Magicka celebrates one year Anniversary with new free Magick available

Paradox Interactive and Arrow Game Studios have today announced that its smash hit indie game Magicka has reached the one year mark, and that the core game has sold 1.3 million copies to date.

To mark the occasion, the developers have cooked up a new Magick that will be free for all bathrobe wearing adventurers; the Confuse spell.

The next Magicka expansion, 'The Other Side of the Coin' is slated for release later this spring, wizards will be 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 expansion follows in the footstep of the highly popular Magicka: Vietnam, with objective based level progression, new story and brand new playable characters.

Features include:

• Play as Alucart the Vampire and his henchmen, the Necromancers.
• New environment of beautiful Elven architecture.
• 1 Challenge map, playing as necromancers.
• Necromancer introduced to PvP.
• Custom objectives and achievements.
• Innovative and dynamic spellcasting system with thousands of possible combinations.
• Up to four player co-op in all game modes as well as single player option.