Magicka cover art | |
Type | Game |
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Developer | Arrowhead Game Studios |
Publisher | Paradox Interactive |
Release Date | 25 January 2011 |
Magicka is an action-adventure game in the Magicka franchise set in the fantasy world of Midgård, where elemental magic rules the land, goblins and trolls are perfectly harmless – well, perhaps not entirely, and all the villagers are wise-cracking smartalecks.
Developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Paradox Interactive, Magicka was released on 25 January 2011.
Plot[ | ]
In Magicka, four mages from a sacred order fight against an evil warlock and his creations. The game world is based loosely on Norse mythology, drawing inspiration from other western fantasy settings such as Warhammer and featuring numerous humorous references to various video games, novels and fictional universes including Star Wars and World of Warcraft, as well as games its creators drew inspiration from such as Diablo.
System requirements[ | ]
- CPU: Intel® Pentium® 4 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon 3500+
- CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz
- RAM: 2 GB
- OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7 (32- or 64-bit)
- Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900 (Integrated Video Cards not recommended)
- VRAM: 256 MB
- Hardware T&L: Yes
- Pixel Shader: 3.0
- Vertex Shader: 3.0
- Sound Card: Yes
- Storage: 2 GB
Miscellaneous information[ | ]
- Credits — Details on exactly who did what to create the game
- Concept Art — An archive of concept and rendered art created for the game
- Official Soundtrack — The official soundtrack of the game
- Reviews — Various reviews and interviews about the game