Paradox Interactive announces The Showdown Effect, a Windows/OS X action game from Arrowhead Studios (Magicka) for release in the third quarter of this year. Word is: "The Showdown Effect is a 2.5D multiplayer action game inspired by 80’s and 90’s action movies where champions from different eras of time fight to the death, for fun, for glory and for awesome. Players will battle for the upper hand through cunning use of different weapons, the game's wide range dynamic environments and even the engine's own dramatic audiovisual effects." The Showdown Effect Website is online, offering info, screenshots, and an announcement trailer.