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• Metroid Prime developer drops E3 2015 hint

  Metroid Prime developer Retro Studios may have something to show us at E3 2015.

• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze gets fix for game breaking bug

  Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze developer Retro Studios and Nintendo have rolled out a new patch that fixes a game-breaking bug that users claim was blocking progress between stage 3-3 – Frantic Fields.

• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze reviews are go, get the scores here

  Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze reviews have started emerging from the frosty thicket, and as always we’re ensnaring them with our critique lassos.

• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze gets another TV spot, watch here

  Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is out in just over two weeks and to get you excited, Nintendo has produced a TV spot that shows the titular character mixed in with some live-action.

• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze trailer drops in Japan, watch it here

  Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze has received a new trailer in Japan, showing off new cut-scenes and gameplay.

• Metroid Prime studio could work on Miyamoto-led project, says Nintendo

  Metroid Prime developer Retro Studios could work on a Miyamoto-led project that’s coming, “directly in the future,” according to Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe.

• Retro Studios high on list of candidates to develop a new Metroid game, says Miyamoto

  Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has said Retro Studios is high on the list of candidates to develop a Metroid title should Nintendo decide to create another entry in the series.

• Metroid: Retro Studios might return to series one day, no current plans

  Metroid Prime developer Retro Studios would love to return to the series that put it on the map, but it isn’t currently working on a new game in the series. That said, studio CEO Michael Kelbaugh isn’t ruling anything out.

• Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze: Retro Studios explains why it opted for sequel

  Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze developer Retro Studios has explained to Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime why it decided to make a sequel to Donkey Kong Country Returns. Basically, they reckon there’s a lot more cool stuff they can do.

• Another Retro Studios staff member joins Armature Studio

  Donkey Kong Country Returns designer Tom Ivey has joined Armature, a company founded by former Retro Studios staff members. According to Ivey’s LinkedIn page, he left Retro Studios after 9 years in March 2013. The studio is working on Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate at the moment, and is slated for release on 3DS later this […]

• Retro Studios next game is a new IP - rumour

  Metroid Prime developer Retro Studios may be working on an entirely new IP, according to a rumour triggered by an IGN video.

• Retro Studios reveal in "the not so distant future"

  One of the most persistent mysteries surrounding Nintendo is just what the much-praised Retro Studios is up to. It looks like we might find out soon.

• Metroid Prime games "suck", says Blackgate director

  Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is being touted as a Metroid-like affair, but its director doesn’t think much of some of the most popular games in the franchise’s history.

• Donkey Kong Country Returns dev isn't handling 3DS port

  Donkey Kong Country Returns developer Retro Studios isn’t coding the 3DS build. The Metroid Prime team working on something else instead.

• 'Retro Studios qualified to make Zelda game', says Miyamoto

  The Legend of Zelda franchise could theoretically be entrusted to Metroid Prime developer Retro Studios, Shigeru Miyamoto has stated. The Nintendo exec has discussed the value of the studio and its compatibility with the Zelda brand.

• Miyamoto working on a "fantastic project" for Wii U

  A number of favourite Nintendo developers are hard at work on new Wii U games, which we may see as early as E3 2013, according to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime.

• Retro Studios Wii U title is definitely not Zelda

  The Nintendo-owned developer is busy working on a Wii U title, but according to Miyamoto it most certainly ain’t Zelda. That’s one IP to cross off the list, then.

• Retro Studios "hard at work", no announce planned for some time

  Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime has said we won’t hear what Donkey Kong Country returns developer Retro Studios is up to for quite some time.

• Metroid Star Fox crossover rumour put to rest

  Remember that thing about a Star Fox and Metroid game for Wii U? Yeah, apparently that’s not actually a thing after all. According to the Paul Gale Network, which broke the rumour, the crossover was never anything more than a proposal. So what is Retro Studios actually doing? Perhaps we’ll find out at the expected […]