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- The Molasses Project, the studio developing the multiplayer Witcher Project Sirius, has been absorbed into CDPR.
- The co-founder of the studio won’t follow the integration.
- CDPR taking over Project Sirius implies good things for the multiplayer title.
After such a long hiatus with the mainline Witcher series, CDPR is working on multiple new entries, starting with Witcher 4. While Ciri is getting her own trilogy, Multiple other games within the franchise, including The Witcher 1’s remake and Project Sirius, a spin-off multiplayer game, are being developed.
The Molasses Flood, a studio of veteran developers working on Project Sirius, was acquired by CDPR in 2021. The studio has now announced a complete merger with CDPR.
Why it matters: A merger this late into the spin-off’s development implies that the game’s development hasn’t been going smoothly. CDPR previously only provided support to the studio, but it seems they will take over the project completely.
The merger was announced on April 1 on The Molasses Flood’s official website. The notice also confirmed that this merger wouldn’t affect the distribution of the Drake Hollow and The Flame in The Flood video games that the studio owns.
The studio’s co-founder Damian Isla also shared his thoughts on this merger, calling it a good and healthy thing for the studio. Additionally, this absorption was long-expected and the studio would do better under CDPR’s helm.
However, Damian Isla will be departing the studio and won’t follow this integration but was surprised how The Molasses Flood, a small studio, survived the hostile industry competition for over a decade.
As for Project Sirius, CDPR’s full takeover does imply better things for the game, especially given its rough development, which resulted in the game’s reboot and layoffs for The Molasses Flood in 2023.
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