the showdown effect

The Man Who Runs Paradox On The End Of Chivalry, Cheesy Action Movies

The first morning of E3, I sat down to talk with Fredrik Wester, CEO of Paradox Interactive. Paradox has, in the past, generally specialised in careful, strategic games with historical settings. But their upcoming titles all deviate from that scheme in some way.


Magicka’s Developers Turn Badass 80s Shootouts Into A Competitive Video Game

PC specialists Paradox unveiled three new games at GDC yesterday. One is The Showdown Effect, which if you can make it past the intro in the trailer above unfurls into something that looks like Worms and Quake III had a tiny, split-screen baby.


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