CD Projekt has introduced a partnership with the Saudi Arabia-backed cellular recreation specialist Scopely, for a brand new recreation based mostly on considered one of its fashionable IPs. The information was revealed throughout a latest firm earnings name (by way of VGC), with few tangible particulars made out there.
What we all know up to now is a brand new recreation is within the works, and it appears prone to be impressed by Cyberpunk 2077 or The Witcher. With Scopely on board, it’s additionally prone to be a cellular title, and probably a free-to-play recreation. Thus far, Scopely is most-known for producing some of the profitable cellular video games of 2024 – Monopoly Go! – and it additionally lately acquired the library of Niantic (Pokemon GO, Pikmin Bloom, Monster Hunter Now).
As we previously reported, this USD $3.5 billion deal transferring the IP rights and builders of those video games to Scopely, with plans for them to “creatively thrive” beneath this new banner.
“Scopely empowers their recreation groups as autonomous teams to go after the roadmaps that they’re impressed to pursue, and what every workforce believes is finest for the participant expertise,” Ed Wu, Pokemon Go lead said in a blog post designed to reassure gamers about this acquisition.
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“I’ve spoken to quite a lot of recreation leaders at Scopely who’ve given me nice confidence in how the corporate allows every recreation to independently develop and creatively thrive.”
Scopely will now deliver this strategy to a brand new CD Projekt recreation. As for what we count on – holding in thoughts this stays hypothesis – it feels seemingly the partnership could be for a brand new Cyberpunk 2077 spin-off. We are saying this as The Witcher 4 is at present in energetic growth, and stays a spotlight for builders.
Cyberpunk 2077 additionally has a richer backdrop for the kinds of video games Scopely publishes, based mostly on vibes and its futuristic setting. After all, one thing like Monster Hunter Now might additionally function inspiration for a Witcher monster-hunting recreation, however Cyberpunk 2077 contains a world that feels extra in want of fleshing out, and we will definitely see a mission-based cellular recreation working nicely.
Regardless of the case, this partnership is one to observe. We’ll have to remain tuned for extra tangible particulars as CD Projekt and Scopely work out the finer particulars.
