{"id":1520904,"date":"2026-03-08T17:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Xj9CNADoK4wr4qRqGci7E8"},"modified":"2026-03-08T17:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:04:28","slug":"the-sci-fi-survival-game-from-the-creator-of-dayz-heads-to-space-skyrim-in-its-latest-dlc-accompanied-by-a-free-update-that-adds-oil-processing-and-chainsaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-sci-fi-survival-game-from-the-creator-of-dayz-heads-to-space-skyrim-in-its-latest-dlc-accompanied-by-a-free-update-that-adds-oil-processing-and-chainsaws\/","title":{"rendered":"The sci-fi survival game from the creator of DayZ heads to space Skyrim in its latest DLC, accompanied by a free update that adds oil processing and chainsaws"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I haven’t checked in on Icarus<\/a>, the sci-fi survival game from DayZ<\/a> creator Dean Hall, for quite a long time. And, well, a lot <\/em>has changed in the years since it launched as a solid but somewhat unremarkable survival game. Over the course of hundreds of updates, RocketWerkz has added a fully explorable open world, masses of new missions, fishing<\/a>, and paid DLC that expands the map<\/a> and adds hardcore survival mode<\/a>. Rocketwerkz even threw in a flamethrower<\/a> to celebrate just how many updates it has done.<\/p>\n

Contrary to the myth, Icarus’ flight shows no signs of slowing down either. This week, the studio released another huge DLC accompanied by a substantial free update that, combined, seems like a game’s worth of stuff.<\/p>\n

We’ll start with the DLC, which is called Dangerous Horizons<\/a> and primarily adds a new map for players to explore. Named Elysium, this is an 8x8km with biomes including desert, tundra, geothermal and volcanic areas. Basically, it’s space Skyrim<\/a>. It even has idyllic silver birch forests like the Rift area of Tamriel’s most northerly province.<\/p>\n

Elysium is home to a wide menagerie of alien wildlife, which includes deer-like storkas, feathered alien raptors, and my immediate favourite, the gribbler, a gibbon-like creature that swings between trees and throws sticks at players who get too close. There are 45 new creatures in total, including aggressive wildlife and a massive world boss, which Rocketwerkz says<\/a> will “test the limits of your combat capability.”<\/p>\n

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