CD Projekt Red seems to be ramping up its improvement capabilities in a giant manner because it prepares for Cyberpunk 2077’s sequel, codenamed Orion, because it seems to be to create a brand new studio and put lots of of employees on the undertaking.
Talking throughout an buyers’ name after saying Orion alongside a number of Witcher video games, CD Projekt Red CFO Piotr Nielubowicz mentioned he expects 350 to 500 builders will probably be essential to create the sport.
It is also making a model new, primarily Boston-primarily based studio for Orion, which can mix with its present Vancouver workplace and be often known as CD Projekt Red North America.
Although expertise from its Polish studios may even be helping with the sport (together with Cyberpunk 2077’s lead quest designer Paweł Sasko, who’s shifting to Boston for it), the Vancouver studio solely had round 12 workforce members when it was acquired by CD Projekt Red final 12 months. It subsequently seems the corporate wants to rent a couple of hundred new employees to hit the 350 to 500 quota, and it is already promoting dozens of positions on its web site.
“The North American studio will consist of groups working from Boston and the workforce working from Vancouver,” Nielubowicz mentioned, and “the undertaking may even be supported by builders from Poland.”
He continued: “As for the whole headcount required for such a manufacturing, I consider the perfect reference is Cyberpunk 2077, our most up-to-date launch and a great reference level when fascinated with improvement headcount and future initiatives of this scale. I feel it’s protected to assume that between 350 and 500 builders needs to be required.”
On condition that improvement hasn’t begun but, CD Projekt Red did not say an excessive amount of about Orion, however promised it will be “the following Cyberpunk recreation that may totally unleash the potential that this universe presents”.
The studio definitely has a busy few years on its fingers, as a brand new Witcher trilogy was introduced alongside a Witcher universe recreation from CD Projekt Red’s The Molasses Flood and one other “full-fledged” Witcher title from a mysterious third social gathering studio.
The studio remains to be working on Cyberpunk 2077’s lengthy awaited first enlargement, Phantom Liberty, within the meantime. It is anticipated to be launched subsequent 12 months, whereas the following Witcher recreation may nonetheless be years away.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.