Released by CD Projekt, a major Polish game companyFinancial Report as of the Third Quarter of 2023revealed that the sequel to “The Witcher” code-named “Polaris” accounts for nearly half of all developers’ production capacity. As for “Cyberpunk 2077” (Cyberpunk 2077) fans will not be able to see it until 2025 at the earliest. Live-action movie adaptation.
The financial report revealed that CDPR Studio is developing multiple games at the same time. Players call it “North Star” of “The Witcher 4”, which is the highest priority project. As of October 31, the team has 330 developers.
on a conference callCD Projekt executive director Adam Kicinski expected More people will invest in “Polaris” in mid-2024, and the team will have more than 400 developers by then.
“Polaris” was first announced in October 2022. At that time, Adam Kiciński predicted that it would take at least 3 years to develop, because in addition to creating a new series of “Witcher” stories, it also has to adapt to the conversion from RED engine to UE5 (Unreal Engine). The project will create A new RPG trilogy in The Witcher series.
In addition to the new trilogy, there is also a “Witcher” derivative code-named “Sirius” under development. It is reported that it was originally aimed at multiplayer games, but in May this year, the structure was restarted and the development team The Molasses Flood After layoffs and restructuring, there is currently no update.
On the other hand, “Cyber 2077” 2.x version and expansion pack “Freedom Fantasy”Well receivedCDPR announced in October that it would cooperate with American film company Anonymous Content to adapt a live-action movie, but Adam Kiciński said that it would not be launched until 2025 at the earliest, and would first use the ultimate version of the game and other marketing activities to continue the popularity of this work.
With the steady launch of “Free Fantasy”, more than 25% of the developers of the expansion team will be transferred to the wizard “Polaris” team, and the remaining manpower will be invested in the sequel to “Cyber Rebels” in the early development stage, which is in charge of CDPR North America Studio. Orion” (codenamed Orion).
As of October 31, “Freedom Fantasy”, which was released in September, had sold 4.3 million copies worldwide, and the main game “Dytronics 2077” had sold 25 million copies.
