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  • Magicka has sold 200,000 copies! DLC is planned.

    Magicka has sold 200,000 copies! DLC is planned.

    Whoa! Good numbers for an indy game. Can’t wait for some DLC! Also an editor for custom content would be amazing. The planned DLCs would include free and paid. Definitely exciting news. Read more at: http://news.bigdownload.com/2011/02/11/interview-magickas-producer-talks-about-reaching-the-200-000-s/

  • Magicka Tips Site News. Also cute girls singing Missing You by Tamia

    Magicka Tips Site News. Also cute girls singing Missing You by Tamia

    Ok well the Chapter 1 guide/walkthrough has been completed. Starting on Chapter 2. Hopefully more updates coming soon. Been real busy as of late. Thanks for visiting Magicka Tips! Oh yeah, translations are available if you select from the available languages in the right “Translations” menu. If you have a language you’d like to see,…

  • Chapter 1 (The Fancy Menace) Tips Game Guide/Walkthrough

    Chapter 1 (The Fancy Menace) Tips Game Guide/Walkthrough

    Here’s the first of in a series of Chapter tip guides/walkthroughs. I’ll try to cover the special weapons/staffs, hidden items, etc. Chapter 1 (The Fancy Menace) begins with a short tutorial on the game focusing on the basic elements. You can walk around the building a little bit and talk to some the NPCs. You…

  • Magicka Savegame Editor

    Magicka Savegame Editor

    Johnbot has released a saved game editor. It allows you to create a saved game file for all the levels and different weapons/staffs/magickas enabled. This is useful for the people that have only played online and have never hosted a server or played adventure mode. The way the saved system works those users have no…

  • The Master Sword is in Magicka!

    The Master Sword is in Magicka!

    Here’s the baddest sword in the Zelda games appearing in Magicka. They call it the Sword of Masters lol. The awesome thing is when your health is full you’ll shoot out Arcane energy from the sword just like in the Zelda games :P. I plan on adding guides/walkthroughs for each of the Chapters but here’s…

  • Magicka Tips Site News

    Magicka Tips Site News

    Well our webhost switched data centers so they recommend we not update the site for a bit because it could have gone out of synch. The migration seemed to be successful so updates are pending. Thanks for checking out Magicka Tips.

  • List of Magickas (Spellbook Spells)

    List of Magickas (Spellbook Spells)

    Haste = ASF * Increases the wizard’s movement speed. * Found in the Chapter 1 tutorial. It’s located on the bookshelf before the moving wall section. The “Knife of Counter-Striking” which can be found in Chapter 5 gives a constant Haste effect).

  • Magicka Pro Tip > Rock shield is beast

    Magicka Pro Tip > Rock shield is beast

    The Rock Shield is a self cast defense spell. It’s a great way to protect against enemy attacks and it really comes in handy when you’re surrounded by a mob. The stronger rock shields can be used so you can take the time to do something like an area of effect freeze spell followed by…

  • New D2D code so you can get Magicka for $8 | Code updated on 2/12/11

    New D2D code so you can get Magicka for $8 | Code updated on 2/12/11

    EDIT: Code was updated on 2/12/11 Magicka is $9.95 at Direct2Drive (D2D). If you use the 20% off code you can get the game for ~$8. If that code expires you can use the 15% code to get it for ~$8.50.

  • Spell Macro Tool – Magicka Spell Helper

    Spell Macro Tool – Magicka Spell Helper

    Steam Forums user nkhoang has released a controversial macro tool called the Magicka Spell Helper. Basically you can assign spells to a single key. This would help on those really complex spells. It would also make it real convienant for speed boosting/personal defense shielding. I guess it boils down to a moral issue. Macro tools…

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