CD Projekt Red Announces Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel and Five New Witcher Universe Games

Oct. 5 (Portaltic/EP) –

The Polish video game studio CD Projekt Red has made known what his long-term plans are and the projects he is working on, among which are the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 and five new titles belonging to the universe of The Witcher.

The Polish developer has shared a roadmap detailing its plans and indicating some notable figures regarding its video games. Among them the more than 65 million copies it has sold of the titles thewitcher, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Y The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Regarding Cyberpunk 2077, which was originally released in December 2020, when it came to PC, Google Stadia, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 (PS4), he has pointed out that more than 20 million copies have been sold worldwide since its release. launch.

With this, CD Projekt Red has shown what their short-term strategies are, such as expanding long-standing franchises or introducing new multiplayer experiences to most of their new games “to enrich the single player experience.”

This was teased at the end of November last year, when he said he hoped to bring multiplayer to Cyberpunk and The Witcher “gradually”. On the other hand, he has indicated that he plans partnerships with outside partners and expanding into both television and film.

In relation to the first of these two great franchises, cyberpunk, He has highlighted that he is already in the final phase of production of an expansion based on his story, “which has developed a team made up of more than 350 professionals.”

Although he has not given more details about this work, he has advanced that his code name is Project Orion and that it “will demonstrate the full power and potential of the Cyberpunk universe.”

On the other hand, he has made mention of his plans regarding thewitcher, which will foreseeably have five new titles. First Project Sirius is the name by which this “innovative version” of the video game universe is known internally, which will tell a story aimed at both fans and new audiences.

This project is in a pre-production stage and is being developed by a team of 60 people belonging to the independent studio The Molasses Flood with the support of the Polish company.

Project Canis Majoris, on the other hand, it is a single-player open-world RPG that is going to be developed by a third-party studio led by former workers of this video game series.

The latest project related to The Witcher is Project Polaris, internal name of the first installment of a new trilogy of open world role-playing based on the story of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Also in pre-production, the developer hopes that between the launch of the first game and the official presentation of the last in this series no more than six years will pass.

Finally, the study has anticipated that it is working on a new IP, a different and independent franchise from the previous two and that is called Project Hadar. In the internal development phase since the end of 2021, it is currently in a conceptual phase.

It should be remembered that CD Projekt announced a month ago that the first expansion for Cyberpunk 2077, phantom libertywill arrive on new generation consoles (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S) and PC throughout 2023.