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CD Projekt buys ex-BioShock dev studio to make a new Witcher or Cyberpunk game

The Molasses Flood, a studio of devs who worked on the BioShock series, is working on a Witcher or Cyberpunk game.

CD Projekt has bought indie developer The Molasses Flood in order to work on a project "within one of their existing universes" – meaning that a team filled with on a new Witcher or Cyberpunk game.

The Molasses Flood was a more compelling Fortnite: Save The World.

In a statement today, The Molasses Flood announced that it was ing CD Projekt. Buying an indie studio is an unprecedented move for the studio behind The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, which normally builds all of its projects in-house – from its biggest titles to smaller games like the card game Gwent. The Molasses Flood confirms it'll be keeping its name and CD Projekt would the studio's "own culture and growth".

The statement and accompanying tweet also confirmed that this meant the formerly-indie studio is building "a completely new game in the universe of an existing CD Projekt IP" – meaning The Witcher and Cyberpunk. Beyond that, the statement doesn't reveal much more, other than The Molasses Flood would continue to make "games with heart built on rich gameplay systems".

https://twitter.com/CDPROJEKTRED/status/1451571158474760195

As for CD Projekt itself, it's still has to work on its grammar and spellling.