Immersed in the Cyberpunk 2077 soap opera for almost a year, the Polish CD Projekt RED does not seem to have made up its mind to change its mind and is already talking about the future.
It takes time to build a solid reputation with players, but very little until it all falls apart. CD Projekt RED knows something about it: While the developers have been amassing critical and commercial hits (mostly on the back of their hands) for several years, the endless Cyberpunk 2077 soap opera will have undermined the studio’s methods and decisions. No matter: Despite the scope of the repairs to be carried out, the Poles are already thinking about the future and want to fully use the aura of the house series to get back on the saddle.
Double dose of witchcraft
For CD Projekt Red, the future will be AAA or not: in an interview that has just been published on the newspaper’s website republic, explains studio boss Adam Kiciński that he would rather rely on the already established series in his catalog than start creating a new license:
We are currently focusing on our two licenses, The Witcher and Cyberpunk. Both have tremendous potential, and one of our goals is to work on multiple AAA projects simultaneously within these licenses. We should start as early as next year.
Of the approximately 660 developers currently working at CD Projekt RED, only “a small third” is dedicated to the endless updates of Cyberpunk 2077, which means that around 450 souls are more or less available for “something else”. The explicit mention of AAA titles also helps to put the spin-off hypothesis aside, and so Geralt’s new adventures can be expected to take shape.
Keep in mind that as early as March 2020, Kiciński promised the arrival of a “new single-player game with a clear concept” once the development of Cyberpunk 2077 was completed, although he probably hadn’t expected it in a long time. While you’re waiting to find out what it’s about, The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series versions of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher III are expected in the first and second quarters of 2022, respectively.
