CD Projekt Red to Lay Off Around 30 Employees as Gwent Development Winds Down

CD Projekt Crimson will lay off round 30 extra workers by the tip of 2023 as growth on Gwent: The Witcher Card Recreation winds down.

Revealed in a weblog submit on Gwent’s web site, CD Projekt Crimson confirmed that “about 30 remaining Gwent group members are going to half methods” with the studio.

This contradicts an announcement from December when the developer instructed IGN {that a} small variety of workers can be saved on to maintain the sport working whereas the remaining workers can be moved to different initiatives at CD Projekt Crimson.

A spokesperson instructed IGN that 4 group members shall be laid off in June, with CD Projekt Crimson step by step growing this quantity all year long till round 30 workers have been laid off in whole.

“It’s by no means simple to say goodbye,” the developer mentioned within the weblog submit. “And although selections like this are unavoidable and a pure results of the transition, we’d like to precise our honest thanks for all of the contributions these group members have made to Gwent. Similar to the group, you helped make the sport what it’s at present.”

This announcement from CD Projekt Crimson follows two different waves of lay-offs. The Molasses Flood, which is owned by CD Projekt Crimson and at present growing the troubled Venture Sirius Witcher sport, noticed 29 group members laid off earlier in Might.

CD Projekt Crimson additionally introduced the closure of The Witcher: Monster Slayer in December final yr, revealing that lay-offs can be made at developer Spokko because of this.

Improvement on Gwent is at present being switched to a community-focused approached. CD Projekt Crimson introduced the change in December although assured the sport will stay on-line for years to return, with remaining “official” updates being produced from the event group between now and the tip of 2023.

Gwent celebrated its 5 yr anniversary of getting into open beta in Might 2022, however was first launched in closed beta again in October 2016. Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales was launched as a full RPG spin-off in 2018 and a single-player standalone growth known as Gwent: Rogue Mage was launched in 2022.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and performing UK information editor. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.