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The developer behindMetroid DreadandCastlevania: Lords of Shadow,MercurySteam, is reportedly working on two major unannounced titles.Metroid Dreadwas a huge hitback in 2021, and the studio has not released anything new since then, so gamers are eager to know what MercurySteam has in store for the future.
MercurySteam is a developer based in Madrid, Spain. Most of its high-profile releases were developed for other companies, including three games of theCastlevania: Lords of Shadowseries for Konami, and twoMetroidtitles for Nintendo. While the reception around theCastlevaniatitles was mostly mixed,Metroid Dreadreceived several glowing reviewsand even managed to become the best-selling game of the franchise with over 3 million units sold, overcoming big successes likeMetroid Prime.
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Now, the developer seems to be working on two new projects. According to earning reports from Nordisk Games, which owns a minority stake inMercurySteam, the company is developing two large, undisclosed games at the moment. While neither project was officially announced, one of them is probably a fantasy game that the studio is creating together with the publisher 505 Games.
Reports indicate that the fantasy title is named Project Iron, will be released on multiple platforms, and had a budget of over $30 million to start, which would likely lead it to compete with some of thebest fantasy gamesavailable right now. The second game, however, is entirely clouded in mystery at this point. Considering that MercurySteam has worked with both Konami and Nintendo before, something along the lines of a newCastlevaniaorMetroidis not impossible, but it’s also far from guaranteed.
Despite the recent success ofMetroid Dread, MercurySteam is not without its controversies, especially concerning what happened during the development of its latest game. Back in 2021, the company was accused of being a chaotic, stressful environment by former employees, and was also criticized for omitting the name of former staff members from the credits ofMetroid Dread. In a recent interview, however, the studio’s CEO Enric Alvarezresponded to the allegations that MercurySteam was chaotic. According to him, this was not true, otherwiseMetroid Dreadwould not have been so successful with both the public and critics. Time will tell whether the next games of the Spanish studio will keep the high quality, but ifMetroid Dreadis an example of the dev’s finest work, gamers should have nothing to worry about.
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