In connection with the further direction of the Witcher brand on the playing field and the activities of the Polish CD Projekt se recently the most discussed project with the working title Sirius, which is being prepared by the American studio The Molasses Flood. When we first heard about the venture, CD Projekt RED, which bought The Molasses Flood in 2021, teased an innovative take on a magical world with a strong story, which was intended for both veterans and newcomers. But recently there have been significant changes.
Source: CD Project REDTroubled The Witcher spin-off has a definite new structure
About two months ago, they began to talk about the fact that there are problems in the development of the Sirius project and that CD Projekt RED management had to intervene to “define a new structure”. In a word, the leadership in Poland did not suit where and what the development in The Molasses Flood was going to, so there was some kind of restructuring, which should have been completed only recently. And to make matters worse, these efforts affect not only the concept of the game and its market potential, but also the composition of the creative team.
In recent days, various employees of The Molasses Flood have taken to social media to admit they have been fired., followed by an official statement from CD Projekt RED for the Kotaku server. According to him 29 employees working on the Sirius project lost their jobs. The Boston team from The Molasses Flood studio specifically lost 21 people and another 8 employees were fired from the Polish side, i.e. inside CD Project.
Since the composition of the Boston creative team, according to available information, has several dozen developers, it’s not a very small percentage.. “As the Sirius project has changed, so has the composition of the team working on it, especially on the Molasses Flood project,” we read in a statement from Kotaku.
While this is by no means an uncommon procedure or occurrence (not just in the gaming industry), Thus, the Sirius project continues to leave a bitter taste in the mouths of fans and the professional public.. Along with plans for an entire new Witcher trilogy, a full Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, and a remake of the first. Witcher after all, it has a vaguely defined spin-off from a not-so-famous studio that is constantly referred to in nothing more than generic and endearing phrases, which is hard enough in itself. What after such a flurry of bad or disturbing news. It remains only to wish the dismissed employees good luck in finding a new job, and the existing creators of strong nerves in their further development.
Source :Indian TV
