You Can Play A Demo Of Metroid Dread Right Now

Metroid Dread launched to largely positive reviews earlier this month. The conclusion of Samus’ decades-long battle against the Metroids maintains the classic side-scrolling exploration and the modern additions of developer MercurySteam, such as the melee counter. However, it has one prominent, frightening new feature: E.M.M.I’s, nigh-unstoppable robots that Samus must regularly evade, adding a terrifying wrinkle to the […]

Metroid Dread and the new Switch OLED model are made for each other

Metroid Dread and Nintendo’s new Switch model, which boasts a larger, more vibrant OLED screen, seem made for each other — or at least Nintendo’s latest Metroid game seems intended to showcase what the latest Switch hardware can do. There are moments in the first hour of Metroid Dread where that seems obvious, like scenes […]

Metroid Dread Raven Beak boss fight and Itorash walkthrough

Metroid Dread’s Itorash is the final area of the game. We’ll finally take on Raven Beak — and Raven Beak X — and make it to the credits. In our Metroid Dread Itorash walkthrough, we’ll give you tips and tricks for the Raven Beak and Raven Beak X boss fights. Table of contents Raven Beak […]

Metroid Dread has a game-breaking bug — here’s how to fix it

It could happen to you: Metroid Dread has a game-breaking bug near its ending that will result in the game force-quitting with the message, “The software was closed because an error occurred.” But don’t worry. Nintendo has released a workaround for any players facing this problem, which the company also plans to fix in an […]

Metroid Dread beginner’s guide, tips, and tricks

Metroid Dread is a difficult, punishing example of the genre that the series helped create. In this Metroid Dread beginner’s guide, we’ll give you our best advice to make your first several hours a bit less hard. Below, we’ll explain its genre, show you how to save your favorite items, make our best case against […]

New Metroid Dread Trailer Is A Perfect Gameplay Primer

Metroid is one of the most beloved series in gaming, and when a new entry releases it is a big deal. We’ve already seen a few trailers that highlight her new abilities, and a few weeks back, I wrote an opinion on why the next Metroid should take inspirations from indie games, but if you see […]

Metroid Dread Has Been 16 Years In The Making

Metroid Dread has been on Nintendo’s radar for so long that it was first mentioned in the press during the build to E3 2005. E3’s Nintendo Direct might have been lacking news about Metroid 4, but Samus wasn’t entirely absent. A return to the series’ sidescrolling roots was announced in the form of Metroid Dread. […]

Metroid co-creator on why Metroid Dread is all about scary robots

Metroid Dread, the upcoming 2D platformer for Nintendo Switch, will be stressful to play. Its heroine, Samus Aran, will explore an alien planet and collect her usual arsenal of power armor upgrades, but she’ll have little recourse against the game’s new powerful enemies: super-intelligent robots called EMMI that pursue her with deadly determination. This new […]