Tue, Sep 01, 2009 | 00:09 BST

Shadow Complex breaks first-week XBLA sales record

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Shadow Complex sold more than 200,000 copies in its first week, making it the fastest-selling single-player XBLA game yet.

“Congratulations to Chair Entertainment and Epic Games for creating an outstanding game,” said Scott Austin, director of digitally distributed games at Microsoft. “As the capstone title of the second annual Summer of Arcade program, Shadow Complex has raised the bar for downloadable games. We’re proud to offer such high-quality content on Xbox LIVE Arcade.”

Whoever thought side-scrolling console games were a dying art must be feeling pretty foolish right now.

Thanks, Industry Gamers.

7 comments

SunKing
31/08/09, 9:41 pm

A well deserved accolade for a good game. Absolutely worth the £10 I paid for it.

Paavi
31/08/09, 10:31 pm

According to the official press release, Shadow Complex made a new record for single-player games. Apparently Battlefield 1943 is still The King.

http://gamerscoreblog.com/press/default.aspx

Lutz
31/08/09, 11:17 pm

Well deserved. Double the length and varity and I’d have happily paid full RRP for this.

Bulk Slash
31/08/09, 11:49 pm

I wonder how many people downloaded the demo for the glitch that gave you the full game for free and decided to pay for the whole thing after playing it for a bit?

I loved SC so hopefully we’ll be seeing a sequel soon, especially since Nintendo can’t be arsed with making a proper Metroid 2D sequel.

Johnny Cullen
01/09/09, 12:33 am

Seriously, this proper fantastic.

Quite possibly a GOTY contender.

Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic.