The hype train and rumour mill have gone into overdrive after Retro Studios, developer of the long-awaited Metroid Prime 4, updated their header image to include a certain alien-blasting icon. Of course, it’s only a little thing, but after months of silence, it seems it can only be good news that Samus’ silhouette is now sitting pretty at the top of the Retro Studios Twitter page. Now, could we have a trailer, please?
Despite the Retro Studios Metroid tease, we still have little information to go off about a release date, but at this point, we’ll take anything we can get. We got the last official update with 2021’s E3 Nintendo Direct, when the company revealed that the game is still in the thralls of development, before announcing Metroid Dread.
While Nintendo and Retro have been less than forthcoming about the development of Metroid Prime 4, some internet sleuths have been able to figure out aspects of the game’s production by finding job applications specific to the title. It’s also possible we’ll get to re-live the first game before a new title, with industry insiders reporting late last year that a Metroid Prime remaster is close to completing development.
