We haven’t talked about Spokko, CD Projekt’s mobile company, in a while. This subsidiary was the company responsible for the Pokemon GO-like game The Witcher: Monster Slayer. The keyword is “was,” as it will merge with the RED studio. CD Projekt seems like they’ll follow this action with various “Structural changes.”
Let’s start with a short “Where is it now?” on The Witcher: Monster Slayer. It’s dead. On January 31 2023, the game will be taken off the Google Play and Apple App Stores, with a full shutdown to occur on June 2023. After the 31st of January 2023, there will be no new content added to the game. Meaning no new monsters, armor, quests, timed and daily tasks, or events.
Spokko will be merged into CD Projekt’s flagship RED studio. What this means for CD Projekt (at least, from what’s said in the FAQ regarding The Witcher: Monster Slayer’s shutdown) is that there’s going to be several structural changes following the merger.
Moving forward, we plan to roll Spokko into CD PROJEKT RED, with a part of its staff given the opportunity to join core CD PROJEKT development projects. During this transition, there will be some staff members who will, unfortunately, be let go — however, we will do our best to support all of our employees affected by this situation and ensure the transition to the next step in their careers is as easy and safe as possible.
So, what will happen to the staff? Well, we can only speculate that a portion of the staff will probably be deemed redundant. Subsequently, they will be laid off. Now, how big will that portion be? We’ll have to wait and see as CD Projekt announces its next course of action in the coming days. Stay tuned for more updates regarding this story as they become available.
