Witcher Spin-off Studio, The Molasses Flood, Merges Into CD Projekt Red
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- The Molasses Flood has been officially merged into CD Projekt Red, ending its run as a standalone studio.
- The studio was developing Project Sirius, a Witcher spin-off, which has faced multiple setbacks since its announcement.
- Studios games, The Flame in the Flood and Drake Hollow games, will remain under the CD Projekt Group’s publishing umbrella.
The Molasses Flood indie studio behind The Witcher spin-off Project Sirius has officially merged with CD Projekt Red, along with the departure of its co-founder Damian Isla.
The merger, which took place on April 1, 2025, sees the Boston-based team fully absorbed into CD Projekt Red Inc., the development division of the CD Projekt Group. In a short statement on its website, The Molasses Flood confirmed the legal transition, adding that CDPR has assumed all of its rights and obligations regarding the availability and distribution of The Flame in the Flood and Drake Hollow games, which will remain under the CD Projekt Group’s publishing umbrella.
Damian Isla, who co-founded The Molasses Flood and served as one of its creative leads, confirmed his departure from the studio in a LinkedIn post, “Last Monday, the last day of TMF’s legal existence, was also my last day at the studio.” Isla described the merger as a “good and healthy thing,” saying it would help remove organizational barriers and better integrate the team into the wider CDPR structure.
Founded in 2014 by former BioShock and Halo developers, The Molasses Flood joined CD Projekt in 2021 with an assignment to build Project Sirius, a new take on The Witcher universe featuring both solo and multiplayer elements. Development hasn’t been entirely smooth, and CD Projekt announced in 2023 that it had to define a “new framework” for the game following internal restructuring and layoffs at the studio.
Still, Isla expressed optimism about Project Sirius’s future. “It’s going to be an amazing game,” he said, adding that he “can’t wait” for the public to see what the team has been building.
The merger comes as CD Projekt continues to reshape Witcher’s roadmap. On Dec. 13, 2024, the cinematic reveal trailer for The Witcher 4 was unveiled at The Game Awards in December, confirming that the game is in development, shifting focus to Ciri as the new protagonist. In January 2025, the company confirmed The Witcher remake, which has been in development since October 2022 by Fool’s Theory, will be powered by Unreal Engine 5.
