In the first acquisiti🎉on that Nordisk has made outside of the Scandinavian area, it has purchased 40% of Mercu🐓rySteam, the Madrid-based developers behind the Castlevania: Lord of the Shadow trilogy as well as the recently released Spacelords.
How much 𒅌this set back Nordisk is unknown as of r♛ight now, although reports claim that the acquisition's cost was 'sizeable.' MercurySteam has joined the fold, at any rate, as Nordisk's eighth video game studio.
40% is a curious number, but there is a logic behind why only that much of the company was purchased. Nordisk stated, "We want to empower the founders an✃d ensure that they have control over their own destiny. We take a seat or two on the board of the companies we invest in. With our experience, we want to help with the strategic direction of each stud🃏io we finance."
This is certainly reminiscent of 168澳ꦬ洲幸运5开奖网🌺:Microsoft's approach to Mojang or Bethesda. The two studios appear to be, for all intents and purposes, left to their own devi💮ces rather than becoming Xbox/Windows-strapped exclusive developers working at the whims of their co﷽rporate overlords.
What's more exciting than anything when it comes to this news is that Martin Walfisz, the senior partner at Nordisk Games, revealed, "MercurySteam's track record speaks for itself, and the games they now have in development are extremely promising and exciting." Perhaps they have a new IP underway or are working on sequels to their previous works such as Metroid: Samus Returns and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Castlevania: Lord of Shadow.
On top of that, MercurySteam's CEO, Enric Alvarez, said, "[It's] very clearꦬ that both parties shared the same DNA, ambition, and objectives" and that "'The best is yet to come' takes on all its meaning now." The parties involved in this deal are certainly excited for the future, so hopefully, they can deliver on the h꧅ype and bring forth something worth writing home about.
Meanwhile, a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:new Legend of Heroes is on the way to Nintendo Switch next summer, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dead Cells finally got a katana.
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