Arrowhead Game Studios

COMPANY

Skellefteå,Västerbotten,Sweden

Arrowhead Game Studios AB is a Swedish developer of Xbox 360/PC game Magicka.

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Arrowhead Game Studios is a game developing company from the northern parts of Sweden. The members of Arrowhead Game Studios had originally developed Magicka as a student project and as a result the studio was created after Magicka had won "Game of the Year" for Swedish Game Awards of 2008. The studio has finished and release of Magicka (Game) for the PC and XBOX360, and brought out several DLC packages. Arrowhead is currently working on The Showdown Effect (Game), an over the top 2D shooter and is expected to be released Q3 2012.

Developed Games

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Magicka (Game)

14 April 2011

A satirical fantasy action-adventure in which you and up to three friends take on The Forces of Evil by wielding eight elements of magick and combining them in unique ways.

PC​ XBGS​

Helldivers II (Game)

8 February 2024

Helldivers II ditches the twin-stick gameplay for a 4-player, third-person shooter where players can team up to defend Super Earth.

PC​ PS5​ XSX​

Helldivers (Game)

3 March 2015

Up to 4 players shoot aliens (and possibly each other) with some help from above in this downloadable shooter for PS3, PS4, Vita and PC.

PC​ PS3N​ PS4​ +1

Gauntlet (Game)

23 September 2014

Arrowhead Games, the studio behind Magicka, developed Gauntlet: Slayer Edition as part of the long-running Gauntlet franchise.

PC​ PS4​

The Showdown Effect (Game)

5 March 2013

A combination of action movie tropes and Super Smash Bros. style brawling.

PC​ MAC​

Published Games

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Company details

Name

Arrowhead Game Studios

Abbreviation

Founded

Location

Skellefteå,Västerbotten,Sweden

Website

http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/

Aliases

Developed Games

• Magicka (Game)
• Helldivers II (Game)
• Helldivers (Game)
• Gauntlet (Game)
• The Showdown Effect (Game)
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Published Games

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Franchises

• Helldivers (Franchise)
• Gauntlet (Franchise)
• Magicka (Franchise)
• Star Trek (Franchise)
• Super Smash Bros. (Franchise)
• Worms (Franchise)

People

• None

Characters

• Assatur (Character)
• Behold the Watcher (Character)
• Death (Character)
• Death (Character)
• Fafnir (Character)
• Grimnir (Character)
• Jormungandr (Character)
• Jotunn (Character)
• Khan (Character)
• Thor the Warrior (Character)
• Thyra the Valkyrie (Character)
• Vlad (Character)
• Ygg (Character)

Concepts

• Digital Distribution (Concept)
• Cooperative Play (Concept)
• 4 Player Co-op (Concept)
• Autodesk Stingray (Concept)
• Online (Concept)
• Single Word Titles (Concept)
• Steam (Concept)
• Steam Achievements (Concept)
• Steam Trading Cards (Concept)
• Cloth Physics (Concept)
• Helldivers (Concept)
• Humble Bundle (Concept)
• Magic (Concept)
• PAX Prime 2014 (Concept)
• PlayStation Plus (Concept)
• Polygonal 3D (Concept)
• Retail Games with Steam Activation (Concept)
• Satire (Concept)
• Sword and Sorcery (Concept)
• Valve Anti-Cheat (Concept)

Locations

• Church (Location)
• Dungeon (Location)
• Midgard (Location)
• Vietnam (Location)

Objects

• Blood (Object)
• Sword (Object)
• Arrow (Object)
• Barrel (Object)
• Battle Axe (Object)
• Bow (Object)
• Cape (Object)
• Confetti (Object)
• Cross (Object)
• Drop Pod (Object)
• Fireball (Object)
• Gun (Object)
• Headband (Object)
• Icicle (Object)
• Katana (Object)
• Ladder (Object)
• Lightning (Object)
• Magic Staff (Object)
• Mech (Object)
• Meteor (Object)