Cyberpunk developer acquires Canadian studio

ByEloin Barahona Garcia Hours
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Polish developers CD Projekt Red, known for the Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077, has just finished acquiring Canadian studio Digital Scapes. According to a forum post on their website, CDPR decided that the Canada based studio is a perfect place to expand the company.

CTO Pawe Zawodny lauded the acquisition in the forum post, stating:

“For three years we have been closely working together, and we trust them completely...We believe that the hugely talented Digital Scapes crew is the perfect foundation upon which to build a wider CD PROJEKT RED Vancouver team.“

Digital Scape’s acquisition marks a small bit of positivity for anyone interested in working for the renowned company that happen to live in the Vancouver area.

CDPR’s last release, Cyberpunk 2077, was marred by a multitude of technical issues and broken promises, as the development of the game was disastrous.

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Despite the game being generally well-received by many, the treatment of the team and the overall quality of the game has left the company with a marred image.

cdprojekt and digital scapes
Credit: CD Projekt Red/Digital Scapes

The ambitious scope of CDPR’s games have always been grandiose as well as stressful and difficult.

The Witcher series has had similar instances of unfocused development and mismanagement that led many on the team to leave the company. With many details of the development of these games and Cyberpunk, it can be said that management at CDPR has been slipping for years.

Geralt, Triss, and Yennifer from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, a game CD Projekt also had difficulties developing.
Credit: CD Projekt

Hopefully, with the acquisition of Digital Scape, CDPR can re-organize themselves and distribute labour in a way that doesn’t lead to another Cyberpunk launch.

If the next title to be developed is as grandiose as previous ones, having more manpower and better management will be key to its success.

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As it is right now, CDPR has plenty of work to do if they want to regain the trust of gamers that were burned by Cyberpunk’s less than stellar release.

Even with the acquisition of another company, if nothing changes with leadership, it would only mean more people will have a hard time developing games.