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Metroid Dread developer leaves names out of credits, ex-staffers say

Enlarge (credit: Nintendo) Metroid Dread developer Mercury Steam has been criticized by multiple former members of the company whose names were left out of the credits, the ex-staffers say. Speaking to the Spanish outlet Vandal, several former employees who contributed to Dread‘s development—which was handled primarily by the Madrid-based studio with nominal oversight from Nintendo […]

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Metroid Dread review: The best Switch-exclusive game of 2021

The new EMMI droid can kill longtime space bounty hunter Samus Aran in one blow. Your job in Metroid Dread is to make sure that doesn’t happen. [credit: Nintendo ] Thanks to one of Nintendo’s slowest game-release eras in its modern history, this week’s Metroid Dread stands out as arguably the company’s biggest new first-party […]

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Metroid Dread brings Nintendo’s classic back as a 2D sequel on October 8

Samus Aran is back in a 2D adventure. [credit: Nintendo ] This year, Nintendo’s long-running Metroid series is getting an entirely new sequel—and not the previously announced Metroid Prime 4 first-person shooter. Instead, we’re getting Metroid Dread, apparently dubbed Metroid 5 in its debut trailer, launching October 8 exclusively for Nintendo Switch. The funky game […]