hunting and clear skies to all!
  
  
  
• Broken Hammer Indiegogo: The epic All Is Fair In Dust and Air Visual Novel’s Indiegogo campaign is going on! Support them here: All is Fair in Dust and Air
  

• Minotaur: Jitter reduced to 2 (from 3), muzzle speed increased to 700m/s (from 550), reduced pitch arcs to 30 to -20 degrees (from 30 to -30), increased yaw arcs to -40 to 40 (from -30 to 30), turn speed increased to 40 d/s (from 20), increase ammo to 5 (from 4), reduced buckshot count to 4 (from 5), increased RoF to 0.67 bullets/s (from 0.33), reduced knockdown to 300,000 (from 400,000)
  
• Hwacha: Jitter increased to 5 (from 4), muzzle speed increased to 300m/s (from 250), burst size decreased to 5.5m (from 7)
  
• Judgement: Decreased forward speed to 28m/s (35.5), decreased forward acceleration to 4m/s2 (4.4), decreased turn speed to 12m/s (17.45), decreased turn acceleration to 8m/s2 (11), reduced vertical acceleration to 3m/s2 (5.5). Thrust from engines balanced more towards the front engines than the back. Hull health increase to 1000 (from 500). Balloon repair point moved down slightly to allow fixing from below without jumping.
  
• Junker: Hull repair point moved forward slightly to allow repairing from front without jumping.
  
• UI: Updated the Profile Page design which includes a bit more information.
  
• UI: Updated World map functionality to display every territory’s resources.
  
• Added Cowboy victory pose

• Altimeter adjusted for Height Ceiling on 2v2 Blackcliff
  
• Fixed controls locking up when a player's deadzone was set to 0
  
• Sharpened Mag Ammo icon
  
• Updated Wilson's Notes for the Kalakuta Gas Mortar description
  
• Fixed some collision issues with large rotating units (Alliance bosses most notably), including one that could cause player ships to be “vacuumed” into it.

The Guns’n Graves Update is now upon us! As typical of every update, there’s something for everyone. Our weapons lab and MKII program have kicked into high gear for PvE combat, and the results are 6 new weapons, one for each faction. While in the spirit of their predecessors, these new guns are at the same time vastly different. So, use them with reckless abandon! At the same time, we have a new PvP deathmatch map for your enjoyment as well. Check out below for all the latest in this update!

Alliance Mk II weapons: Each faction has been hard at work, putting time into their R&D departments to create new weapons of destruction. All six factions will receive a MK II version of their specialized weapon. There will be something familiar about them, but the way in which they are used and where will be different. Ranking up to faction level 12 will unlock these weapons. The MK II weapons have also been retroactively added to the Grandmaster achievements so for those of you who have unlocked them already, you should see new rewards waiting for you to be redeemed!

• Kalakuta Gas Mortar Mk II - New variations on the original Gas Mortar, the Mk II encompasses more shatter and piercing with rapid fire cloud bursts, superb for clearing the skies of enemy air patrols!
  
  
  
• Aten Lens Array Mk II - The power of a thousand suns concentrated in recalibrated lenses for maximum area of effect! With this alternative design you can spread the area of damage in exchange for less concentrated fire and when used at the right time will scorch a squadron of ships in no time!
  
  
  
• Immortal Gaze Heavy Accelerator Mk II - Crafty design and unearthed technologies can reward your gun mounts with devastating firepower. This heavy gun now boasts improved focus fire against components and rapid charge up times!
  
  
  
• Roaring Tiger Heavy Detonator Mk II - Another prized weapon of the skies, this Mk II weapon offers a buckshot spread of explosive ordnance that can quickly dispatch enemy vessels within reach! Remote detonation by gunners can also trigger calculated shots for maximum damage effect!
  
  
  
• Februus Weaponized Coil Mk II - Engineers with too much time on their hands have produced an even wilder design, by improving upon the original with piercing and shatter damage not to mention multiple component damage on individual ships. Chaotic and wild, perfect for an enterprising sky captain that’s crazy enough to use it.
  
