CD Projekt has signed a deal to work with Pokemon Go proprietor Scopely to make a sport primarily based on one of many Polish firm’s franchises. CD Projekt made the announcement throughout its newest monetary briefing, however did not elaborate a lot on the deal.
Scopely, which is owned by Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Video games, is primarily a cellular sport developer. Administration was requested to share extra particulars on this cope with Scopely in the course of the earnings name, however declined to debate the matter.
Scopely is without doubt one of the greatest cellular sport corporations on the planet, and lately entered a brand new stratosphere of success with Monopoly Go.
In March, Niantic offered its online game division, together with Pokemon Go, to Scopely for $3.5 billion–this was the No. 8 greatest gaming acquisition in historical past. Earlier than that, Savvy Video games purchased Scopely in 2023 for $4.9 billion–that was the No. 6 greatest gaming acquisition of all time.
In 2024, CD Projekt mentioned it was contemplating the potential of making The Witcher and/or Cyberpunk cellular video games. The corporate does have expertise with the cellular market, as Gwent: The Witcher Card Game obtained cellular ports, although help for the title resulted in October 2023. One other Witcher cellular sport, the Pokemon Go-inspired The Witcher: Monster Slayer, launched in July 2021 however shut down practically two years later in 2023.
As for CD Projekt’s different upcoming initiatives, we simply discovered that The Witcher 4 will not be going to launch till 2027 on the soonest. CD Projekt can also be engaged on a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel and a Witcher remake.