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| Developer(s) | Chair Entertainment |
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| Director(s) | Donald Mustard |
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| Writer(s) | Peter David[1][2] |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 3 |
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| Release | August 19, 2009
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| Genre(s) | Platform-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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.
- ^ McWhertor, Michael (2009-07-16). "Shadow Complex Has Peter David Written All Over It". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 2009-07-18. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ^ David, Peter (2009-07-29). "Peter David. "…and boy, are my arms tired."". peterdavid.net. Archived from the original on 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2009-07-29.