Spanish developer Mercury Steam, creator with Konami of the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow series, which second part released last february, is now working in at least two new project, as appears on the proposal list of provisional resolution of financial aid to videogames of the Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo.
The resolution, published at the end of this week, names the provisional list of aids given to Spanish videogame companies, indicating Mercury Steam will receive according to forecasts financial aid for two new projects, one called Aleph, defined as a "multigenre videogame for new platforms", and other named as NAKED. Both are codenames.
http://www.meristation.com/pc/noticias/mercury-steam-tiene-dos-proyectos-en-desarrollo/58/2009711
More disclosure:
-Mercury Steam will receive (if the proposals are accepted) a 466.018,02€ grant and a 4.194.162,18€ lease for Aleph, while for NAKED it will be a 362.658,22€ grant and a 3.263.923,98€ lease.
-Also, Tequila Works is also on proposal for a 75.688,05€ grant and a 681.192,45€ lease, presumably for Rime.
-And as a extra tidbit, a new game of the popular strategy franchise Commandos is being developed by Pyro Studios, with a 94.887,17€ grant and a 853.984,53€ lease. It's defined as a "experimental development project to create a next-gen Commandos with AAA quality". But:
Full list here: http://www.minetur.gob.es/PortalAyu...nts/Listado_PropuestaProvisionalConcesion.pdf