From the Makers of Magicka Comes The Showdown Effect

More gameplay from Angry Joe

@AlexanderSheen said:

The guy with the chopsticks, man, that is a skill!

was thinking the same thing. could it be that it was played backwards? like he did the normal grab, then just wiggled them around like crazy.

The guy with the chopsticks, man, that is a skill!

@Dacnomaniac said:

D: it won't play for me!

I guess you are not man enough to see the trailer...

Look awesome.

Don't care much about the game... but funny all the same. "fight to the death... or die trying." :)

@Amafi said:

@Christoffer said:

Nobel peace prize winning scientist father? What kind of science is that?

Norman Borlaug got a peace price for his contributions to securing the world food supply and he basically invented better wheat and did biology. Can't think of any others off the top of my head.

Well alright then, I guess it's possible for a scientist to get a peace prize. Come to think of it, they should get more peace prizes.

Edit: much better than the f-ing EU, am I right?

I thought this was some kind of exercise game based on the thumbnail and almost didn't even bother watching the video. Glad I did though, as the game looks pretty neat at first glance.

Magicka was brilliant. This looks amazing. It had better be voiced entirely in Swedish.

It looks pretty cool but I doubt it's worth finishing. The ending is pointless since all the Showdown Relays end up exploding no matter what choice you make. They'll probably need to add DLC to make your ending seem more inevitable. I'm waiting for Showdown Effect 2 where you're putting this team of badasses together.

D: it won't play for me!

But his abs where just one day away from retirement!

I've been looking forward to this game. I never played Cobalt, but this appears to have the 2D fighting similar to that with a lot more personality.

Ryo Hazuki!

@Christoffer said:

Nobel peace prize winning scientist father? What kind of science is that?

Norman Borlaug got a peace price for his contributions to securing the world food supply and he basically invented better wheat and did biology. Can't think of any others off the top of my head.

Nobel peace prize winning scientist father? What kind of science is that?

So is this abuse or is it cobalt or is it something else entirely? I can't tell.

So this reminds me a lot of Oxeye games' Cobalt. http://www.playcobalt.com/

Kinda sad they're not doing a proper Magicka sequel. It was janky and the controls are far too much for the human mind to handle, but with some refinement it could easily become the best thing ever.

This looks dumb as heck though, which I'm on board for.

Your grammar is so bad you have to let your fists do the talking. I totally laughed out loud. There is one thing for sure, this studio has jokes.

Reminds me of Shank, hopefully it's better than Shank was.

Looks like beer belly abs to me.

Nice dripping sweaty six pack abs!

*looks at my own "abs"*

*feels inadequate*

ABS HOLY SHIT

Paradox can do me no wrong. One of my favourite publishers.

This trailer made my subwoofer go nuts. That makes it an automatic buy, right?

@pancakehumper: Thanks, duder! Just signed up. Hope I get in!

No homo.

There are sign ups for the beta herelooks fairly open for anyone to get in. Just need a steam ID

THE ABS SOLD ME ON THE GAME

"Fight to the death, or die trying"

Sold.

wat?

2D brawling in the style of John Woo!

*Seal of approval*

Where the heck has this game been I heard about it a while ago and it sounded like it was coming out this year.

Magicka was broken in many ways, and as said janky as damn. but still put 120 hr into it with friends.

So im looking forward to this

ya that looks pretty cool

The sign ups for the beta are here!

Dude this looks coooool.

Gameplay doesn't do much for me, but I love the bad grammar line.

It seems like this game has a metroidvania thing going on. I hope it does, I like those kinds of games, and there aren't enough of them.

On the other hand, if I just get to murder dudes in awesome ways in a 2D platformer, that's pretty nice all on its own.

Looks like my kind of game!

Looks neat!

Looks pretty okay to me.

edit: ESPORTS the shit out of it.

Cool voice, cool magicka, cool buy

Right as I was about to complain about there not being any in-game footage, there it is.

I had zero knowledge or interest in this game before seeing this post.

I feel like things went from zero to 100 too fast, I have whiplash