The Witcher spin-off Project Sirius is “going to be an amazing game, one for the books”, former design director says as CD Projekt properly absorbs The Molasses Flood
The Molasses Flood has now formally been merged into The Witcher 4 developer CD Projekt, which acquired the studio behind The Flame in the Flood back in 2021. The move means TMF has ceased operating as a separate legal entity to CDPR, but one of its co-founders reckons it’s a good one for the studio, and that the Witcher spin-off it’s working on has a “very bright future”.
“We want to let you know that on April 1, 2025, The Molasses Flood LLC (‘TMF’) merged with CD PROJEKT RED Inc. (‘CDPR Inc.’), a company being a part of the CD PROJEKT Group,” reads a notice on The Molasses Flood’s website (thanks, Game Developer), which confirms the move CD Projekt announced would be coming during its latest earnings call.
“As a result of the merger TMF, in its former legal state (of a separate legal entity) ceased its operations, while CDPR Inc. assumed the rights and obligations of TMF. The merger will not affect the availability or distribution of ‘The Flame in The Flood’ and ‘Drake Hollow’ video games, which will continue to be published by CD PROJEKT Group.”
As part of the merger The Molasses Flood co-founder Damian Isla has opted to depart the studio, but in a lengthy LinkedIn post about that decision, he seems pretty bullish on the merger being positive news for both the studio and Project Sirius.
“Tucked away in one of the recent CD Projekt Red earnings calls was the announcement that The Molasses Flood, the studio I co-founded with some of my ex-Irrational friends, was to be absorbed into CDPR proper,” Isla wrote, “To be ultra clear: this is a GOOD AND HEALTHY thing for the studio, and it was long-expected. It breaks down some organizational barriers, and better integrates the TMF team with the rest of the amazing CDPR org.
“Overall, it shows a very bright future for Project Sirius (aka ‘the multiplayer Witcher game,’ of which I was the Design Director for three years),” he added, “It’s going to be an amazing game, one for the books, and I cannot wait until the rest of the world learns about what we’ve been working on.”
Here’s hoping Isla’s predictions do come true, because as of 2023, Project Sirius looked to be navigating some pretty turbulent development waters, with both a project reset and reportedly some layoffs as a result. CD Projekt’s latest earnings presentation from late last month listed Sirius as being in the pre-production phase.
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