The first part of Dean Hall’s Icarus will take place in a forest biome.

You would not hunt wildlife on an alien planet just for the sport, would you? Travel through the snow, deserts, mountains, and hunt wildlife for food or defend yourself. Build bridges, roads, and various planetary structures. Just like if you are in space for real, you will need to stay hydrated and maintain your oxygen supply in the game. The in-game experience will make you feel more involved in the planet’s environment (with the ongoing changing of weather events, caves being open or closed, and resources appearing in different places on other missions. If you prefer the challenge of playing solo, put your skills to the test. If you so desire, have up to eight players in a session together. This is a co-op survival game called Icarus, (that will be on PC) where you can invite your friends to visit your space station, plan a mission to a biome, and a list of resources you will need to bring back by a deadline. Have fun upgrading your station, invest your time in building vehicles and vehicle parts, unlock new technologies, and improve your spacesuit. Once you land on the planet, build tools and structures, gather valuable resources, hunt and be hunted by the wildlife, and if you heroically survive, you just get to make it back to the space station. An orbiting space station will help you descend to a hostile alien planet, where the terrains are all hand-crafted.

Icarus beta weekend