CD Projekt announced today that they have signed an investment deal with Metropolis Software. Under terms of the agreement, CD Projekt will become the majority owner of the long running Polish game developer, making the company the largest game developer in Central Europe. With this acquisition, CD Projekt will reform into three different development teams to work on new game projects.

"I'm very happy that we managed to combine the strengths of two key development teams in Poland. Metropolis and CD Projekt have many values in common: we believe that the success of our products depends on innovative character and atmosphere, as well as uncompromising care of the highest quality," commented Michal Kicinski, CD Projekt Joint CEO. "In the games business, this latter element is particularly difficult to achieve by independent teams. It is often the case that finance - and not the developers' vision - that determines the final shape and quality of the project. CD Projekt was an atypical company from the very beginning - the realisation of our plans is preferred to simply earning a profit. Now, thanks to our financial reserves from the success of The Witcher and CD Projekt's publishing business, Metropolis will have much more creative freedom. I'm sure that thanks to that, Metropolis will develop their dream game and will soon join the upper echelon of game developers."

"This deal is great news for Metropolis," said Grzegorz Miechowski, Metropolis Software Joint CEO. "Thanks to this fusion, we have come together to become the developer with the biggest potential in this part of Europe. We will develop our future games on a grand scale - a scale which, in Poland, was previously only available for The Witcher. I believe that thanks to CD Projekt's support, They will have the chance to take the FPS genre by storm, just as The Witcher did in the RPG genre."

"It's the first business deal of this kind in our history and, at the same time, it's another big step in our company's expansion," added Piotr Nielubowicz, Vice-president for Strategic Finances of CD Projekt group. "Simultaneously, it's one of the steps in our plans for our stock market debut. Metropolis Software is an experienced and thriving team. I'm sure that our financial contribution and experience on an international level will guarantee the development of many fantastic games of the highest caliber. I believe that together with Metropolis Software we will succeed in realizing a strategy that will deliver unique value to future investors."