Nordisk Games Acquires 40% Of Metroid: Samus Returns Developer MercurySteam
MercurySteam is best-known in recent years for its outstanding 2017 3DS release,
Metroid: Samus Returns. It s also previously worked on series like Castlevania, including the 2013 release
Just Cause), Raw Fury (
Nordisk Games senior partner Martin Walfisz provided the following statement about MercurySteam: MercurySteam’s track record speaks for itself, and the games they now have in development are extremely promising and exciting.
MercurySteam s CEO and co-founder Enric Alvarez is also excited for the studio to enter a new era of consolidation and growth .
“Since the first time we met with them [Nordisk], we were very clear that both parties shared the same DNA, ambition and objectives. The saying ‘The best is yet to come’ takes on all its meaning now.”
Nordisk Games acquires 40% ownership of MercurySteam
COPENHAGEN/MADRID, December 22, 2020 – Today, Copenhagen-based Nordisk Games expands its portfolio of successful game studios and announces an investment in MercurySteam, the Spanish company behind such high-profile titles as “Clive Barker’s Jericho”, the “Castlevania: Lords of Shadow” trilogy, Nintendo 3DS bestseller “Metroid: Samus Returns” and self-published online free-to-play action-adventure game “Spacelords”.
Nordisk Games has with the deal acquired 40% of MercurySteam following a sizeable investment.
Founded in 2002, MercurySteam now has more than 160 employees working out of its offices in Madrid. They develop games for all major PC and console platforms using MercurySteam’s own proprietary game engine. Currently, several new titles are in the pipeline.
MercurySteam Has 40% of Its Stakes Acquired by Nordisk; Multiple Games in Development Dec 22, 2020 03:47 EST
Spanish game developer MercurySteam has had 40% of its stakes acquired by Nordisk Games, as announced in a fresh press release. While MercurySteam may be more known to gamers, having developed the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow trilogy, Metroid: Samus Returns, and most recently Spacelords (previously known as Raiders of the Broken Planet), Nordisk Games is a branch of Nordisk Film, itself part of the Egmont media group. The company now owns seven other studios, including Avalanche Studios (Just Cause, Generation Zero, theHunter, Rage 2), Reto Moto (Heroes & Generals), Flashbulb (Trailmakers), and indie publisher Raw Fury among others.