Christian Fernández Santiso

Christian Fernández Santiso, also credited as Christian Santiso (born May 1), is the Assistant Game Director and a Lead Game Designer at MercurySteam. He joined the company in June 2015 as a QA tester, becoming Assistant Game Director in March 2019. He was one of two Assistant Directors of Metroid Dread, the other being Takehiko Hosokawa from Nintendo SPD. Because of his work on Spacelords, Santiso was either not credited or did not have a role in the development of Metroid: Samus Returns.
After Dread was released to acclaim, Santiso celebrated the game's success on Twitter and thanked fans for their support.Chris Santiso (ChrisFSantiso). "What a beatiful time to be alive… Fans are loving #MetroidDread and @jasonschreier followed me on Twitter. ¶ For God’s sake, DON’T WAKE ME UP, (and avoid being chased by an E.M.M.I. at all cost 👀)" 10 October 2021 4:45 p.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/ChrisFSantiso/status/1447302181682569218Chris Santiso (ChrisFSantiso). "We are really happy that you guys are enjoying Metroid Dread. All hard work is worth it just by reading your reactions. ¶ Have fun and thank you all!" 11 October 2021 7:35 a.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/ChrisFSantiso/status/1447526326831886340
Santiso was previously a QA tester at Gameloft and Pyro Mobile Games.
==External links==
*Santiso on LinkedIn
*Santiso on MobyGames
*Santiso on Twitter
==References==
Category:MercurySteam employees
Category:Directors