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MercurySteam

Mercury Steam Entertainment S.L.
TypeSociedad Limitada
IndustryVideo games
HeadquartersSan Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain
Key people
Enric Álvarez
Dave Cox
OwnerNordisk Film (40%)
Number of employees
160 (2020) Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.mercurysteam.com

Mercury Steam Entertainment S.L., doing business as MercurySteam, is a Spanish video game developer based in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain. The company makes titles for the major platforms, including PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The company was founded by former members of Rebel Act Studios, who previously developed Severance: Blade of Darkness in 2001. Dave Cox is a producer at Konami who has helped out MercurySteam during the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow trilogy.[1]

In 2015, Nintendo Life reported that MercurySteam had worked on a Metroid prototype for Wii U and 3DS, that was later turned down and possibly retrofitted into a different project.[2] It was later revealed that they had pitched for a remake of Metroid Fusion. This pitch was rejected, but because series creator Yoshio Sakamoto was impressed by the pitch and the team's love of Metroid, they were hired to collaborate on Metroid: Samus Returns instead.[3]

In December 2020, Nordisk Film, under their Nordisk Games division, purchased a 40% stake in the studio. [4]


Games developed

Year Title Platform(s) Publisher Notes
2004 American McGee presents: Scrapland Microsoft Windows, Xbox Enlight Software
2006 Zombies Nokia 6680, Nokia N70 MercurySteam
2007 Clive Barker's Jericho Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Codemasters Co-developed with Alchemic Productions
2010 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Konami Co-developed with Kojima Productions
2013 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate Nintendo 3DS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Konami
2014 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Konami
2017 Metroid: Samus Returns Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Co-developed with Nintendo EPD
2017 Spacelords Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S MercurySteam

References

  1. ^ "Scrapland Ships for Xbox". Gamershell. March 4, 2005. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  2. ^ Robertson, Liam (August 14, 2015). "Exclusive: MercurySteam Has Been Working On A Metroid Prototype For Wii U And 3DS". Nintendo Life. Gamer Network. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "Metroid: Samus Returns Is A Remake That Feels Original". Game Informer. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  4. ^ "Nordisk Games buys 40% of MercurySteam". gamesindustry.biz.

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