CD Projekt Crimson confirms Cyberpunk 2077 sequel and 5 much more Witcher video games

In quick: CD Projekt Pink (Crimson 2.) confirmed that a Cyberpunk 2077 is unquestionably on the desk. However, it could possibly be a minimal while as it appears to be like like the priority for the studio is a new Witcher trilogy. The Polish developer has currently mentioned it options to run simultaneous teams on equally IPs. So we may see a shuffle in the start order of its future video games.

In 2021, CD Projekt Pink restructured its studios to enable it to function on multiple titles concurrently. It dubbed the plan "Red 2." and promised that it would have teams functioning in tandem on its two largest franchises — the prolonged-set up Witcher and the recently launched Cyberpunk 2077 worlds.

At the time, the announcement seemed implausible, thinking about CDPR was nevertheless reeling from the less-than-heat opinions the bug-riddled Cyberpunk 2077 start acquired. Quite a few felt that talk of a sequel in March 2021 was a bit early because gamers were continue to waiting for the debut title to get preset.

Like it or not, a current technique update confirms that Pink 2. is alive and effectively. The presentation claims CDPR currently has a 2nd Cyberpunk 2077 match codenamed Undertaking Orion in early growth. Also, as promised, the studio has the upcoming Witcher — wait, make that 5 Witcher games in the pipe.

In full, CDPR has six "Tasks" underneath different stages of immediate or indirect enhancement that need to create 8 video games:

In-house

• Phantom Liberty — Upcoming CP2077 growth
• Job Orion — Cyberpunk 2077 sequel
• Undertaking Polaris — a new Witcher trilogy
• Undertaking Hadar — an unfamiliar new IP

Third-get together

• Task Sirius — Witcher match developed by The Molasses Flood
• Undertaking Canis Majoris — Witcher RPG by an unnamed third-celebration studio

Facts ended up scarce for these titles, and timelines had been equally obscure. The studio pegged Challenge Polaris to release three game titles over six several years. It previously has 160 workforce members doing the job on it and will probable incorporate a lot more as soon as the 350 Phantom Liberty developers start their growth. Orion appears to be in the quite early growth stage and could not have a complete workforce formed yet. The system would make feeling — get the CP2077 expansion out, start a new Witcher recreation, then consider about getting a CP2077 sequel into players' hands.

The third get-togethers developing Sirius and Canis Majoris may probable see releases just before anything at all CDRP is directly working on (apart from Phantom Liberty), but that is my speculation. I really don't consider Purple 2. needs a repeat of the CP2077 start, so it'll most likely consider its sweet time obtaining everything out the doorway.

As rough as Cyberpunk 2077's December 2020 launch was, there is no denying its good results. At launch, the sport already had 8 million preorders. It is mysterious how many prospects took up CDPR's refund provide for the shoddy start, but by the end of 2020, it experienced racked up much more than 10 million in electronic profits (a document) and 3 million discs. As of September 2022, the full selection of models offered was more than 20 million around the globe.

If that is not ample to justify a sequel, somebody get in touch with EA and enable its Star Wars Battlefront workforce know. That activity has a life span overall of 14 million in gross sales, with its grind-hefty sequel only bringing in 9 million.