Metroid Prime 4 Developer Retro Studios Shows Open Job Positions on ArtStation

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One of the most highly-anticipated upcoming games from Nintendo is Metroid Prime 4, the sequel to 2007's Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on the Wii. While it was first announced in 2017, it restarted development two years later and moving to a different game development studio. This reset saw the game moving from Bandai Namco to the original studio that developed the trilogy, Retro Studios. While the game has been claimed to be in active development, there has been little news regarding Metroid Prime 4 three years after it rebooted.

Fans had to deal with several years of silence from Nintendo and Retro Studios, with neither party mentioning progress on the game's development. The last mention of the elusive game was at E3 2021 in passing, right before the reveal of Metroid Dread. While Metroid Dread did release last year to critical and commercial success, Metroid Prime 4 has been left uncertain about its release date. That said, some minor developments have been made that indicate Retro Studios is still actively working on the game.

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Earlier this month, Retro Studios changed its Twitter profile to a piece of concept art that gives a little insight about the upcoming Metroid Prime 4. This isn't all however, as some fans noticed on the platform ArtStation was an advertisement from Nintendo. The ad specifically is promoting Retro Studios, informing users that their «next mission awaits» before showing off Retro Studios was hiring for new positions.

Some of these new positions at Retro Studios are for openings for artist positions, along with an environment designer too. The banner for Retro Studios even uses the same piece of concept art used for the developer's Twitter account. There is a