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Competitive fighting games are often compared to chess matches with an added layer of execution, but what would happen if you were to combine the 2 game types together.

That's what BadRez Games and Manavoid Entertainment are trying to build right now with their newly revealed game Checkmate Showdown.

Matches will apparently begin like a chess game with 2 players moving to position their own fighters, which then transitions into a round of fighting game action.

Outside of the pawns, who apparently don't battle in the fighting game realm, each traditional chess piece has its own dedicated move set and archetype, so players not only need to know their moves on the board but also make them pop off when the real trial begins too.

At the end of a round, the loser's piece is lost and the winner's has its health rounded up to the nearest 200 out of 1,000 to stay on the board.

There is emphasis placed on the position of chess pieces as well, with assists becoming available if fighters from the same team are next to each other on the board.

Checkmate Showdown is an indie-developed game currently seeking a publisher and planning an eventual Steam release with the hopes of a PlayStation version at least down the road too.

And yes, the team has already confirmed the game is going to be powered by rollback netcode.

The developers are planning to hold a play test sometime this Summer, and more information / future updates can be found by following Checkmate Showdown's Twitter page or joining their Discord.

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