Admittedly, I haven’t played any of the Castlevania games except for about twenty minutes of Symphony of the Night. One series I have played to death, however, is Metroid; Super Metroid is definitely in my top 10, if not top 20, games of all-time. So Epic and Chair’s announcement of Shadow Complex and the immediate comparison to Super Metroid had me excited. Even though I wasn’t familiar with Chair’s previous works, I trusted that Epic would never release a subpar title. My expectations were set: a great tribute of sorts to Super Metroid or Symphony of the Night with better graphics. Surprisingly enough, it was far more than that.

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In a desperate attempt to escape the sweltering heat of summer, you might want to hit up XBOX Live Arcade for some fun and distraction. While big AAA titles might be few and far between this time of the year, there’s plenty of other avenues to pursue for your digital entertainment. In this case, there’s a slew of awesome looking games coming out over XBLA and not one of them will cost you more than 1200 MS Points, which my calculator tells me is about $14.99 USD.

Check out the rest of the story for all the games coming out, starting July 22nd.

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