 Development for the game had already begun before the release of MercurySteam's previous game, "".Dave Cox, the producer of the "Castlevania" franchise, revealed that some of the abandoned gameplay elements for "Lords of Shadow 2", such as the combat mechanics, may be featured in the company's next game.In March 2016, Cox announced that his partnership with MercurySteam and that the company was working on a new game with a sci-fi setting.