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Magicka – Wizards at War

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By Matt Clarke
March 2, 2011

This amusing indie game snuck past our radars last month, but a new trailer for a Vietnam expansion?/sequel? grabbed our attention quite easily. It looks like a cross between Castle Crashers and Diablo, with an emphasis on casting all manner of crazy spells and mowing down mobs of enemies. We have since both bought it on Steam and will be trying the co-op mode sometime soon, but in the meantime, check out the two highly entertaining trailers below.

Why don’t more games create cheesy low-budget infomercials like this!?

And then theres this. Why aren’t there more games which take wizards to Vietnam!?

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