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more about #chairentertainment mowan259: Aspiring game designers should read this postmortem and take note. Game design is less about coming up with awesome ideas and is more about lots and ... more » shidarin000001: I liked the demo, and wished to play the rest of the game; but then I found it was an Orson Scott Card project. I enjoy Card's writing, what I don't e... more » Sugar Slam!: Really interesting. I alwayed enjoyed the "Afterthoughts" segment of EGM. This post-mortem is that to the next step. I love it. more » gordo789: This game was so overrated. It was like super metroid if you replace all the awesome environments and enemies with warehouses and vanilla rifle guys. more » hismastersvoice: I used to draw that kind of stuff on boring lessons back in elementary school. Now you're telling me someone is doing it for a living. Life is unfair. more » YorickB: That looks just like something I would draw back in elementary school. I must've created hundreds of "levels" on loose leaf paper. Ah, memories. more » Michael Dukakis: The little stick figure guy is dreadfully underused in gaming... more » IvanDashSmith: after reading all the comments I still don't understanding HOW people are cheating (hardware mod, game exploit?), or WHAT the cheating results in (hig... more » Crowbot: Resetting gamescores across all games seems like a great way to turn a possibly problematic customer into a lifelong enemy. more » Zer033: Achievement boosting is the same thing; are they going to start banning for that next? more » Tyr4nt: This crap is so funny to me. The people who actually care about gamerscore/leaderboards going "Oh noes my gamerscore that does nothing but illustrate ... more » NeVeRMoRe666: Wait, so how do you cheat? I don't even get it. And why would you? It's a great game and it's a single player game. Do you honestly care so much about... more » Spderweb: wait though. what are they doing to cheat? i mean, what if you did it on accident. more » Ockeroid: ...Why? It's a single player game. Who cares if they cheat. They bought the gameand should be able to do what they want with it. How does it hurt an... more » mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: I remember seeing a few scores on the challenge rooms that should have, in theory, been impossible to do. I might launch the game again to see if thos... more » battlescarSS: You know what? I want to have my gamerscore wiped. Can I simply call and ask or do it the obvious way? more » Scazza: Im kinda confused, what cheaters? People who didnt buy the game and finished it? Because i LEGIT got into the top 50 for fastest time using the time... more » Komrade Kayce: ohfuck! my gamerscore! more » ObZen: I'd prefer if the devs would do people who did pay for the game a favor and focus their efforts on fixing the glitches that prevent you from acquiring... more » QuenbyCleodaeus: Instance breaking is part of the game - it is the only way to get some of the challenges. So when they say they are allowing it, it doesn't mean they... more » -
#xboxlivearcade
A Look Back At Shadow Complex's Important Map
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 » -
#xboxlivearcade
Shadow Complex Cheaters Targeted For Bans, Gamerscore Wipes
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 » -
#anewrecord
Shadow Complex Sets Xbox Live Sales Record
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 » -
#debates
In Moral Debate About Shadow Complex, Both Sides Have Their Say
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 » -
#review
Shadow Complex Review: Genre Upgrade
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 » -
#clips
Developing A Shadow Complex
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 » -
#comiccon09
How Shadow Complex Was Inspired By Super Metroid (And Never Looked Back)
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 » -
#preview
Shadow Complex Preview: To Get Past Metroid
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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#chairentertainment
Shadow Complex Has Peter David Written All Over It
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 » -
#metroidvania
Co-Op Metroidvania Anyone?
Yes, the lead developer of Shadow Complex entertained the idea of designing a co-op Metroid/Castlevania kind of game. But... More » -
#impressions
Shadow Complex Impressions: Metroidvania Made Unreal
There is something winning about the game developer who can't hold back when he meets with Kotaku's man in New York. More » -
#e32009
Shadow Complex Preview: Where's The Morph Ball?
Does Xbox Live Arcade need a game inspired by 2D Metroid? Sure, unless Microsoft plans on buying Nintendo. More » -
#rumor
Shadow Complex: Orson Scott Card's Empire Meets Super Metroid
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.
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#epicgames
Ex-Nintendo Man Howard Phillips Finds A Seat At Chair
Howard Phillips, former "President" of the Nintendo Fun Club and Nintendo figurehead, has a new gig. He's the new studio director at Chair Entertainment, the development house snatched up by Epic Games last year. More » -
#endersgame
How Orson Scott Card Sees Ender's Game Game
We haven't heard much about the Ender's Game game since March. Now we get to hear more about it, including author Orson Scott Card's hope and dreams and pinwheel schemes.
