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Gaming News. Trumann Tu ago. GR Originals. Joseph James Andress Jr. Oct 22, Andrew Paul Heaton Oct 22, Peter Hunt Szpytek Oct 19, Trumann Tu Oct 10, Peter Hunt Szpytek Sep 24, Kean Sullivan Sep 8, Barcia, now in charge of the ship, mandated a back-breaking work ethic from his employees.

Retro quickly ran out of wiggle room during development of Metroid Prime , which had been delayed numerous times, and Barcia doubled down on his expectations from the studio. I think it was nine to 10 months of over time of at least minimum hour days.

I worked 48 hours straight on that project without sleeping. It was the worst. Mathews, on the other hand, cites a desire from the team members to prove themselves.

For the team, we were going to get this done. We were going to show everyone that, as a team, we can pull this together. But then the game launched, and it was a hit. Retro was here to stay. If anything, they were about to get worse.

It was awful. We were just all beat down. While some seniors would make more than a junior for their contributions, the group making the decisions wanted to make sure everyone walked away happy. But for reasons unclear, after all this work, Barcia came in and changed the numbers. As they put it, that curve became a cliff where seven or eight people were at the peak, paid handsomely, and everyone else was at the base of the mountain.

An accountant sent the royalty spreadsheet to the entire company, developers tell Polygon. The higher-ups at Retro sent everyone home early that day, scrubbing the information from all employee computers. When enough was enough, a number of employees planned a mass exodus. Fed up with the way Barcia ran shop, they were going to leave. Kelbaugh brought a better working environment, more stability.

Under his rule, the company went on to develop other critical and commercial hits. Today, outside of occasional press event appearances to promote new games, Retro is pretty much walled off from the outside world. Its two sequels, Echoes and Corruption , continue to receive similar high regards. After his departure, Spangenberg has not given an interview about his time at Retro, and he did not respond to multiple requests to speak for this story.

Spangenberg went on to found Topheavy Studios, developer of the adult-oriented trivia game The Guy Game, infamous for featuring live-action footage of women taking their tops off during Spring Break. In , an underage girl sued Topheavy for featuring her in the game.

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