Magicka goes PvP

Paradox Interactive has announced that Magicka's PvP servers are now live, and will allow you to wreak havoc on your friends wizard in many fun ways. Best of all - the PvP option is completely free, along with a new Reservoir Wizard Robe that players will get as a reward for trying out PvP.

According to Paradox, PvP will include the following game modes:

* Classic Deathmatch: Instead of accidentally zapping your companions, you kill them on purpose! It’s every wizard for himself as up to four physically inept beings duke it out in a one mage takes all battle.

* Brawl mode: In Brawl, each player/team only has a set number of lives, and the last ma…wizard standing wins. Just make sure your “friends” don’t squander those precious lives.

* Krietor mode: A fiendish new mode named after a clever Magicka fan who modded the game, the round-based Krietor mode unlocks Magicks at special intervals during the match, forcing players to come up with different strategies as new spells become available.

Also available are three new $0.99 maps, including the never-before-seen Vulcanus Arena, a sci-fi themed map that doubles as a PvP map and a challenge map, and the chilling Frozen Lake map as well as the Watch Tower map. Players will be able to don new robes suited for the new PvP game modes – a tank robe, a support robe and rogue robe.

For the occasion, Paradox has posted the following YouTube video below.