  
  
• Seraph Tempest Missiles Mk II - This alternative design offers a single shot but guidance controlled rocket to its target. Since the engineers managed to condense more ordinance into each beautifully packaged rocket, expect more damage and greater clip sizes to help in aiding your vessel through these crowded skies!
  
  
  
• New PvP Map: Graveyard Rumble - Navigate wreckage at dusk as you vye for the upper hand in aerial combat! Inspired by the popular reception of the map in Skyball, Graveyard Rumble is our new 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4 Deathmatch map!
  
  
  
• New Ammo Type: Extended Magazine - For those who just want to keep shooting into the sky. +45% clip size, -10% rate of fire, -15% damage. Brought to you by the Player Council.
  

• Changed Reward image for clarity
  
• Improved controller support
  
• The helm now supports fully continuous steering and altitude controls
  
• Sensitivity curves for aiming have been improved to allow more precision without sacrificing turn speed
  
• Improved novice loadouts for Skirmish ships. Brought to you by the Player Council.

• Fixed achievement "No Mercy 4" (killing supply ships in the Defense mission on Hard difficulty) not registering any supply ship kills.
  
• Fixed errors on boss beam weapon.
  
• World map: fixed province screen description text overflowing its boxed.
  
• World map: fixed province city icons being displaced to borders or in other provinces.
  
• World map: the province of Cathedral has a “standard” dot instead of the larger dot used for faction capitals.
  
• Added missing Shrike graphic in the "Evadne's Reports" book.
  
• Commendations notification once again appears during the end match sequence.
  
• Fixed Aten Laser [Mk. S] to Aten Lens Array [Mk. S].
  
• Added additional terrain to southeast corner of Voyager base to prevent bosses spawning in southeast from attacking the base when it spawns. Unfortunately, it’s harder to fly over that ridge as a result.
  
• Fixed clouds rendering differently when zoomed in (using spyglass etc).
  
• Fixed cargo barges sometimes spawning underground on Voyager's Cove.
  
• Fixed AI crew having trouble aiming Tempest missile launcher after a player has used it.
  
• Added blocking terrain in Voyagers to block boss from attacking too far.
  
• Added missing icons in rewards page.

• Lochnagar Shot: +200% base chance of catching on fire when shot at with fire chance dealing weapons (from none. This means a 10% chance will become 20%), deals 12 Fire damage to gun per shot (from none, not to be confused with its proportional damage per shot). Brought to you by the Player Council.
  
• Aten Lens Array [Mk. S]: Direct 1 Piercing dmg (from 0.8) and 5% fire chance (from 15%), 0.4 Fire dmg (from .8). Brought to you by the Player Council.

Do you love the universe and want to experience more? Our friends at Broken Hammer Games have started an Indiegogo project for a visual novel based on the universe of Guns of Icarus. Follow the link below to support their project for a chance explore the world and its inhabitants!

Click here to find out more!

The Guns’n Graves Update is now upon us! As typical of every update, there’s something for everyone. Our weapons lab and MKII program have kicked into high gear for PvE combat, and the results are 6 new weapons, one for each faction. While in the spirit of their predecessors, these new guns are at the same time vastly different. So, use them with reckless abandon! At the same time, we have a new PvP deathmatch map for your enjoyment as well. Check out below for all the latest in this update!

Alliance Mk II weapons: Each faction has been hard at work, putting time into their R&D departments to create new weapons of destruction. All six factions will receive a MK II version of their specialized weapon. There will be something familiar about them, but the way in which they are used and where will be different. Ranking up to faction level 12 will unlock these weapons. The MK II weapons have also been retroactively added to the Grandmaster achievements so for those of you who have unlocked them already, you should see new rewards waiting for you to be redeemed!

• Kalakuta Gas Mortar Mk II - New variations on the original Gas Mortar, the Mk II encompasses more shatter and piercing with rapid fire cloud bursts, superb for clearing the skies of enemy air patrols!
  
