Retro Studios’ "Metroid Prime 4: Beyond" aims to push Samus Aran into new territory with open-world travel, psychic powers and AI-driven allies — yet much of the game still leans on familiar formulas.

When I was a kid, Super Metroid was everything. Weaned on Nintendo’s haunting, Alien-inspired side-scroller, I spent countless hours watching my father trudge through the depths of the planet Zebes as ...

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Metroid Prime 4 stumbled multiple times before being completely scrapped and restarted over the decade it took to make. Although it found its way back to Retro Studios, the team behind the original ...

Nintendo has said it was unwilling to backtrack on the design of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond's controversial open world hub despite seeing "changed" attitudes to open-world games, as the project had ...

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For all its flaws, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond still delivers one stellar sequence in Ice Belt.

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Mario was the star of Friday's Nintendo Direct, but Samus did make an appearance with ...

Despite realizing that fans were souring on open-world design, Retro was apparently unable to reset again Metroid Prime 4 Nintendo Switch 2 Retro Studios After being announced in 2017, Metroid Prime 4 ...

CGM's Jordan Biordi takes a look at the entire Metroid series and gives his opinion on how they should be ranked from worst ...

After infusing Zelda and Mario Kart with new life, Nintendo has left Metroid standing still. After infusing Zelda and Mario Kart with new life, Nintendo has left Metroid standing still. is a ...

Nintendo’s reputation for family-friendly adventures has always been slightly at odds with its own Metroid series. While Samus’ bounty-hunting exploits are closer to PG than anything cooked up by the ...