By Adam Smith on November 18th, 2011 at 9:17 am.
Magicka is free on Steam this weekend. Download, play, if you like it, buy it for the sale price of £1.99. Thought I’d get that out of the way.
I know it’s only been a couple of days since we mentioned the expansion but if you’re rabidly opposed to Magicka and Lovecraft, you’ll just have to skip past the rest of this post. I apologise in advance to your much abused scroll wheels. Your reward for sticking with me is a fifteen minute video that contains two of the developers, right there on your screen, answering questions about The Stars Are Left. See for yourself.
There are no major revelations but I like the idea of more puzzle elements and it’s made clear that only one copy is needed to play with friends, leading to a slight finger-point in the direction of DICE. Yes, they seem like pleasant chaps, these two, though I’m unable to explain the Palin book on their desk. Is it simply enough of a joke that it doesn’t need context?
I did mention that the base game is free on Steam this weekend and on sale at £1.99, right? Because that is cheap.
18/11/2011 at 10:49 Post-Internet Syndrome says:
Fun fact: The name of the CEO is Johan Pilestedt. “Pil” means “arrow” in Swedish.
18/11/2011 at 11:24 Imperialles says:
Wait. How is this noteworthy and/or interesting?
18/11/2011 at 11:37 Koojav says:
@Imperialles: Arrowhead. Ever heard of them?
18/11/2011 at 10:54 Heliocentric says:
I have a Q&A, why cant they make the pad controls faster, click for elements with a shoulder button to toggle between 2 groups of 4 for the face buttons, I can do it on x-padder nearly, why cant they do it in the game.
18/11/2011 at 18:50 Dusk777 says:
Why would you want to play on a pad? The keyboard and mouse interface works flawlessly. ARSE mines wouldn’t be as fun if they were LB,X,B,A,Y mines would they? =]
18/11/2011 at 19:13 michaelar says:
Okay, now I have to reinstall the game just to cast the ARSE spell. I wonder what FRED, FEAR, or WAR do..
18/11/2011 at 10:55 Kaira- says:
For a moment I thought this was about QA, but I guess Q&A is fine too.
18/11/2011 at 11:01 littlepigeon says:
if screw around like my freinds and me it takes about 10 hour or more to complete :D
18/11/2011 at 11:09 Knufinke says:
No sale for single dlcs though, shame.
18/11/2011 at 11:27 MadTinkerer says:
The deluxe pack is on sale though.
20/11/2011 at 16:03 shoptroll says:
They’ve been on sale in the past. Wait until the Holiday sale(s), and aside from Vietnam they’re just new robes and challenge/PVP maps.
18/11/2011 at 11:42 Roarster says:
Any particular reason the interview seems to between Harry Potter and Ron Weasley? Or am I just missing a joke?
19/11/2011 at 11:24 spiderwebby says:
wait, “blasting enemy’s into Oblivion” ?? I thought Mojang made Oblivion!
20/11/2011 at 12:45 DainIronfoot says:
Sarah Palin book = This videos obligatory moose I think!