Resolution's Marco Fiori writes: A game with the word magic in the title? Surely that means a generic fantasy romp chock full of dungeons, dragons and dullness? Wrong.
Magicka is the latest game from Arrowhead Game Studios – a sarcastic exploration of what the RPG genre means after twenty years of exhaustion and stagnation. Set against a Norse mythology backbone – a source material very rarely explored in video games – Magicka at first glance, looks like your usual run and kill dungeon crawler. Thankfully nothing could be further from the truth with the reality being a complex and fulfilling game that has you using your brain from beginning to end.
As Arrowhead Game Studios turns 15, join us in celebrating its past and learn how its first game Magicka influenced Helldivers 2.
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
"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
Arrowhead Studios, the developers of Helldivers and the Magicka series are working on a new third-person online co-op game.
