A new free-to-play fan created fighting game, Idol Showdown, allows players to duke it out as some of their favorite VTuber personalities from Hololive. Vtubers, short for "Virtual Tuber," is a relatively recent livestreaming trend, popularized by Hololive Productions, which has become one of the most popular VTuber companies in the world. The company's roster spans across Japanese, English, and Indonesian personalities, who have inspired a number of video games.

Some of these range from 2D platformers based on various Hololive in-jokes, to others based on the in-universe backstory and lore of the VTubers themselves. Many of them have also gotten the attention of the talent themselves and have been featured on streams. One of the most recent releases revolving around the extensive Hololive roster is a free-to-play fighting game known as Idol Showdown.

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This game was developed and published by Besto Games, with the Steam description of the game describing it as a game made by Hololive fans for Hololive fans. Its roster features eight personalities across Hololive's group of talents, including founding member Tokino Sora, incredibly popular members like Inguami Korone, and even former Hololive personality Kiryu Coco. There are also a number of assist characters (called "collabs" to match the VTuber terminology) based on other members like Houshou Marine and Amelia Watson, who have their own support abilities.

The game was described as being in development for two years, and acts as a love letter to Hololive itself. There's plenty to find in the game that are references to the streaming personalities' extensive history, such as Hololive-related Easter eggs, special moves inspired by some of their memorable moments, and even remixed music that the idols have sung before either as a group or solo track.

Like most modern fighting games, this game features rollback netcode, allowing for a smooth online experience. Not only that, the game is beginner-friendly, where even inexperienced Hololive idol fans can pick up and learn the game's fast and fluid 2D combat. While there's currently eight characters in the game's base roster, the developers are promising at least three additional fighters to be added for free in the future. With such a deep love for the Hololive brand, it's no surprise that the other personalities of Hololive have gotten to stream it on launch, such as Shishiro Botan, Mori Calliope, and Tsunomaki Watame.

Idol Showdown is available now free-to-play on PC.

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