Deadly Showdown

Deadly Showdown is a future fighting game that will be developed and published by Psonic Studios.

Concept
Deadly Showdown is influenced by Tekken, the Dead or Alive series, Mortal Kombat and its rip-offs.

Story
Shin Lao corrupts the shaolin tournament under the title of the Deadly Showdown after Rokuro becomes a champion. Lao uses the souls of the dead warriors to stay immortal and appease his gods. Shin Lao's gods want to invade the Earthly world. They use the tournament to unbalance the furies. When the world is in chaos, Shin Lao's gods can step through the dimensional gates. His island is the gateway.

Characters
Deadly Showdown has only 24 playable characters, each with their own unique fatal moves and all of whom would eventually become trademark characters and appear in several sequels. The game is to be developed with digitized sprites based on 3D humans or humanoids.

Base roster

 * /Yoshiro Minamoto/: The ancestral karateka.
 * /Li Oolong/: The Chinese martial artist and action movie superstar.
 * /Hayashi Hattori/: A ninja warrior.
 * /Mike Grimm/: A brash explorer and martial artist.
 * /Sun Tao/: The Shaolin Kung Fu fighter.
 * /Ken Jiro/: A furious samurai.
 * /Richter Herrmann/: The German military cyborg.
 * /Mayumi Umemura/: The beautiful kunoichi.
 * /Reiko Ishikawa/: The Onna-Musha.
 * /Cindy Carlton/: A British Interpol officer.
 * /Joseph Wilson/: The U.S. military soldier.
 * /Samir Singh/: The Hindu monk.
 * /Jared Hunter/: The Australian hunter.
 * /Heise Long/: The trickster, thug, assassin and mercenary.
 * /Annika Serov/: The cryokinetic Russian fighter.
 * /Jacques Rideau/: The French Savate practitioner and fencer.

Bosses

 * /Gong/: Shin Lao's personal protector.
 * /Doran/: The shapeshifting herald of Shin Lao.
 * /Rokuro/: This entity belongs to a race of demon warriors known as the Rokubo-Kubi (demons of the dark). Rokuro will use this misrepresentation against his opponents. He will use the tournament to restore the pride and respect of his race.
 * /Shin Lao/: To the world, he is a little known warlord, Taoist, ruler of an island fortress and host to a legendary martial arts tournament known as the Deadly Showdown Tournament. In reality, he is a demon of vast destructive powers. He was cursed by the gods, and must drink the blood of true warriors in order to appease them. Unknown to most of the participants, the Kumite is the means Shin Lao employs to obtain the warriors he needs for his unholy ceremony. Along with a small but powerful army of thugs and henchmen, Shin Lao also utilizes the services of Taoist sorcerers, their loyal monks as well as various other world creatures.