MercurySteam explained

Mercury Steam Entertainment S.L.
Trade Name:MercurySteam
Type:Sociedad Limitada
Foundation:[1]
Founders:Enric Alvarez
José Ignacio Navas
Predecessor:Rebel Act Studios
Location:San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain
Key People:Enric Álvarez
Dave Cox
Industry:Video games
Num Employees:246 (Nov. 2024)
Owner:Nordisk Film (40%)

Mercury Steam Entertainment S.L., doing business as MercurySteam, is a Spanish video game developer based in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid. It was founded by former members of Rebel Act Studios, who had developed in 2001. Dave Cox, a producer at Konami, assisted MercurySteam during the trilogy.[2]

After MercurySteam pitched a remake of the 2002 game Metroid Fusion to Nintendo, the producer, Yoshio Sakamoto, hired them to create a remake of Metroid II instead.[3] MercurySteam collaborated with Nintendo again to develop a new game, Metroid Dread, for the Nintendo Switch.[4] In December 2020, Nordisk Film, under their Nordisk Games division, purchased a 40% stake in the studio.[5]

Games developed

TitlePlatform(s)Publisher(s)Notes
American McGee Presents: Scrapland2004
Zombies2006MercurySteam
Clive Barker's Jericho2007CodemastersCo-developed with Alchemic Productions
2010Konami
2013Konami
2014Konami
2017Nintendo 3DSNintendoCo-developed with Nintendo EPD
SpacelordsMercurySteam
Metroid Dread2021Nintendo SwitchNintendoCo-developed with Nintendo EPD
American McGee Presents: Scrapland Remastered[6] WindowsMercurySteam
Project Iron

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mercury Steam Entertainment S.L.. MobyGames.
  2. Web site: Scrapland Ships for Xbox. Gamershell. 4 March 2005. 26 February 2011.
  3. Metroid: Samus Returns Is A Remake That Feels Original . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170905161928/http://www.gameinformer.com/games/metroid_samus_returns/b/3ds/archive/2017/09/04/metroid-made-new-samus-returns-is-a-remake-that-feels-like-an-original-experience.aspx . 5 September 2017 . 16 September 2017 . Game Informer . en.
  4. Web site: Sheridan . Connor . 15 June 2021 . Metroid Dread release date revealed and it's a sequel to Metroid Fusion . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210615163454/https://www.gamesradar.com/metroid-dread-release-date-revealed-and-its-a-sequel-to-metroid-fusion/ . June 15, 2021 . 2021-06-15 . . en.
  5. Web site: Nordisk Games buys 40% of MercurySteam. gamesindustry.biz. 22 December 2020 . en.
  6. Web site: Scrapland Remastered on Steam. 2021-12-13. store.steampowered.com. en.