Yippee-Ki-Yay! The Showdown Effect Shows Up in Stores Today
Online Explosion-fest for PC/Mac Now Available, Launch Trailer Released


NEW YORK — March 5, 2013 — Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games and an abuser of diplomatic immunity, today released The Showdown Effect, a new multiplayer action title from Arrowhead Game Studios. In a world where every single action movie from the 80s and 90s is happening concurrently, players must shoot, slash, dive, roll, punch, and quip their way to victory to become the last cliché standing. The Showdown Effect is available for PC and Mac in digital stores worldwide, for a list of retailers please check out http://www.theshowdowneffect.com/buy.




Witness The Showdown Effect — the impossible chaos that occurs when an amnesiac clone, a grizzled cop, an inscrutable martial arts master, a plucky teenage genius, and other action hero archetypes are thrown together in a pile of guns, explosives, and assorted bludgeons. Featuring stylish 2.5D graphics, fast-paced white-knuckle gameplay, TwitchTV integration, and an endless supply of one-liners, The Showdown Effect allows up to 8 players at once to go head-to-fist in a variety of free-for-all and team-based game modes.


To celebrate the game’s launch, Paradox will host a live stream of The Showdown Effect on March 7 at 7 p.m. GMT (11 a.m. PST). Action-hero buffs and buff action heroes alike can witness the fight on the official Paradox Interactive channel on Twitch TV at http://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive.