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New Game from Metroid Prime Level Designer Hits Kickstarter

Are you sad because there aren’t too many Wii U games coming out these days? Do you wish the people who made Metroid Prime would get off their butts and make a new game announcement already? Do you support the indie game scene? For just a dollar, you can help solve all of these problems.

The lead level designer for the Metroid Prime series, Jason Behr (who also chipped in on Halo 4’s development) is making a game with his new studio, Sunbreak Games. Or… he and his team would like to make a new game, but they’re going to need your help to get started. Kickstarted, that is.

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From: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/16/new-game-from-metroid-prime-level-designer-hits-kickstarter

Canceled Mega Man FPS ‘Maverick Hunter’ Unearthed

A canceled Mega Man X first-person shooter codenamed Maverick Hunter has been unearthed. In a report published by Polygon, Maverick Hunter is revealed to have been in development in 2010 by Armature, a studio founded by the creators of Metroid Prime.

According to Polygon, “the game would have stayed true to core Mega Man X gameplay concepts, re-imagining his X-Buster arm cannon, his dash and his ability to appropriate the special powers of his fallen enemies. Platforming elements, including X’s wall jump, and classic Mega Man X characters would have been re-imagined in new ways.” Like most Mega Man games, Maverick Hunter’s enemies would have been weak to certain weapons and levels would contain branching paths.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

Whatever Happened to the Metroid Movie?

You may have to wait a few more years (or decades) for a big-screen adaptation of Nintendo’s Metroid series, but we can now at least provide some closure for those still hoping to see John Woo’s take, first talked about in 2004.

We recently caught up with the former president and co-founder of Tiger Hill, Brad Foxhoven, who acted as producer of the untitled Metroid movie project. Director John Woo (Mission: Impossible II) and Tiger Hill stepped in in 2004 when another studio, Zide-Perry Productions, let their option on the license lapse. At the time, Nintendo was underway with three Metroid-related projects, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes for GameCube, Metroid Prime: Hunters for Nintendo DS, and the Fuse Games spin-off Metroid Prime Pinball.

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Source: IGN Video Games