Magicka: Wizard Wars Features

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Interview: Magic. Magic never changes...

“Every great company has a studio called ‘North’,” is what CEO Fredrick Wester said at the announcement of the brand new Paradox North studio over a year ago. Since then, not a lot has been heard from them, but it’s fitting that their debut title is a spin-off of one of Paradox’s most successful franchise. Magicka: Wizard Wars takes the emergent gameplay from the first game (that is, killing your friends),...

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Preview: Liar liar pants on fire, earth, water.

I’ll admit, early viewing of Wizard Wars had me a little worried about the game, even if it was a PvP spin-off of a pretty fun and hilarious game. Still, developer Paradox North were being extremely cautious with it – only releasing one mode and one map initially as part of their early access program, and seeing where things went from there. It seems to be paying off – a few tentative...