Metroid Prime 4 Release Date: Will it be out on Switch in 2022?

The Metroid Prime 4 release date may exist inching ever closer, equally developer Retro Studios has re-confirmed that the eagerly-predictable new Metroid game for Nintendo Switch is however in evolution thanks to a new job advertisement — exactly three years after Nintendo scrapped the previous version of the game and handed evolution to Retro. So will Metroid Prime 4 release in 2022 on Switch, or is information technology still a ways off?

Will the Metroid Prime 4 release engagement exist in 2022?

Metroid Prime 4 Release Date

It is possible that Metroid Prime iv may release at the finish of 2022 but it is probably more than likely to exist at least 2023 or 2024. The good news is that developer Retro Studios seems to have finally reconfirmed that it is notwithstanding working on the new Metroid FPS, thanks to a new chore list that the studio posted — the first tweet from Retro in effectually ii years since it was final hiring people.

The job listing states that Retro is hiring for two vacancies "to bring together us on our journey to develop Metroid Prime four." Many fans have celebrated this low-key confirmation that the game is still in production and hasn't been canceled, although others are concerned that Retro is all the same hiring staff for the project over iii years since Nintendo said it was restarting Metroid Prime number 4.

Finally. Proof of life. I acknowledge was starting to become worried that Metroid Prime number 4 was silently cancelled. https://t.co/QKXOkaYGjW

— Jammie Dodger – Currently playing Ratchet & Clank (@SMXshow) January 27, 2022

If Metroid Prime 4 doesn't release in 2022, so hopefully information technology will at least get a proper reveal in a Nintendo Direct sometime this year — fifty-fifty if some believe it might not be out for a few years yet, peradventure even alongside the side by side Nintendo console. For now, fans will just have to wait and see.

Bold @RetroStudios took over this project the Oct prior, Metroid Prime 4 probably has 3 years and 3 months of development behind it. My hope is to see it in a Nintendo Direct this year, followed by a November, 2023/March, 2024 launch alongside Nintendo Switch 2. pic.twitter.com/Im7iTlMqrk

— Paul Gale (@PaulGaleNetwork) January 25, 2022

For any Metroid fans that haven't beaten it already, the 2D take chances Metroid Dread was only released on Nintendo Switch a few months ago. Our reviewer called it "an first-class comeback for the serial" — check out that review right hither.