Shadowrun

Reception

In June 2007, one month after the release, FASA Studio Manager Mitch Gitelman called the average-range review scores unfair in a podcast of Official Xbox Magazine and said they overshadow the game's innovation.

There's repercussions here for the gamer. We're shooting our own people in the foot by not recognizing what these developers are doing. I worry about that. I'm not happy with the reviews either because I don't think they're comparing us apples to apples.

It is also worth noting that the US release had an initial $60 price point, higher than other Xbox 360 games.

Song

Satire site Sarcastic Gamer wrote a song about the game when it made the top 5 in Xbox 360 sales in the US in August 2007. It is a spoof of Daniel Powter's Bad Day with the new title Bad Game. The link can be found in the related links section.

Windows Vista

Despite listing Windows Vista as a minimum requirement to play the game, warez group Razor 1911 released a crack that makes it playable on Windows XP and without DirectX 10 support.

Awards

• GameSpy
  • 2007 – Worst Use of a License of the Year