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Key Metroid Prime Staff Leave Retro Studios

by Chris Faylor, Apr 23, 2008 3:28pm PDT

Related Topics – Metroid Prime, Nintendo, Retro Studios

Shacknews has learned that several key employees from Metroid Prime series developer Retro Studios are no longer with the company.

Design director Mark Pacini, art director Todd Keller, and principal technology engineer Jack Mathews were escorted off the premises last Friday. The simultaneous departure of senior staff members is generally indicative of an intention to branch off and form a new development studio.

Contrary to other rumors, Shacknews has also learned that Retro Studios is not in danger of closing.

Founded in 1998 and purchased by Nintendo in 2001, Retro was responsible for the Metroid Prime trilogy, which concluded with the company's first Wii title last August. The studio's current project is unknown, though it has stated its intent to move away from the Metroid franchise.

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#pragma jack off

and I was still waiting for my signed MP3 copy jack :-)

R

Apr 28, 2008 1:25pm PDT

#pragma jack off and I was still waiting for my signed MP3 copy jack :-) R : totempty

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Saw this on surfer girl. How do they get such scoops?

Apr 23, 2008 3:40pm PDT

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Saw this on surfer girl. How do they get such scoops? : sphinx
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  dleep around? : Murdoc.
  - *sleep : Murdoc.
- surfer girl appears to be located in Austin, so I imagine she's got contacts all over here. : deathofrats
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  Yeah I'm surprised this wasn't quoted as the source. : Porkasaurus
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    That's because Surfer Girl was not our source. : Chris Faylor

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does this mean its time to buy stock in taco companies?

Apr 24, 2008 11:50pm PDT

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does this mean its time to buy stock in taco companies? : sexninja!!!!
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- Hahaha, it's amazing that I'm the not only person who remembers that. : dirtypunk

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were escorted off the premises last Friday.

So they were laid off or did they just quit ?

Apr 23, 2008 3:30pm PDT

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were escorted off the premises last Friday. So they were laid off or did they just quit ? : MrLobo
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- With multiple people that high up leaving I imagine they quit, especially since it is not like the compan... : Evil Benius
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  At many companies when you give notice they walk you out right then. It's happened to me when I gave not... : Amadan

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what is that awesome samus pic from?!?

Apr 23, 2008 3:58pm PDT

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what is that awesome samus pic from?!? : MoreVespeneGas
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- HALP : MoreVespeneGas
- I want to know, too : zerog83
- I found it through a google search, it was on a gamespot forum. Sooo maybe that way? http://i203.photob... : itsjeff9
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  Pretty sure I nabbed it (a long time ago) from deviant art... http://members.shaw.ca/Judicus/4dashac... : Judicus
  - thanks! my google search came up nothing. : holycow
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    Deviant Art hosts a few other nice ones; transfuse made a few digital paintings I've always liked: htt... : Home Nugget
    - Yeah, transfuse does some damn awesome stuff. : Judicus
- I've had that same picture for well over a year after someone on the shack posted it...or maybe it was on... : Vorlonesque
- Yeah, it's pretty damn sweet. : Ride-My-Rocket

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Jack Matthews never did anything besides look at Mexican donkey porn all day anyway.... ;p

Apr 24, 2008 3:21pm PDT

Jack Matthews never did anything besides look at Mexican donkey porn all day anyway.... ;p : jimvolk

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A job well done gents, good luck to you elsewhere.

Apr 24, 2008 7:27am PDT

A job well done gents, good luck to you elsewhere. : lowayne

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The last installment of Metroid on Wii was so good... It's a shame there likely won't be another

Apr 24, 2008 5:29am PDT

The last installment of Metroid on Wii was so good... It's a shame there likely won't be another : homeboyJim

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is Zoid still working there?

Apr 23, 2008 5:13pm PDT

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- no. he works at ncsoft iirc. : Ziggurat
- I thought he got out a bit ago? : rosewood
- My magic profile says .... no. : sharkII
- Yeah I was going to ask the same...and looking at the responses below obviously he doesn't. Anybody know... : Vorlonesque

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There a high res option available for the topic pic?

Apr 23, 2008 8:19pm PDT

There a high res option available for the topic pic? : Darkslayne

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Maybe because of the blue fucking shells in mario kart wii...

Apr 23, 2008 6:01pm PDT

Maybe because of the blue fucking shells in mario kart wii... : davidc02

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Maybe they left to finally develop that perpetual motion machine he discovered in Austin

Apr 23, 2008 5:55pm PDT

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- You mean the perpetual game studio machine in Austin? Every other month a new game studio pops up here, ... : deathofrats

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So we wont be seeing that other metroid game then :(

Apr 23, 2008 4:01pm PDT

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  - If anybody's working on it, it's R&D1. : Aaron Linde

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GL Jack & Co. Hope you make more awesome games wherever you've decided to go/form.

Apr 23, 2008 4:42pm PDT

GL Jack & Co. Hope you make more awesome games wherever you've decided to go/form. : nudel

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Isn't this like week old news?

Apr 23, 2008 4:17pm PDT

Isn't this like week old news? : ease one

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Someone buy Jack some Tacos! Stat!

best of luck Jack! I know you'll turn up somewhere cool!

Apr 23, 2008 4:10pm PDT

Someone buy Jack some Tacos! Stat! best of luck Jack! I know you'll turn up somewhere cool! : hirez

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I have some strange feeling that tacos were involved somehow.

Apr 23, 2008 4:05pm PDT

I have some strange feeling that tacos were involved somehow. : notext

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Pretty wild. Best of luck to them.

Apr 23, 2008 3:43pm PDT

Pretty wild. Best of luck to them. : omnova

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Go Jack, Go Jack, Go Jack!

Apr 23, 2008 3:40pm PDT

Go Jack, Go Jack, Go Jack! : Visceral Monkey

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GL Jack, you rule

Apr 23, 2008 3:33pm PDT

GL Jack, you rule : Ziggurat

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