CD Projekt, Metropolis vets form 11 bit studios, a development house that plans to focus on digital distribution

Members of CD Projekt (The Witcher) and the former Metropolis Software (They) have formed a new development house, 11 bit studios.

Based in Warsaw, Poland, 11 bit plans to digital distribution. According to spokesperson Tom Ohle, who also represents CD Projekt, in an e-mail to GamePro, "Essentially, the target is all-digital distribution platforms. PC for sure, as well as the Apple stuff and consoles."

According to the statement released by 11 bit, its team members have worked on games for Atari, Interplay, Monolith, and Ubisoft. They plan on releasing information on their first title next week.

"The games industry is constantly changing, and there is a tremendous opportunity for independent developers to succeed and to push the boundaries of gameplay on digital platforms," said Grzegorz Miechowski, managing director of 11 bit studios, in a prepared statement. "We're going to create games that introduce unique gameplay mechanics, carry high production values, and are, most importantly, fun for both hardcore gamers and more casual players."

UPDATE: 11 bit studios spokesperson Pawel Miechowski answered a few questions about the new development house, including explaining the origin of the company's name. "Bits are always even: 4-bit, 8-bit. 11 is not even; it's unpaired. So by 11-bit, we wanted to point that we are independent. We're something odd, unusual -- and that's it; because we want to make unusual games based on our personal ideas, the games we do are simply the games we love."

Projects members of the new 11 bit team have worked on include Infernal, Gorky 17 (Odium), Knight Rider 2, Starmageddon (Project Earth), and a brief stint on The Witcher 2.

Miechowski says they've come up with tech to create multiplatform games. "That depends on a project's -- let me say -- shape. If we all decide that a game fits [the] iPad touchscreen gameplay style, we will do that."

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