CD Projekt Red has released no less than three videos to illustrate their great strategic plan for the next few years. After much communication about the well-being of the team, the Polish company has announced a number of games in the pipeline.Lessons learned from relative failure Cyberpunk 2077With only 20 million copies sold compared to Geralt’s 65 million franchise, CD Projekt Red wanted to revisit its production methods and technical approach.
Orion, Sirius, Polaris, Canis Major…
As already promised, this year is indeed The Witcher 3 will appear on the next generation of consoles, and their latest license will have the right to add a Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Freedom. Only later will its official sequel arrive, a brand new part called . Orion.
The first game from the Named Witcher license The Witcher: Sirius It has been produced at The Molasses Flood studio owned by CD Projekt. Specified as a game different from the rest of the series, and designed for a “larger audience” than its predecessors, it will be the first game to be completed in a long list of projects announced.
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A new saga will truly begin The Witcher: North Star, the first part of the trilogy, and the only one currently in production. The final two parts will be developed in parallel to reduce production time, and CD Projekt has a (somewhat disproportionately) ambition to publish the trilogy in just six years by coordinating the legendary production of the second part. The studio announced that it has entered into a long-term partnership with Epic Games and will use the engine exclusively for all of its future games to limit production costs and time.
The Witcher: Canis Majoran extra episode open world Mainly the narrative, which will be developed by an external service provider, but still using Unreal Engine 5. This production outsourcing is a direct response to the company’s desire to let other studios develop its subtitles to expand the number of games in a franchise without affecting the busy in-house studios of the main game. It will also expand the range of titles on offer, especially intrusive mobile formats.
A new license called Hadar
Code item Hadar The 2021 launch is still in a concept state, but it will be a new license developed in-house, just like the studio’s other major titles. CD Projekt has announced that it wants to have three strong licenses that will occupy all their efforts in a permanent rotation.
Finally, the Polish company would also like to emphasize multiplayer, which should be present in most new games released, such as The Witcher: SiriusTo execute all of these projects, a new studio will be created in Boston and will join the existing hub in Vancouver to form CD Projekt North America.
But CD Projekt isn’t planning to stop its video game ambitions alone, as the Polish studio claims it wants to continue working with Netflix to expand its licensing in the form of animated series or TV series, as has been the case in recent months. . The strategy report also cites books and comics as new media for the studio’s products.
Finally, the studio’s co-founder and current co-CEO Marcin Iwiński also announced that he was leaving his current role, emphasizing a message to the community and observers throughout.
A message from Marcin Iwinsky pic.twitter.com/jbaAFktzEi
— CD PROJEKT IR (@CDPROJEKTRED_IR) October 4, 2022
Stepping down as CEO, the man who came to the fore amid the Cyberpunk 2077 controversy will no longer be managing the studio, but will instead be chairman of the board overseeing the Polish-based management company with 1,200 employees.