I was pretty excited about the prospect of Shadow Complex – one of my favourite games from the Xbox 360’s Arcade library – being remastered and re-released. Being stuck, only available on one platform for so many years is actually depressing. Especially given that it’s one of the best Metroid-styled games to be released in years.
Last night at the Game Awards, Epic confirmed that Shadow Complex is indeed being remastered – and it’s on its way to PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4; the first time it’ll be on anything other than Xbox 360.
“Bringing Shadow Complex to a larger audience of gamers across multiple platforms has always been one of our goals at Chair,” co-founder and creative director Donald Mustard said in a statement. “We’re super excited to introduce a remastered version to fans, old and new, and for the opportunity it creates for us to do more in the Shadow Complex universe.”
What makes the announcement even more exciting – particularly if you’re a PC gamer – is that the game will be available for free until the end of the year. That’s right folks, free. And you can download it right now. Just head on over here, and you can grab Shadow Complex Remastered for the rest of this month, without having to pay a cent.
“Shadow Complex Remastered features all the great gameplay from the award-winning classic, updated with exciting new enhancements and achievements to support its debut on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One,” says developer Chair.
It should give you around 10 hours of gameplay, and is bolstered with some new challenges. It’s coming to the new consoles early next year – hopefully as part of PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection or Games with Gold.
I honestly just have no idea why you’re still reading his and not off to download and play the game.
Last Updated: December 4, 2015
PoisonedBelial
December 4, 2015 at 08:34
Never heard of it…
Johann
December 4, 2015 at 08:45
I must confess, also never heard of it… But it does look damn interesting, going to download after work and give it a go
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 4, 2015 at 08:34
F-what? O_O
Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!
December 4, 2015 at 08:43
Free? This is affordable for me currently
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 4, 2015 at 08:48
I feel like a pirate again. But not.
Hammersteyn
December 4, 2015 at 08:49
LOL!
The Sten
December 4, 2015 at 08:48
Is this free to play until the end of the holidays, or free to acquire like…..forever?
Geoffrey Tim
December 4, 2015 at 08:54
It’s free to download and own, as long as you do it before the end of the year.
Hammersteyn
December 4, 2015 at 08:58
I can’t spare the 27.9MB of bandwidth! Someone cut me a CD and post it.
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 4, 2015 at 09:04
Someone do what to a what in the what now?
Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!
December 4, 2015 at 09:42
Game is 1.1GB
Hammersteyn
December 4, 2015 at 09:46
LOL I saw
*facepalms
Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!
December 4, 2015 at 09:48
Well, it just means it will look better
The Sten
December 4, 2015 at 09:16
Ah ok, thanks
VampyreSquirrel
December 4, 2015 at 08:55
Free!? I love free stuff, it fits right in my budget and screws my backlog so nicely!
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 4, 2015 at 08:57
The best part is it’s a direct download. So you can just download it, save it somewhere, then forget about it because it’s not on the Steam list. Win!
VampyreSquirrel
December 4, 2015 at 11:35
Epic win!
needsmoreclipping
December 4, 2015 at 17:50
More like epic fail. It’s not a direct download, it’s a launcher that you have to install and download the game from within the marketplace. Like Steam.
needsmoreclipping
December 4, 2015 at 17:50
Lmfao. No, it’s not.
Kromas untamed
December 4, 2015 at 09:10
At least Epic games still remember where they came from. 🙂