Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Studios announced earlier today that their budget priced title, Magicka, has sold over 30,000 copies through Steam on its first day.
The high sales can be attributed to good word of mouth, a low $9.99 (USD) price tag, and tremendous support from Arrowhead.
The team has been working since its release to address a number of user submitted bugs and issues and has already released one major patch, with another coming very shortly through Steam. Daily status updates have been made through Twitter, on the game's official forums, and on the Steam forums.
“The reception for Magicka has been better than we dared to hope, watching the numerous YouTube clips of gamers and editors worldwide laughing themselves senseless as they misfire spells left and right as well as the comments on twitter and forums show us people really get the humor and the idea behind Magicka.” said Shams Jorjani, Producer at Paradox Interactive. “Singleplayer and LAN is what most people are currently playing but updating the multiplayer lobby and continuously improving the game is our top priority. “
The high sales can be attributed to good word of mouth, a low $9.99 (USD) price tag, and tremendous support from Arrowhead.
The team has been working since its release to address a number of user submitted bugs and issues and has already released one major patch, with another coming very shortly through Steam. Daily status updates have been made through Twitter, on the game's official forums, and on the Steam forums.