The co-founder of MercurySteam, Enric Álvarez, has recently given an interview to the Spanish gaming website Game Reactor. When asked to respond to a report from Anait Games in which anonymous former developers claimed Metroid Dread had a “chaotic” production, Enric denied any rumors of a rocky development. He cited as proof of this the award Dread won for Best Action Adventure Game at The Game Awards in 2021, and said that it has sold more than three million copies. The last update we had on the game’s total sales was back in May 2022, when Nintendo announced it had sold 2.9 million units. While the exact figure is unknown, if it has sold more than 3 million, then it is the first Metroid game to do so. Congratulations to MercurySteam and Nintendo on a remarkable achievement!

Additionally, Enric praised the working relationship with Nintendo. He would not say whether MercurySteam is currently working on a sequel to Metroid Dread, but he did confirm that Dread’s Creative Director Jose Luis Márquez is still with the studio.

You can watch Game Reactor’s interview with Enric below. The article is in Spanish, but the video interview is in English. The Dread portion starts at 12 minutes in.

Source: Game Reactor