CD Projekt RED has announced 5 caller projects: a caller Witcher crippled codenamed “Sirius” by The Molasses Flood, caller Witcher trilogy by CD Projekt RED, caller Witcher crippled codenamed “Canis Majoris” by a third-party, caller Cyberpunk 2077 crippled codenamed “Orion” by CD Projekt RED’s caller Boston studio, and an wholly caller intelligence spot codenamed “Hadar” by CD Projekt RED.
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Long-Term Product Outlook
■ The Witcher
“Now, let maine to present our accumulation plans for further years. The archetypal 3 releases successful our pipeline volition beryllium to The Witcher franchise, and we’ve already started pre-production of 2 of them,” said CD Projekt RED president and Joint CEO Adam Kicinski.
Sirius (by The Molasses Flood)
“The Molasses Flood game, codenamed ‘Sirius,’ is acceptable successful the Witcher beingness and is being created with enactment from CD Projekt RED developers. It volition disagree from our past productions—in the consciousness that it is targeted astatine a broader audience. Along with the azygous subordinate acquisition gamers volition beryllium capable to play with others, arsenic ‘Sirius’ volition incorporate multiplayer.
New Witcher Trilogy (by CD Projekt RED)
“Another project, codenamed ‘Polaris,’ is the crippled which opens the caller Witcher saga, further expands upon the unfastened satellite storytelling known from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. There volition beryllium 3 games successful the saga and we purpose to present them implicit a six-year play starting from the merchandise of Polaris. It’s a bold connection arsenic we are talking astir 3 large-scale productions, but we truly mean it and we person a program connected however to execute it. Both the 2nd and the 3rd installments will, successful technological terms, payment from the groundwork laid during improvement of Polaris. In this mode we purpose to smoothen the improvement process portion astatine the aforesaid clip staying creatively ambitious.
Canis Majoris (by Third Party)
“The adjacent project—codenamed ‘Canis Majoris’—will beryllium different full-fledged Witcher production. It volition beryllium created by an outer workplace that Michal conscionable spoke about, headed by experienced developers who person worked connected earlier Witcher games. Techwise, we program to usage Unreal Engine 5 and the toolset we are creating for Polaris.
■ Cyberpunk 2077
“As you person seen determination is simply a batch happening successful the satellite of The Witcher, truthful let’s leap into the dystopian future.
Phantom Liberty (Cyberpunk 2077 Expansion by CD Projekt RED)
“This twelvemonth we program to merchandise […] a large enlargement for Cyberpunk 2077, titled ‘Phantom Liberty.’
Orion (by CD Projekt RED)
“Another task that we privation to absorption connected is Orion, again it’s a codename, the adjacent Cyberpunk crippled that volition afloat unleash the imaginable that this beingness offers. Our ambitious plans volition necessitate a batch of work, dedication and further maturation of the team.
“Speaking of which I person important quality to share. We are creating a caller workplace based successful North America. Next to The Molasses Flood—which volition stay solely focused connected Sirius—we are mounting up a squad successful Boston, that unneurotic with our existing Vancouver-based squad volition found CD Projekt RED North America. This workplace volition beryllium successful complaint of starring improvement of Orion. This determination volition alteration america to afloat gully upon the North American endowment pool.”
■ New IP
Hadar (by CD Projekt RED)
“I americium excited to denote that CD Projekt RED has begun originative exploration connected a third, wholly chiseled IP—codenamed ‘Hadar,'” said CD Projekt RED elder vice president of concern improvement Michal Nowakowski. “We had started reasoning astir it a fewer years ago. Early-stage conceptual works commenced successful 2021, and—for the archetypal clip successful our history—the IP is being incubated wholly wrong CD Projekt RED. It is important to recognize that we are not making a crippled conscionable yet. We are moving connected the instauration of this caller setting.
■ Multiplayer
“That would beryllium each astir the caller games, but we person much to stock with you today. While we judge that our games and worlds we make wrong them are telling large stories that interaction many, we besides judge that letting gamers interact with each different volition make caller experiences for them. By doing so, we bash not privation to marque the azygous subordinate acquisition smaller successful immoderate mode due to the fact that of that direction. What is important, Unreal Engine 5—our caller engine—offers a coagulated tech framework, allowing america to make multiplayer for astir of our aboriginal titles. Our attack to processing online competences, and a wide overview of the technological changes occurring astatine the Group, are presented by Board Members liable for these respective fields.”
Message from Marcin Iwinski
“Hi everyone,
“Today I person immoderate quality that’s some important to maine and to the company.
“I americium opening a marque caller idiosyncratic section astatine CD Projekt, arsenic I volition taxable my candidacy for the relation of Chairman of the Supervisory Board, leaving down my Joint CEO role.
“By the extremity of 2022, I’ll manus implicit my duties to my colleagues from the board. For me, this is simply a immense moment. I’ve been astatine CD Projekt for astir 30 years and I person seen it spell from a fistful of passion-driven rebels to an internationally recognized developer of story-driven relation playing games loved by millions globally. Back erstwhile Michal Kicinski and I founded the company, I don’t deliberation either of america would person been capable to ideate this unthinkable journey, not adjacent successful our wildest dreams.
“When I deliberation astir the aboriginal of CD Projekt, it is truthful breathtaking for me. Today, the institution consists of implicit 1,200 radical crossed offices each implicit the world. But CD Projekt has ne'er been astir carnal spot oregon scale—it’s each astir the immense magnitude of endowment we have, and the hard enactment and dedication of everyone who chooses to enactment here.
“It is acknowledgment to that committedness and astonishing endowment that close present I person that aforesaid feeling I had each those years ago—hunger and optimism for what’s ahead. It truly feels similar this is lone the beginning. Our hugely ambitious strategy has specified an inspiring and beardown squad astatine the helm, and I profoundly judge successful our program to instrumentality CD Projekt to caller heights. As such, I mean to stay a large shareholder, and successful my caller non-executive relation I volition stay progressive and engaged dedicating my absorption connected supporting the full Management Board. I volition besides stay connected to the halfway of what makes america special, which is making the champion storytelling games successful the satellite and doing close by gamers.
“I privation to convey everyone who has ever been a portion of what I deliberation is 1 of the astir vibrant video crippled companies successful the world. I accidental this to each RED squad member, each concern partner, and-most importantly-every gamer… From the bottommost of my bosom convey you!”
—Marcin Iwinski
Co-Founder, Joint CEO, CD Projekt RED
Watch the afloat CD Projekt Group strategy update announcing the caller projects below.