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Magicka Infomercial Is Excellently Half-Assed

Rock, Paper, Shotgun writes: "Surely the developers aren’t fannying around with dry ice and cardboard orcs while gamers worldwide are struggling to play their game. Surely not. Thankfully, Paradox have released this video with a statement.

Paradox, they say:

As Arrowhead Studios continues to work around the clock to provide updates to Magicka, Paradox Interactive has premiered the “if Magicka was sold via infomercial — this is what it would look like” trailer. But with this one, nobody will have to stay up late watching public access television to catch it, it can be viewed online right here."

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15 years ago, Helldivers 2’s core was born in Arrowhead’s Magicka

As Arrowhead Game Studios turns 15, join us in celebrating its past and learn how its first game Magicka influenced Helldivers 2.

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VincentVanBro75d ago

I played Magicka, but I never realized it was the same dev as Helldivers. Makes plenty of sense considering how much friendly fire is in Magicka lol

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Arrowhead Game Studios founder has just invested in the Swedish gaming company Mind Detonator

"The founders of Arrowhead Game Studios (the team behind one of the world's biggest international game successes with the game "Magicka") is now investing in the Swedish Gaming company Mind Detonator whose business concept is to capture talent at a very early stage and build the next generation of gaming developers far from the big cities." - Arrowhead Game Studios

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Helldivers / Magicka devs working on third-person online game

Arrowhead Studios, the developers of Helldivers and the Magicka series are working on a new third-person online co-op game.

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