Tag Archives: Magicka

Magicka publisher Paradox Interactive has announced it will reveal something related to Arrowhead’s series at this year’s GDC.

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Magicka: Wizards of the Square Tablet has been announced for iPad and Android tablets.

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Magicka developer Arrowhead Game Studios has discussed the origins of its spell-casting adventure in a new interview. Currently working on movie-inspired brawler The Showdown Effect, design director Emil Englund has gone right back to the start, to tell VG247 about the studio’s birth and reflect upon its continuing success.

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Magicka is free-to-play on Steam this weekend until 1.00pm PST. You can also pick up the game for 75% off, and get started on the latest round of free DLC, Jólnir’s Workshop. Head over to the game’s Steam page for more information.

Magicka has been patched, correcting a number of small issues and prepping the magical blast-a-thon for the most recent DLC release. But mainly why I’m telling you this is because the patch notes are significantly less boring than the usual title update run down, and act as an excellent advertisement for the game and its community. You can read them in full on Steam.

Thanks, PC Gamer.

Magicka’s latest DLC pack Woot Tournament includes four Olympic themed PvP maps

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Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Game Studios have released another live-action video for The Other Side of the Coin, the expansion to Magicka. Apparently, the magicians got themselves “stuck in the middle of an incident with an overzealous member of Alucart’s necromancers.” You can figure out what that is below. The Other Side of the Coin will allow players to don the robes of the bad guys Alucart the Vampire and his necromancer henchmen, and slap around the goodie-two-shoes of the Magicka world. The Other Side of the Coin is available through Steam and GamersGate, and other digital retailers. Play it.

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New Magicka DLC, The Other Side of the Coin, launches today for $4.99 via digital distribution outlets. Developed in partnership with Pieces Interactive for Arrowhead Game Studios and Paradox Interactive’s “award-deserving four-player spell-em-up”, The Other Side of the Coin offers players the chance to take on the role of Alucart the Vampire and fight against the goodly forces of humans, elves and dwarves. Be reminded of the potential for troublemaking by the original DLC announcement trailer, through the break.

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Paradox and Arrowhead Game Studios have announced the Magicka DLC, The Other Side of the Coin currently in developed with Pieces Interactive, will be released on June 14 for $4.99.

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Arrowhead Game Studios has an unannounced game in the works, according to co-founder Emil Englund. The title is in addition to the firm’s Showdown Effect which was announced and shown during GDC. According to Englund, the development of each title is “just a break from Magicka,” and the firm is “really excited” about the unannounced title. The team has implemented lessons learned from Magicka’s development, and doesn’t plan on repeating the same mistakes this time out. “We learned so much… I think the one thing we failed at really badly was planning,” said Englund to Strategy Informer. “We failed to plan or estimate how much time the development would consume. Magicka worked fine in local co-op, but when it came to online… it was just abysmal. We’re really going to have to do this the right way this time.” Upon release, Showdown Effect will be available for both Mac and PC, and supports up to eight players with multiple game modes. Thanks, JamieD.

Paradox has reminded everyone that co-op RPG Magicka has turned one-year old today. The game has reached 1.3 million sales since it released, with expansion Magicka: Vietnam hitting 500,000 as of its launch last April. Various bits of DLC have been download 4 million times, according to Paradox. A new expansion for the game, The Other Side of the Coin, will allow players to play as the enemy.

Paradox Interactive announced during its convention in Stockholm that Magicka has sold 1.3 million copies since it released on January 25, 2011. The game’s DLC has also moved 4 million units, and Magicka Vietnam in particular moved 500,000 units. The firm also announced a new expansion pack is in the works for the game called The Other Side of the Coin, which allows the player to try their hand at playing the game from the enemy’s perspective. Arrowhead’s last expansion for Magicka, The Stars Are Left, a Lovecraftian inspired adventure, was released back in November. Thanks, StrategyInformer.

This launch trailer for upcoming Magicka expansion The Stars Are Left really channels the Lovecraft vibe – right up until, in true Magicka style, it doesn’t.

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Arrowhead and Paradox are throwing a major promotion for Magicka ahead of the new expansion, The Stars Are Left.

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To get folks ready for Magicka’s upcoming expansion,The Stars are Left, a massive patch has been released for the core title through Steam. Those wishing to look over the list of additions and fixes, can do so through here. There’s also a new video for the Lovecraft-inspired campaign posted below, courtesy of EvilAvatar. The expansion is set for a release this winter.

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Paradox and Arrowhead have announced The Stars are Left, a Lovecraftian expansion for Magicka.

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OnLive has announced it is to bring six additional indie titles to the service this fall: Orcs Must Die, Limbo, Magicka, Bastion, Space Chem, and Avadon: The Black Fortress. According to the press release, via Joystiq: “OnLive has long been a supporter of independent publishers. Simply put, they’re making some really great, innovative games these days.” The service’s library already includes: Braid, Trine, World of Goo and The Maw.

Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Game Studios today announced the PvP game mode for Magicka will go live on June 21.

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Arrowhead has announced a new, Japanese-themed DLC mini-pack for multiplayer blaster Magicka, with 50 percent of proceeds going to charity efforts.

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Arrowhead Games has outlined its plans for an upcoming Magicka PvP patch – and yes, ice shards are about to be gimped, you cheap littl- victorious opponent.
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