MercurySteam (2001)
The Spanish Masters Entrusted by Nintendo and Konami with Castlevania and Metroid Dread
Founded in 2001 in Madrid by Enric Álvarez and former Rebel Act Studios veterans, MercurySteam is Spain's premier AAA console development studio. Earning international prestige through their multi-million-selling reboot Castlevania: Lords of Shadow for Konami and Nintendo's historic blockbuster Metroid Dread (2021), MercurySteam represents the pinnacle of Spanish console engineering.
Revitalizing Castlevania in 3D with Konami
Supervised by Hideo Kojima and featuring voice work by Patrick Stewart and Robert Carlyle, MercurySteam's Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (2010) reimagined Gabriel Belmont's tragic fall into darkness. Blending grand cinematic combat with atmospheric orchestral grandeur, it became the most commercially successful entry in Castlevania franchise history.
Yoshio Sakamoto and the Historic Metroid Dread Triumph
Impressed by their work on Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS), Nintendo veteran Yoshio Sakamoto partnered with MercurySteam to revive the mythical 19-year-dormant project Metroid Dread for Nintendo Switch. Featuring fluid 60 FPS platforming and the relentless predatory E.M.M.I. pursuit mechanics, Metroid Dread won Best Action/Adventure at The Game Awards 2021 and became the best-selling Metroid title of all time.