Riders of Icarus’ (soft) launch-day roundup and trailer

    
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The high-flying, gorgeous Nexon MMORPG Riders of Icarus has soft launched into the skies of open beta today, meaning anyone and everyone can mount up and start soaring — and what a wild ride it’s been, given that the game was only just announced for the west six months ago! Nexon’s got an open beta trailer live on the site to rope you in, and we’re rounding up all of our coverage to date right here — including our own streamed tours of the pre-launch. Let us know if you’re playing today!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygpQzkiUQdI

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