
CD Projekt - Acquisition and Expansion
While not RPG-related, CD Projekt has announced the purchase of Metropolis Software, another Polish developer and creators of THEY and Inferno. This news also comes with plans to split CD Projekt Red (The Witcher) into two teams, meaning they can work on three titles at once:
CD Projekt and Metropolis Software announced that they have signed an investment agreement, under which CD Projekt will become the majority owner of Metropolis Software. Combining the strengths of both companies is a very important step in realisation of CD Projekt’s strategy, which includes becoming a leading publisher delivering high-budget, ambitious and creative projects that ready to compete with the world’s biggest productions.
To date, CD Projekt has developed one title, the hit PC role-playing game, The Witcher. Fusing with Metropolis and dividing the CD Projekt RED team into two units, CD Projekt now has are three development teams working on new AAA game projects. [...]
