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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land Metroid Prime 3: Corruption may have wrapped up the GameCube-to-Wii trilogy, but fans of first-person adventuring in the suit of Samus Aran may be able to look forward to future Prime games.
In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Admiral Dane expresses his frustration with the Space Pirates by letting out a rather mild profanity. “Damn,” to be precise. In the Metroid Prime Trilogy, which released a week ago, it’s been scrubbed.
Good news, Metroid fans. Later this year you’ll be able to play all three Metroid Prime games on your Wii.
Surprise! The rumours that all three Metroid Prime games would receive a compilation release in the US with the “Wii-applied” control scheme were true.
Three of the key developers behind Nintendo’s popular Metroid Prime series recently jumped ship to form a new development studio that will be dedicated to creating games for all three platforms under a publishing deal with Electronic Arts, the publisher announced today.
Armature Studio, located in Austin, Texas, is headed by Mark Pacini, Todd Keller and Jack Mathews, the former Game Director, Art Director and Principal Technology Engineer of the Nintendo franchise.
In a recent interview with Kotaku, Pacini said that the trio formed the new company some time in April and signed their exclusive publishing deal with EA two to three months later.
“EA approached us with this really interesting business model of creating a small studio that is only comprised of industry veterans,” Pacini said. “The goal is to create new IP with a very, very small team and to produce a game without having to grow that team.”
Pacini said he and the others at Armature are excited to finally be working on games for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 and not just the Wii and DS.
According to report from Shacknews, three senior staffers at Metroid Prime series developer Retro Studios have left, described as being “escorted off the premises last Friday.” Specifics weren’t provided, but Shacknews theorises that the move could indicate that the trio, which includes Metroid Prime 3 Corruption director Mark Pacini, is planning to set up shop outside the confines of Retro.
Pacini was quoted last summer that the Retro Studios team would be taking a break from all things Metroid, but may not have had any idea how permanent it would be for some. There have been no announcements about the Nintendo-owned, Austin-based studio’s next project, but wherever the recently departed wind up maybe they’ll get to put some guns on some cars.
Key Metroid Prime Staff Leave Retro Studios [Shacknews]
