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A Look Back At Shadow Complex’s Important Map
4:40AM Stephen Totilo | Thanks to some digging from the MTV Multiplayer blog, we’ve got a glimpse today of one of the prototype maps for the summer Xbox Live Arcade hit Shadow Complex. More »
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Shadow Complex Cheaters Targeted For Bans, Gamerscore Wipes
8:20AM Michael McWhertor | Chair Entertainment may approve of players sequence-breaking Shadow Complex, but it does not condone cheaters who “compromise our game”. Microsoft’s Xbox Live team will be going after dishonest Shadow Complex players, banning them from leaderboards and deleting their Gamerscores. More »
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Shadow Complex Sets Xbox Live Sales Record
4:00AM Mike Fahey | Chair Entertainment’s Shadow Complex is officially the most downloaded single-player title in Xbox Live Arcade history, with 200,000 copies purchased since the game went live on August 19. More »
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In Moral Debate About Shadow Complex, Both Sides Have Their Say
7:00AM Stephen Totilo | Kim Wong refuses to buy the new Xbox 360 game Shadow Complex. Revolted by the political views of a novelist associated with the game, the 27-year-old gamer’s conscience holds him back. But there’s another side to the story. More »
Hands On
4:30AM Michael McWhertor | Chair Entertainment’s Shadow Complex is a rare entry in the genre trail-blazed by Nintendo’s Metroid, the side-scrolling action-adventure-explore formula later successfully aped by Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. More »
Shadow Complex Review: Genre Upgrade
4:30AM Michael McWhertor | Chair Entertainment’s Shadow Complex is a rare entry in the genre trail-blazed by Nintendo’s Metroid, the side-scrolling action-adventure-explore formula later successfully aped by Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. More »
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Developing A Shadow Complex
6:20AM Mike Fahey | Witness Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski, Chair’s Donald Mustard, and sheer awesomeness’ Peter David talking about the final Summer of Arcade game, Shadow Complex. More »
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How Shadow Complex Was Inspired By Super Metroid
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | Chair Entertainment’s Shadow Complex is due to land on Xbox Live Arcade this summer, a two-dimensional adventure that’s unabashedly inspired by Nintendo’s Metroid series, only rendered in 3D—pretty much exactly what Metroid and Castlevania fans regularly demand. More »
Hands On
2:20AM Stephen Totilo | It would take more than a double-jump, grappling hook and a screw attack to reach the lofty goal of being a new generation’s 2D Metroid or Castlevania. But that’s what Shadow Complex could hope to be. More »
Shadow Complex Preview: To Get Past Metroid
2:20AM Stephen Totilo | It would take more than a double-jump, grappling hook and a screw attack to reach the lofty goal of being a new generation’s 2D Metroid or Castlevania. But that’s what Shadow Complex could hope to be. More »
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Shadow Complex Has Peter David Written All Over It
10:40AM Michael McWhertor | Chair Entertainment’s brilliant looking Metroid-esque adventure Shadow Complex appears to have some storytelling meat to it, not just tried and true side-scrolling gameplay. The developer announced today that comic book scribe Peter David penned the game’s original story. More »
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