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Indie Hit Sells 1.3M Copies, New Free Magick Available
NEW YORK – January 27, 2012 – Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Game Studios today announced that smash hit indie game Magicka has reached the one year mark and that the core game has sold 1.3 million copies to date, proving that obliteration of your friends by “accidental” typos is more fun than a lightning bolt to the face.
That is, unless it’s a lightning bolt to your friend’s face in which case it’s 10 out of 10 on the fun scale. Magicka: Vietnam has also gone on to sell more than 500,000 copies and various DLC available for the Magicka universe has been downloaded over 4 million times.
To mark the occasion, the developers have cooked up a new Magick that will be free for all bathrobe wearing adventurers; the Confuse spell.
Or wait, perhaps I’m confused and the devs said I was going to dress in a bathrobe and they’d cook me. No, wait a second… devs don’t cook people, goblins do. So does that mean the developers are goblins? I’m so confused, who cast this spell on me?! In any case, it’s confusing yet impressive that a small studio of goblins—I mean developers, were able to create such a successful game. We’re not complaining, and we hope you aren’t either, or else we’ll cook you!
And since this is a Magicka press release, we’d like to shamelessly plug the next Magicka expansion, The Other Side of the Coin. In this latest addition to the Magicka universe, slated for release later this spring, wizards will trade in their hats and robes for black capes with giant 70’s collars as they take on the role of the “bad guys” by controlling Alucart the vampire and commanding his legion of necromancers.
The PlanetSide 2 team got together to create and publish a brand new video podcast that shines the spotlight on Nanite Systems Vehicles. Matt Higby talked with Game Designer Kevin Moyer and Senior Art Director Tramell Isaac about vehicles including the Sunderer, the Lightening, the Liberator, and the Galaxy. Enjoy!
After originally stating that En Masse would refrain from commentary regarding the TERA lawsuit filed by NCSoft, Publishing Vice President Chris Lee has been quoted on the official forums summarily dismissing the allegations…and saying that the company would refrain from further commentary.
"We are disappointed that NCsoft is attempting to mar the launch of TERA. Unfortunately we can't discuss much publicly due to the sensitivity of legal actions, but we do outright reject the NCsoft claims, and we are going to do everything in our power to defend and protect ourselves.
To all our supporters who have been anticipating the arrival of TERA – please know that this situation has no impact on our continuing efforts to realize the vision we have for our game. We are committed to making TERA awesome and delivering the game to you on time on May 1. Thank you for your patience and support."
Bethesda Softworks and id Software have updated RAGE HD, the iOS version of their 2011 shooter RAGE, to version 2.0. The update includes some new features, improved functionality and two brand new episodes; Kraken and Aqueduct.
The full update list reads:
New Mutant Bash Store with IAP
First In App Purchase is Episode Pack 1: E04 Kraken & E05 Aqueduct
More new content coming soon to the Mutant Bash Store!
Higher resolution player model and weapon models
Compiled under the iOS 5 SDK, compatible with iOS 5.x
Video support for the HDMI output cable
Refined video support for the VGA and component cables under iOS 5
New RAGE ® Trailer
Performance enhancements & a massive list of Bug Fixes
The new episodes, Kraken and Aqueduct, are available as in-app purchases for just $0.99. If you haven't picked the game up yet, it is available for $1.99. Check it out on id Software's website for more information at http://www.idsoftware.com/.
This weekend (hopefully, don't hold me to it) we will be adding a full affiliate page to the website selling game time cards and even full codes for MMO's
PLEASE if you are purchsing game time, buy it through the link on the website and it will help us grow and expand to give you more content!
