It’s GDC week, and man, it, is, going, down over in San Francisco!

Everything related to game development, anyway. Some of it. A bit of it. Okay, there’s so probably going to be a couple of things announced, and that includes Paradox Interactive‘s next three projects – The Showdown Effect, Dungeonland, and RED Frontier.

Are you excited? I’m excited.

According to the press blurb, “all three of these games will fulfil a unique need in gamers’ lives, whether it is their thirst for blood, fame and glory for their teams, or helpful theme-park-survival skills.” What if none of those things are needs in your life? Then you’re not a gamer, obviously.

Or you already own a private island resort off the coast of Costa Rica populated with genetically engineered dinosaurs cloned from the DNA extracted from mosquitoes preserved in prehistoric amber, and you’re living the dream.

The Showdown Effect

Created by Arrowhead Game Studios, the same brilliant and eccentric minds behind Magicka, The Showdown Effect is a 2.5D multiplayer action game in which players will be participating in death-matches to gain glory and fame. Formerly known as “Project JFK,” The Showdown Effect operates on the principle of “more is more” and offers an infinite amount of ways to customize your gameplay. Whether its character, stage, game mode, or weapons, customize as much as you want and control how creatively you want to kill your friends! Remember, the gorier it is, the better the showdown you will have!

Dungeonland

A theme park is a magical place reserved only for children, right? Wrong. DEAD wrong. Dungeonland redefines the idea of having “fun” in a fantasy theme park as it attempts to entrap your heroes and let them line up for their demise. Playing as the Rogue, the Warrior, or the Mage, heroes will adventure in a classic co-op dungeon crawl, with a sinister twist: three players can play as the daring heroes, while a fourth takes on the role of Dungeonland’s Game Master, using a pool of traps and monsters to annihilate their unwelcome guests! Featuring hero customization, looting and dozens of items, Dungeonland is an amoral, atypical take on asymmetric gameplay.

RED Frontier

RED Frontier takes players to the final…well, “frontier”… for a new style of competitive RTS gaming! Would-be commanders will choose their sci-fi heroes and fight strategically alongside teammates and droids in a struggle for resources. On the battlefield, players will have an arsenal of combat droids, vehicles, and ingenious abilities ranging from deployable machine gun turrets and minefields to repair nanoids and orbital rocket strikes. Arsenals are constantly being refilled as fellow commanders respawn instantly and are immediately allowed to re-enter the battlefield after being eliminated. Prevail and celebrate your victory with your teammates in the arena!

All three games are on display at GDC, but that probably doesn’t make much difference to you if you’re sitting at home in Pofadder.