CD Project Red took everyone by surprise yesterday by officially announcing the development of a new game The Witcher, although it was, admittedly, an open secret. Inevitably, since the chain departures from CD Projekt Red, including that of the former director of The Witcher 3 who founded his own studio, we wondered who was going to lead the boat on this project, and we learn that it is finally Jason Slama who was chosen.
The promise of crunch-free development
I am super thrilled to announce that I have humbly been working to ensure the success of the next big AAA The Witcher game as its Game Director! Think you could join the team? We have tons of roles open with the possibility of remote work we could discuss! https://t.co/bBbxs0JMmq
—Jason Slama (@SlamaTwoFlags) March 21, 2022
Jason Slama is best known for being the director of the game Gwentand will therefore continue its work on the license on the next The Witcherwhich should not be called The Witcher 4 according to CD Projekt Red, even if it is much more practical it must be admitted.
In a message sent on Twitter, he shares his enthusiasm while recalling that the studio is in full recruitment. It is for this reason that the game was announced so early, since after the debacle Cyberpunk 2077CD Projekt Red needs a lot of new blood.
And by the way, when asked about the studio’s previous AAAs having a complicated history with crunch culture, he declared that it will never happen under his supervision. We obviously want to believe it, but we know it’s much more complicated than that, especially at CD Projekt Red.
We imagine that some journalists will follow this case closely, crossing their fingers so that history does not repeat itself, even if we will not have too many illusions.