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  • Magicka 2 Playable Sneak Peek Demo Now Available

    Posted on May 6, 2015 | No Comments
    Calling all wizards! Magicka 2, coming May 26th to PC and PlayStation 4, is now playable in sneak peek sampler format. To join in on the early robe-rocking, spell-casting fun, head on over to www.magicka2.com, Steam, or the PlayStation Store and place a pre-order. Only […]

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  • Magicka 2 Release Date Confirmed in Hilarious Game of Thrones Intro Parody

    Posted on March 4, 2015 | No Comments
    Forget Game of Thrones. The time has come for a Game of Robes, a.k.a. Magicka 2! Magicka 2‘s date with PC and PlayStation 4 has been revealed today in a magickal, musical number by Vlad the not-a-vampire manpire. His not-so-in-tune voice delivers the news that […]

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  • E3 2014: Magicka 2 Conjures Cooperative Spellcasting Chaos on PC and PS4

    E3 2014: Magicka 2 Conjures Cooperative Spellcasting Chaos on PC and PS4

    Posted on June 15, 2014 | No Comments
    After 1,231 days on unemployment, the wizards of Magicka have been hired for a new gig–Magicka 2 for PC and PlayStation 4. The game was revealed earlier in the week during Sony’s E3 keynote address, Magicka‘s signature brand of irreverent humor on full display for […]

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  • Magicka Creators Working on Modern Gauntlet Reboot

    Magicka Creators Working on Modern Gauntlet Reboot

    Posted on March 17, 2014 | No Comments
    It’s another lousy, snowy Monday here on the east coast, but this news just made my day. Gauntlet is getting a modern reboot, and it’s being made by Arrowhead Game Studios, the same crew behind the awesome cooperative spellcasting action-adventure game, Magicka. Talk about a […]

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  • Magicka: Wizard Wars Alpha Sign-ups Are Underway

    Magicka: Wizard Wars Alpha Sign-ups Are Underway

    Posted on July 27, 2013 | No Comments
    Sorcerers, dig your favorite robes out of the closet and get them dry-cleaned for battle. (Perhaps mixing fire and water spells will generate enough steam to freshen the fabric up for you.) Magicka: Wizard Wars is looking for alpha testers ready and willing to put […]

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  • Sorcerers Clash in Magicka: Wizard Wars Team-Based PvP Action

    Sorcerers Clash in Magicka: Wizard Wars Team-Based PvP Action

    Posted on March 30, 2013 | No Comments
    The slapstick spell-casting chaos of Magicka is switching out its single player and co-op spell book for a focused mastery of “team-based, fast-paced, two-faced, post-haste, four-on-four twitch action-PvP” online warfare. Quite a mouthful. Did you get all that? Magicka: Wizard Wars, in development at Paradox […]

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  • Screenshot Saturday: Pre-E3 2012 Bash

    Screenshot Saturday: Pre-E3 2012 Bash

    Posted on June 2, 2012 | No Comments
    The E3 2012 main event may not begin until Monday, but you could have fooled me considering the way publishers and developers unloaded such a mass quantity of game announcements and trailer reveals a week early. You’ll find loads of screenshots here, in the Pre-E3 […]

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  • Magicka’s Free PvP Mode Goes Live June 21st

    Magicka’s Free PvP Mode Goes Live June 21st

    Posted on June 6, 2011 | No Comments
    Sometimes wizards just don’t get along, and at times like these the only way to settle a wizardly dispute is with a Player vs. Player duel. At least that’s how it’ll work in the world of Magicka come June 21st, when the game’s free PvP […]

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  • Review: Magicka: Vietnam

    Review: Magicka: Vietnam

    Posted on April 18, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Back when I reviewed Magicka in early March I made a strong case that you should buy this game immediately! Now that the Vietnam DLC is out … I am struggling a bit with what to recommend. To put it in perspective, I started writing […]

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  • Review: Magicka

    Review: Magicka

    Posted on March 5, 2011 | 1 Comment
    As a long-time PC gamer I have become accustomed to having games patched after release. Sometimes a patch or two goes a long way towards solving issues, but other times the patches are too long in coming or don’t resolve the main issues. Occasionally you […]

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