Retro has also posted openings for a variety of other positions and has been aggressively recruiting stellar talent for its team. For those unaware, Palumbo is a former Rockstar veteran who was previously a part of Blizzard’s Overwatch team for years, as well as being a producer for other stellar titles such as GTA IV and V, Max Payne 3, and Red Dead Redemption-and the recruiting doesn’t end here.
According to VGC, Retro has hired industry veteran Marisa Palumbo as their lead producer for Prime 4. Retro’s Lead Producer hunt proved successful after its initial posting.
METROID PRIME 4 REACTIONS UPGRADE
The remodeling is planned to be finished around May 1, 2021.Īlong with the upgrade in workspace, Retro is also upgrading its current staff. The studio will be retaining the grounds of their original headquarters throughout the remodeling process, premises which the studio has occupied for nearly a decade. October 2020 was a huge month for Retro for two main reasons: headquarters expansion and fantastic new hires.Īccording to VGC, Retro Studios, the development team behind the Metroid Prime franchise is planning to invest in an expansion of its headquarters in tandem with expanding the development team for Metroid Prime 4.Īs stated by local and state economic departments, Retro is reportedly investing over $530K into its remodeling venture, resulting in almost 40,000 square feet of custom office space.
To their surprise, their wishes would be answered come October. Nonetheless, news was news and people were sated for the time being.Ĭynics would continue to express their doubts while the optimists pined for more good news to come to their shores. Others were skeptical about the state and future of Prime 4 given Retro Studios went this long without a Lead Producer at the helm of its project. Many were happy to finally hear some substantial news about the game after hearing nothing but radio silence for so long. “We are looking for Lead Producer to join us on our journey to develop Metroid Prime 4!” All these job listings were gone by late 2019, meaning Retro found the individuals it was looking for, boding well for the game’s development.Ģ020 was shaping up to be a quiet year for Prime 4 until Retro Studios dropped a bombshell tweet early in August. On April 26, Retro announced it was hiring “world-class developers” to join Prime 4, ranging from art directors, product testers, IT engineers, gameplay engineers, etc. Takahashi stated that development under the previous studio had not met Nintendo’s standards, and development would now be handed over to Retro Studios.
METROID PRIME 4 REACTIONS UPDATE
In an official Metroid Prime 4 update video, Nintendo EPD general manager Shinya Takahashi announced that development on Prime 4 had been restarted completely. These silent concerns would be proven true later the following year. The lack of concrete details or footage of any kind, however, especially at E3 2018, began to make fans think otherwise. Still, the project would still be overseen and produced by Kensuke Tanabe, the producer of previous Metroid titles.Įurogamer, in 2018, claimed that Prime 4 was being developed by Bandai Namco Studios of Japan and Singapore, including previous LucasArts staff who had worked on the canned Star Wars 1313 game.įurther in 2018, Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aime continued to give statements about Metroid Prime 4, how it was “well into development” and “proceeding well”. After the announcement, it was confirmed by Bill Trinen, Director of Product Marketing at Nintendo of America, that the entry was not being developed by Retro Studios, the studio that handled the Prime Trilogy. Metroid Prime 4 was revealed to the world during E3 2017.
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