Kotaku: Shadow Complex

Like Rich Wine and Sharp Cheese, Some Games Just Go Well Together

Kirk Hamilton — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:00:00 EST

I've noticed over the years that I enjoy playing games in pairs, coupling them like a fine wine and a dry, aged cheese. (Or a hoppy beer and a slice of spicy pizza, if you prefer.) I've got professional obligations now that I didn't have in the past, but all the same, I find that I tend to experience my gaming two games at a time. More »

Shadow Complex 2 Has Been Designed. Can We Just Play It Already?

Kirk Hamilton — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:00:00 EDT

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Man, I still don't quite know what it was about Shadow Complex. I loved that game so much. So when Cliff Bleszinski told me that its sequel has already been designed, it just about made my day. More »

Five Awesome XBLA Games, One Great Price

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:20:00 EDT

There's quite the sale going on over on Xbox Live Arcade at the moment. Five of the very best games around - Limbo, Shadow Complex, Castle Crashers, Trials HD and Monday Night Combat - are going for half price. Normally, they're 1200 MSP. For today, April 15, they're only 600 MSP. More »

Bulletstorm Unlockables Won't Carry Over to Other Titles

Owen Good — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:40:00 EST

There had been chatter that Bulletstorm would be one of several Epic Games titles whose achievements would trigger unlockables in Gears of War 3, due at the end of the year. Those plans have been scrapped because of compatibility issues. More »

Gears of War 3 Has 'Special Unlocks' For Serious Epic Fans

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:00:00 EST

Next year's Gears of War 3 will (somehow) reward players of Shadow Complex, Unreal Tournament 3 and other already released games from the folks at Epic Games, according to the Xbox 360 game's designer. More »

Shadow Complex Is Your XBLA Deal Of The Week

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:00:42 EST

Missed out on Xbox Live Arcade smash Shadow Complex? One of my favorite downloadable games of the year and recent Spike TV VGA award winner is now just 800 Microsoft Points, a deal that lasts only this week. Hurry! More »

Make Preparations For More Shadow Complex

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:20:00 EST

You like Shadow Complex? Then you'll be side-scrolled to hear that developers Epic are looking at bringing you more games based in the retro-tinted universe. More »

A Look Back At Shadow Complex's Important Map

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:40:07 EDT

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 »

Shadow Complex Cheaters Targeted For Bans, Gamerscore Wipes

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:20:00 EDT

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 »

NPD Instant Analysis: Things You Should Note

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:20:19 EDT

Do not ignore the downloadables like Shadow Complex. Do not gloat about Activision's rare misfortune. And do find a hope for Scribblenauts. More »

Shadow Complex Sets Xbox Live Sales Record

Mike Fahey — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Chair Entertainment's Shadow Complex is officially the most downloaded single-player title in Xbox Live Arcade history, with 200,000 copies purchased during its first week of release alone. More »

Shadow Complex in LEGO

Brian Crecente — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:00:00 EDT

As seen on GamOvr [via GameSetWatch] More »

In Moral Debate About Shadow Complex, Both Sides Have Their Say

Stephen Totilo — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:00:14 EDT

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 »

Shadow Complex Review: Genre Upgrade

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EDT

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 »

Developing A Shadow Complex

Mike Fahey — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:20:00 EDT

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 »

Buy The Summer Of Arcade, Get $10 Back

Mike Fahey — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:40:00 EDT

Microsoft wants to pay you $10 for purchasing all five of the games showcased in this year's Summer of Arcade promotion. More »

How Shadow Complex Was Inspired By Super Metroid (And Never Looked Back)

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:20:19 EDT

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 »

Shadow Complex Preview: To Get Past Metroid

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:20:05 EDT

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 Has Peter David Written All Over It

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:40:02 EDT

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 »

Notebook Dump: Modern Warfare Wii, Shadow Complex iPhone, And A Sleeping Man

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:00:36 EDT

There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter's notebook but didn't turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we? More »

Co-Op Metroidvania Anyone?

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:00:47 EDT

Yes, the lead developer of Shadow Complex entertained the idea of designing a co-op Metroid/Castlevania kind of game. But... More »

2009 Summer Of Arcade: What's Out When

Mike Fahey — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:40:00 EDT

Five major Xbox Live Arcade titles make up Microsoft's Summer of Arcade lineup, and now we know exactly when each is coming out, from Turtles in Time to Shadow Complex. More »

Shadow Complex Impressions: Metroidvania Made Unreal

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:00:00 EDT

There is something winning about the game developer who can't hold back when he meets with Kotaku's man in New York. More »

Shadow Complex Preview: Where's The Morph Ball?

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:00:20 EDT

Does Xbox Live Arcade need a game inspired by 2D Metroid? Sure, unless Microsoft plans on buying Nintendo. More »

Shadow Complex: Orson Scott Card's Empire Meets Super Metroid

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:20:02 EDT

Undertow developer Chair Entertainment has been hard at work on video games based on Orson Scott Card's Empire novel, the first of which is likely to be the recently trademarked Shadow Complex. More »