CD Projekt Crimson is shifting a “large half” of its Cyberpunk 2077 workforce to The Witcher 4 (formally referred to as Polaris) as soon as the Phantom Liberty Growth launches in September.
Talking throughout CD Projekt’s newest earnings name, president and CEO Adam Kiciński mentioned the corporate is shifting increasingly sources to the subsequent Witcher sport with a giant growth increase taking place when predominant growth on Phantom Liberty is full. There are at the moment “250ish” builders engaged on Polaris, whereas much more are engaged on the Cyberpunk 2077 enlargement.
“After releasing Phantom Liberty we’ll switch a giant a part of the workforce to Polaris,” Kiciński mentioned. “Some remaining members will then concentrate on supporting different ongoing tasks like Orion or Hadar however keep in mind we’ll even be supporting Phantom Liberty for a while.
“And throughout the corporate however together with Phantom Liberty we’re on the similar time parting methods with some workforce members. It is a gradual course of which can finish in Q1 subsequent 12 months.”
Kiciński subsequently made clear that not each developer engaged on Phantom Liberty will instantly shift over to the subsequent Witcher sport, although as CD Projekt Crimson’s growth breakdown (above) reveals, it is possible many of the developer’s workers shall be engaged on Polaris quickly. Official numbers will not arrive till the third quarter monetary replace on November 28, nevertheless.
As for the opposite tasks talked about, Orion is the complete sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 whereas Hadar is a model new IP being developed at CD Projekt Crimson. Each of those video games are nonetheless years away, as both Polaris or Sirius (the Molasses Flood-developed Witcher sport) are anticipated to launch first, in 2025 on the earliest.
Phantom Liberty launches on September 26 and can see a ton of recent story content material added to Cyberpunk 2077 alongside a number of gameplay modifications. Vehicular fight, a Cyberpunk: Edgerunners impressed cyberpsychosis function, and a intelligent nod to The Witcher are coming too, although at the price of upping the sport’s PC necessities.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
