Not to get mushy, but there's a special pleasure to working together with other people to achieve your goals. While many of the best multiplayer games keep the requirements for actual teamwork to a minimum, I tend to find myself favoring those that reward it. It's why I've long had a soft spot for Dota 2 (and now Deadlock), and why, long before the launch of Sea of Thieves, you could find me playing Guns of Icarus. So I'm overjoyed that developer Muse Games is back and taking us into space with Stars of Icarus, which has just kicked off a two-week playtest on Steam.
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