  
  
• Aten Lens Array Mk II - The power of a thousand suns concentrated in recalibrated lenses for maximum area of effect! With this alternative design you can spread the area of damage in exchange for less concentrated fire and when used at the right time will scorch a squadron of ships in no time!
  
  
  
• Immortal Gaze Heavy Accelerator Mk II - Crafty design and unearthed technologies can reward your gun mounts with devastating firepower. This heavy gun now boasts improved focus fire against components and rapid charge up times!
  
  
  
• Roaring Tiger Heavy Detonator Mk II - Another prized weapon of the skies, this Mk II weapon offers a buckshot spread of explosive ordnance that can quickly dispatch enemy vessels within reach! Remote detonation by gunners can also trigger calculated shots for maximum damage effect!
  
  
  
• Februus Weaponized Coil Mk II - Engineers with too much time on their hands have produced an even wilder design, by improving upon the original with piercing and shatter damage not to mention multiple component damage on individual ships. Chaotic and wild, perfect for an enterprising sky captain that’s crazy enough to use it.
  
  
  
• Seraph Tempest Missiles Mk II - This alternative design offers a single shot but guidance controlled rocket to its target. Since the engineers managed to condense more ordinance into each beautifully packaged rocket, expect more damage and greater clip sizes to help in aiding your vessel through these crowded skies!
  
  
  
• New PvP Map: Graveyard Rumble - Navigate wreckage at dusk as you vye for the upper hand in aerial combat! Inspired by the popular reception of the map in Skyball, Graveyard Rumble is our new 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4 Deathmatch map!
  
  
  
• New Ammo Type: Extended Magazine - For those who just want to keep shooting into the sky. +45% clip size, -10% rate of fire, -15% damage. Brought to you by the Player Council.
  

• Changed Reward image for clarity
  
• Improved controller support
  
• The helm now supports fully continuous steering and altitude controls
  
• Sensitivity curves for aiming have been improved to allow more precision without sacrificing turn speed
  
• Improved novice loadouts for Skirmish ships. Brought to you by the Player Council.

• Fixed achievement "No Mercy 4" (killing supply ships in the Defense mission on Hard difficulty) not registering any supply ship kills.
  
• Fixed errors on boss beam weapon.
  
• World map: fixed province screen description text overflowing its boxed.
  
• World map: fixed province city icons being displaced to borders or in other provinces.
  
• World map: the province of Cathedral has a “standard” dot instead of the larger dot used for faction capitals.
  
• Added missing Shrike graphic in the "Evadne's Reports" book.
  
• Commendations notification once again appears during the end match sequence.
  
• Fixed Aten Laser [Mk. S] to Aten Lens Array [Mk. S].
  
• Added additional terrain to southeast corner of Voyager base to prevent bosses spawning in southeast from attacking the base when it spawns. Unfortunately, it’s harder to fly over that ridge as a result.
  
• Fixed clouds rendering differently when zoomed in (using spyglass etc).
  
• Fixed cargo barges sometimes spawning underground on Voyager's Cove.
  
• Fixed AI crew having trouble aiming Tempest missile launcher after a player has used it.
  
• Added blocking terrain in Voyagers to block boss from attacking too far.
  
• Added missing icons in rewards page.

• Lochnagar Shot: +200% base chance of catching on fire when shot at with fire chance dealing weapons (from none. This means a 10% chance will become 20%), deals 12 Fire damage to gun per shot (from none, not to be confused with its proportional damage per shot). Brought to you by the Player Council.
  
• Aten Lens Array [Mk. S]: Direct 1 Piercing dmg (from 0.8) and 5% fire chance (from 15%), 0.4 Fire dmg (from .8). Brought to you by the Player Council.

Do you love the universe and want to experience more? Our friends at Broken Hammer Games have started an Indiegogo project for a visual novel based on the universe of Guns of Icarus. Follow the link below to support their project for a chance explore the world and its inhabitants!

Click here to find out more!