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November 19th, 2009 at 06:20pm
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With Shadow Complex setting very specific week-one sales records on XBLA, Epic and Chair would be kind of nuts to not consider a sequel. One job listing out of a recent crop on Microsoft’s employment boards seems to out that likely scenario, implying that Shadow Complex is a bona fide franchise for Microsoft Game Studios and Epic. Said listing specifically calls for a Lead Producer to “lead the publishing side of games made by Epic: Gears of War and Shadow Complex.”
Additionally, Microsoft appears to be looking for more able bodies to join its growing pool of Project Natal and 343 Industries employees. Existing job listings call for everything from designers to engineers to even a few artists. Sadly, the company isn’t looking for MJOLNIR armor models yet, but just in case, Microsoft, you know how to reach us.
[Via Develop]
Microsoft lists more jobs for Project Natal, 343 Industries; hiring Shadow Complex, Gears of War franchises lead originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 14th, 2009 at 02:15pm
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It’s a sad testament to how much we loved Shadow Complex that we were able to spend several happy minutes simply poring over Chair’s hand-drawn proto-map for the game, as obtained by MTV Multiplayer. As an added bonus, we got to hear the story of Chair staffers playing the game with their imaginations, tracing a stick figure’s journey through a giant-sized version of the map as they tried to perfectly balance the experience.
Golly! Imagination? Non-electronic games? What will video game developers think of next?
Ogle Chair’s hand-drawn Shadow Complex map originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 16th, 2009 at 12:30pm
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Chair Entertainment is ready to lay the smack down on Shadow Complex cheaters. Major Nelson sends word that Microsoft will take action this week against those “verified as cheaters,” deleting their records from the Shadow Complex leaderboards, as well as resetting their associated accounts’ Gamerscore. Worse still, said accounts will be branded on Xbox.com (and dashboard) as belonging to cheaters.
For those looking to brush up on what constitutes cheating on Xbox Live, feel free to review Microsoft’s policy on “Gamerscore corrections.” Of course, if you’re a cheater, then you probably already know.
Shadow Complex cheaters will have scores deleted, Gamerscore reset originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 31st, 2009 at 06:40pm
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That’s, um, sales of single-player games (multiplayer ones don’t count!). And, uh, you know, we’re just talking about Xbox Live Arcade titles — not that clarifying this awfully specific sales record is an attempt to take away from the much-deserved success of Chair’s excellent Shadow Complex or the 200,000-plus downloaders (much of the Joystiq staff included) who didn’t wait long to cash in 1200
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Still, we’re not going to label Shadow Complex’s sales Achievement(R) (as Microsoft does) the “New Era of Downloadable Games.” It takes far too much effort to produce a decent Metroidvania experience than it does a mediocre dual-stick shooter, after all.
We will, however, join in on the not-so-subtle peer pressuring. Seriously, you still haven’t purchased Shadow Complex? Shame on you. (So … just direct deposit that check, cool? Thanks Microsoft!)
Shadow Complex sets week-one sales record originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 25th, 2009 at 01:30pm
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Major Nelson has revealed the latest figures for Xbox Live activity, which once again sees Call of Duty: World at War being the most played Xbox 360 Live title. That’s not to say it’s all business as usual, as the Lost Planet 2 co-op demo managed to claw its way onto the list, along with a new Xbox Live Arcade pair, Shadow Complex and Trials HD.
Both titles made it onto the top two spots on XBLA’s most played list, with Chair’s Metroid-inspired adventure making its debut in first place. The remainder is comprised of usual suspects Battlefield 1943, Marvel vs Capcom 2 and ‘Splosion Man.
Xbox Live Top 10 dominated by Shadow Complex, CoD: World at War originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 22nd, 2009 at 07:00pm
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For fans of speed runs, Shadow Complex housed a clever secret that allows gamers to skip most of the game and complete it in record time. Surrounding the mystery was knowledge that players are able to obtain the Foam ability within the first 15 minutes of gameplay. Over the last few days (since its August 19 release), gamers across multiple message boards compiled data and quotes, and tried brilliant ideas to crack the code.
And they blew it wide open. If a certain number of tasks are completed within a short time frame, gamers are able to bypass an entire section of the game, landing them within a few rooms of the Foam ability.
Spoiler Warning! YouTube user Nogarda1 showcases the steps needed to cleverly infiltrate the enemy base after the break.
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Community teamwork solves Shadow Complex speed run mystery originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 19th, 2009 at 08:00pm
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Those of you who’ve blown through Shadow Complex already (shame on you, it should be savored) may have noticed a strange anomaly during the credits. The game (which is single-player only) credits T.J. Duez as the sole member of the game’s multiplayer test team. We emailed developer Chair and parent company Epic to get the skinny.
“The only explanation I can offer is that we used a lot Epic’s internal testers for the game and since they have a number of multiplayer games, that might just be his title at Epic,” said Chair’s Laura Mustard. “Otherwise, he’s got a pretty good gig as there’s not much multiplayer testing that can be done on a game that is single-player only, right?” Epic’s Mark Rein concurred, adding “We have testers at Epic who specialize in multi-player testing and probably one of them helped out on Shadow Complex in their spare time.”
Sorry, gang. Sounds like if you were hoping for co-op complex crawling, you’re going to be waiting a while.
Why Shadow Complex credits a multiplayer tester originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 19th, 2009 at 04:15pm
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Filed under: X3F TV
This week’s XBLA in Brief is a little different. Normally we only take the trial version for a spin, but we were lucky enough to get our hands on the full version of Shadow Complex last week, so we’ve spent quite a bit of time with it. We’ve already handed the game a great review, now you can see what all the fuss is about.
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X3F TV — XBLA in Brief: Shadow Complex originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 17th, 2009 at 07:45pm
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You know that Shadow Complex is good, right? Yeah, well, it is, and this trailer aims to make sure you know it. Apart from a liberal sprinkling of impressive-sounding critical quotes, there’s also some gameplay in there, too. If you hold an Xbox 360 controller as you watch it, you can pretend that you’re playing it right now. If you take a controller to work, you can pretend to play at work, too!
Until you can actually play the real thing, It’s really the only sensible thing to do.
Shadow Complex launch trailer originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 11th, 2009 at 11:00pm
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Beyond being an award-winning author, Orson Scott Card has some gaming cred on his resume. An avid old school gamer himself, Card has worked on a few notable game projects, including The Secret of Monkey Island, for which he penned the swordfighting insults. On August 19, Card returns to gaming by creating the world that surrounds Shadow Complex, which runs parallel to the events in Card’s best-selling novel, Empire.
However, unlike his experience working on the poorly-received game Advent Rising — which Card was brought into late to develop the game’s story — the author and Chair Entertainment collaborated from the beginning to bring the Empire book trilogy and Shadow Complex to life. “They do their thing and I do mine. Two very different arts end up working together to tell the same story,” Card told Variety. Card says, he enjoys Shadow Complex’s main character so much, he suspects readers will see Jason Flemming (voiced by Nolan North) appear in a future novel within the universe. Shadow Complex’s story was written by Star Trek novelist Peter David.
Card also notes that he is confident he has “come up with something” to allow future games in the series to be different. “Nothing would be worse than if they play the second game is the same as the first,” Card said. Apparently in Card’s world, gamers love change.
Orson Scott Card talks ‘Shadow Complex’ and the future of ‘Empire’ originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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