The Showdown Effect is a fighting developed by Arrowhead Game Studios, released 5 March 2013 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Showdown Effect is
The Showdown Effect is a fighting game developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and released in 2013. It was published by Paradox Interactive. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Showdown Effect is a 2.5D multiplayer action game inspired by 80's and 90's action movies. Champions from throughout time fight to death for fun, for glory and for awesome.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction.
How it was received
The Showdown Effect holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 28% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 7 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The Showdown Effect launched on 5 March 2013, within three weeks of BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Showdown Effect yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Quick answers
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