CD Projekt Red – the studio behind The Witcher games series – has announced its acquisition of The Molasses Flood. The US studio is best known for survival titles such as The Flame in the Flood.
As part of the CD Projekt group, The Molasses Flood will work on an “ambitious project” that’s “based on one of CD Projekt’s IPs.”
In a statement published as part of the acquisition announcement, President and joint CEO of CD Projekt Red, Adam Kiciński, said, “We’re always on the lookout for teams who make games with heart. The Molasses Flood share our passion for video game development, they’re experienced, quality-oriented, and have great technological insight. I’m convinced they will bring a lot of talent and determination to the Group.”
This is CD Projekt Red’s second acquisition this year, after it acquired multiplayer specialist studio and long-standing development partner, Digital Scapes, back in March. The arrangement seems to be quite different, though. Unlike Digital Scapes, The Molasses Flood will keep its name and while it will work in “close cooperation” with CD Projekt Red, it will keep its “current identity” and not be merged with existing teams.
In its own statement, The Molasses Flood said that CD Projekt “made it clear that they weren’t looking to simply absorb [them]” and that they’ll “get to keep making games based on the same principles that have always guided [them]”.
Exciting news for us today! We've joined the CD PROJEKT family, and are working on a project within one of their existing universes 😍🤯 pic.twitter.com/8jhWylIfKh
— The Molasses Flood is hiring! (@molassesflood) October 22, 2021
CD Projekt Red and The Molasses Flood have kept what the studio will be working on a secret. We know only that it’s “a completely new game in the universe of an existing CD Projekt IP”. Really, that likely means that the “ambitious project” is going to be a spin-off of either The Witcher series or Cyberpunk 2077.
The emphasis on the studio maintaining its identity suggests they will be bringing their own twist to whatever they create with CD Projekt Red.
The Molasses Flood is hiring for the project and there are several postings on the developer’s site at the moment. However, minimal information can be gathered from this. A listing for a Lead Narrative Designer favours “experience with big, unwieldy, high word count, endless side content type games”, while calls for Lead Gameplay and Engine Programmers say that experience of shipping a multiplayer game would be a plus.
Sign up for our newsletter from the website.
Instagram: Go2GamesShop
Twitter: Go2Games
Youtube: Go2Games.com
Facebook: Go2Games.com
Store: Go2Games.com
Before you go: grab these voucher codes for use at Go2Games!
These offers end on November 1st
Use ARKEVOLVED10 for 10% off ARK: Survival Evolved (Code In A Box) (Switch)
Use ULTRAMOON10 for 10% off Pokemon Ultra Moon Fan Edition (Nintendo 3DS)
Use ULTRASUN10 for 10% off Pokemon Ultra Sun: Fan Edition (Nintendo 3DS)
