Developer MercurySteam is best known for its work on major franchises from other companies, be that the most modern installments in the Castlevania series or the award-winning Metroid: Samus Returns and Metroid Dread.
The recently announced Blades of Fire is therefore in a rather unique position as the studio’s first wholly original game since 2017. Having gone hands-on for an afternoon at a preview event, I’m confident that the new ideas it brings to the action game formula will be enough to pique the interest of fans of the genre even without the name of an existing franchise attached.
