It is currently wholly owned by nintendo making it a first party developer with over 50 employees.
Retro studios metroid prime 4. The team itself has changed somewhat since it was last working on metroid with key members of the prime development team leaving to establish armature studio. Metroid prime 4 s development is restarting from the beginning with the help of retro studios developers of the original metroid prime games. 1 history 2 games developed by retro studios 2 1 projects cancelled for metroid prime 2 2 nintendo gamecube 2 3 wii 2 4 nintendo 3ds. As a matter of fact the same studio is known for developing other popular games such as donkey kong country returns and tropical freeze its sequel.
It was founded in 1998 by jeff spangenberg as a second party developer to nintendo. Metroid prime 4 development restarts under retro studios. Retro studios is an american video game developer based in austin texas usa. Nintendo is doing everything it can to make metroid prime 4 another hit as it s been reported that the company has invested over 500 000 into the expansion of retro studios headquarters.
Announced by nintendo the decision was made because. The nintendo switch game is now in the hands of retro studios the studio behind the original metroid prime games. After several months of near radio silence it appears that retro studios is hiring new people to help with metroid prime 4 development. Metroid prime 4 developer is hiring again.
The developer behind the previous three metroid prime games is taking over the nintendo switch sequel. Metroid prime 4 has been delayed and restarted. Retro studios has maintained a. On april 26 retro studios announced that they were hiring a few world class developers to join the metroid prime team on our journey in developing metroid prime 4 they are hiring an art director product tester art outsourcing manager level 3 it engineer level 1 gameplay engineer lead external environment artist lead character and cinematics artists lead.