Magicka 2 announced for PlayStation 4 and PC

Magicka 2, the sequel to the hit PC action adventure game, is coming to PlayStation 4 and PC, Paradox Interactive announced at Sony Computer Entertainment’s E3 media briefing this evening.

The sequel casts players into an all-new four-player co-op adventure, featuring a story-driven campaign mode and new co-op features.

The game will offer:

• 4 Player Friendly Fire Co-op: Making and losing friends has never been better with all game modes supporting co-op, including hot-joining, checkpoints, and more supportive functionality.
• Venture into Adventure: Witness a Midgård mostly purged of Wizard-kind, save for a few remaining madmen, and encounter hordes of fantasy creatures great and small.
• Wizard Your Way: Try on your choice of robes, staffs, and weapons, each with special abilities of their own, to play as the Wizard of your choice.
• The Art of Artifacts: Discover the new “Artifact” system of Magicka 2, offering new gameplay changes and options to put new twists on each level.

Magicka 2 is just the first of a number of incoming Paradox Interactive PlayStation 4 games. According to Sony’s Adam Boyes, every one of the the PC mega publisher studio’s is developing a PlayStation 4 console exclusive.

Watch the announcement trailer below.