CD Projekt Pink has dismissed the rumours that Sony Interactive Leisure could also be buying it.
Rumours have been circulating lately that Sony is planning to accumulate CD Projekt Pink — the studio behind The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077. The declare originates from a Future 2 leaker who said on their Discord server (by way of Icon-era) that “PlayStation plans on shopping for CD Projekt Pink.”
Nevertheless, throughout a current earnings name, CD Projekt president and CEO Adam Kiciński responded to the rumours, capturing them down, and claimed that they had been false (by way of VGC).
When requested if the acquisition was true by somebody in attendance, Kiciński replied, “Nothing has modified in our finish.”
“So, I can repeat what we have now been saying all through the years — CD Projekt shouldn’t be on the market,” he added. We wish to stay impartial. Now we have, I imagine a superb technique. Not straightforward to execute, for certain, but it surely’s very thrilling to comply with our personal path. So it’s a pure hearsay.”
Previous to the earnings name, CD Projekt Pink PR rep Ola Sondej additionally responded to the newest hearsay on Twitter, saying, “Yah, we’re not in such talks with Sony.”
CD Projekt Pink lately confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077‘s upcoming Phantom Liberty DLC will be at the Summer Game Fest after being introduced final yr.
The studio can also be at the moment engaged on a number of Witcher initiatives, together with the spin-off sport, code-named Venture Sirius. It was confirmed earlier this month that Venture Sirius is again on monitor after it formulated “a brand new framework.”
In different gaming information, Iron Gate has clarified its stance on Valheim mods, saying that it doesn’t condone locking modded content material behind a paywall. Whereas the developer understands that modders might want monetary compensation for his or her mods, “We really feel that charging cash for a mod is towards the artistic and open spirit of modding itself.”