Shadow Complex is a platform-adventure Metroidvania video game developed by Chair Entertainment in association with Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 in 2009.
The game follows Jason and his girlfriend Claire, out to explore some caverns. When Claire goes missing, he finds a massive underground complex with soldiers and high-end technology. Jason must rescue Claire and discover the plot behind the faction operating the complex. Inspired by the Metroid series, Shadow Complex is a 2.5D Metroidvania-style game where the player controls Jason through the underground complex, defeating hostile forces, and finding various power-ups that enable further exploration of the complex. The original script of Shadow Complex was written by Peter David.
Shadow Complex's reception has been positive. It has received and been nominated for several Game of the Year and Editor's Choice Awards. Critics praised the gameplay, narrative and graphics, with several reviewers stating that it was fairly priced. It broke sales records for Xbox Live Arcade titles, selling over 200,000 units within the first week of release and as of year-end 2011, has sold over 600,000 copies. A remastered version was released for Microsoft Windows in December 2015, for Xbox One in March 2016 and for PlayStation 4 in May 2016. A limited physical printing of 7,500 for the PlayStation 4 was released on August 19, 2016 through Limited Run Games.
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ShadowComplex is a platform-adventure Metroidvania video game developed by Chair Entertainment in association with Epic Games and published by Microsoft...
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Windows and PlayStation 4. Epic also released a remastered version of ShadowComplex for newer consoles and computers in 2015, and their first foray into...
by Epic Games. On August 19, 2009, Chair released its second game, ShadowComplex, exclusively for Xbox Live Arcade. The game was published by Microsoft...
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It was cited as an influence on other Metroidvania games, including ShadowComplex and Axiom Verge. Several ROM hacks for Super Metroid were released by...
fiction; it is a harsh reality that he, as Shadow, is now actively engaged in. Under the alias, he navigates the complex web of political intrigue and magical...
backtrack. Other notable Metroidvania games include Cave Story (2004), ShadowComplex (2009), Ori and the Blind Forest (2014), Hollow Knight (2017), and Chasm...
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3, and has been credited on other Epic titles such as Gears of War, ShadowComplex and Fortnite. Prior to joining Epic, he had worked at IBM after getting...
active PlayStation Plus subscribers. Good, Owen (November 19, 2020). "ShadowComplex Remastered patched, now works on PS5". Polygon. Archived from the original...
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