The Polish studio let loose this evening by announcing projects in spades for Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher…and even a new license.
So much so that, given the scale of the task, one can’t help but think that CD Projekt RED is going to be busy at least until the year 2077.
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To proceed in more or less chronological order, CD Projekt RED first recalled that 2023 will be the scene of the one and only expansion for Cyberpunk 2077his latest title.
Victim of the setbacks that we have known him, but also witness to a certain renewal since the anime Cyberpunk: Edge Runners and many patches, the title with the very capricious RED Engine will go out with panache.
But the Polish studio was of course not going to abandon this strong license. In addition to a sequel to the anime created in partnership with the Japanese animation studio TRIGGER, CD Projekt RED has announced that it is working on another game in the dystopian universe of Mike Pondsmith. This is codenamed Orion and could be a new title developed under Unreal Engine 5.
It also seems that after The Witcher and cyberpunkthe studio also plans to develop a brand new license, currently codenamed Hadar. This project should be entirely independent of the two other iconic licenses of the studio, but we will have to wait for other information to find out more.
A well-filled Wild Hunt table
The other big chunk of this anthology of CD Projekt RED announcements obviously focuses on the vast galaxy The Witcher. We already knew that a fourth installment was in development, with the plan to leave Geralt and his merry companions to discover other characters as part of a new trilogy.
We now know that two other games The Witcher are in preparation. The former is expected to be a new open-world RPG, while the latter aims to be ” a fresh look at licensing developed by The Molasses Flood, an independent studio acquired a few months ago by CD Projekt RED.
To end this explosion of announcements, the Polish studio has also indicated that it wants to offer in the future, for these now three established licenses, memorable solo experiences, but also multiplayer.
We should also expect to see even more film productions and series flourish as well as mobile games like Gwent from external partners of the studio.
Also, on a slightly less happy note (or for the better, depending), Marcin Iwiński, co-founder of CD Projekt RED, announced his resignation as CEO.
The least we can say is that CD Projekt RED hit hard today. It now remains to be seen whether he will be able to keep up a pace that promises to be frantic. When will we see the fruit of all this work? And in what state? In any case, we hope not to have to wait until 2077.
Source : CD Projekt RED via Twitter
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