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"The Showdown Effect has today (January 31) entered beta testing and been made available for pre-order. Customers who pre-purchase Paradox Interactive&amp;#039;s multiplayer shooter will be granted instant access to the beta and receive a host of other bonuses.  Developed by Arrowhead Game Studios, The Showdown Effect is a 2.5D competitive online shooter for PC in which players do battle armed with &amp;quot;everything and anything they can get their hands on&amp;quot;.  Two editions of the game are available for pre-order - the standard offering and the Digital Deluxe Edition. Customers who purchase the latter will receive three bonus weapons skins, two bonus outfits and a free copy of Paradox&amp;#039;s action-adventure game Magicka. Those who order the standard edition in advance will receive just one bonus weapon skin, the Fusion Saber of Light. A Showdown Effect tournament starring YouTube personalities Angry Joe, NorthernLion and Rage Gaming, as well as Arrowhead&amp;#039;s Johan Pilestedt, will be streamed live from PdxCon in Reykjavik at 4pm GMT to promote the game&amp;#039;s launch. Watch a trailer for The Showdown Effect below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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