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The Witcher 4 Staff and Other Trivia From Interview With CD Projekt's CEO

Adam Kicinski, in his last interview as CEO of CD Projekt, talked about the company's upcoming projects.

Adam Kicinski, the CEO of CD Projekt, was interviewed by Parkiet [in Polish]. He talked about upcoming games, as well as the future of the company.

Upcoming projects

• Work on Project Polaris (i.e., the new installment of The Witcher) is proceeding swiftly. Currently, the team working on the game consists of more than 330 people and is expected to increase to about 400 in the next six months. Don't expect the company to announce a planned release date anytime soon. Having learned from their experience with CP2077 the developers prefer to wait before announcing a specific date.
• The company is also ramping up work on Orion, the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077. The concept stage has been going on for quite some time now, and the developers now have a good idea of what the game is supposed to be. However, the development will not start in full swing for some time, as the team in Boston responsible for the project is still being built. CD Projekt's Vancouver branch will also help with the work, as will developers in Poland.
• Work is also still underway on Project Sirius, a game set in The Witcher universe, developed by The Molasses Flood. Added to this is a remake of the first The Witcher from Fool's Theory.
• So there are four projects in the pipeline, but none of them will be released anytime soon. Nevertheless, CD Projekt has plans to develop its brands next year, but for now it's too early for any details. Most likely, however, it is about projects in other media, such as books or comics. In the interview, Kicinski praises the success Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, which has also boosted sales of the game. There are plans for a live-action adaptation, and the company has already found a partner for this project, although for now the whole thing is at a very early stage of work.
• The interview also touched on Project Hadar, which is to be CD Projekt's third IP. Currently, the game is in the concept stage and the creators are busy inventing the world. It is too early for any details. All that is known is that it will be an RPG with an open world.

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[Darkheart]

Sounds all very promising!
I wonder if the Witcher 1 remake will keep the mechanics of the original or if it will be more like the Witcher 3.

 

[Leoking]

I hope they at least refine the mechanics of Witcher 1 in the remake because of Old-game jank the game contains, I'm certain that they'll return some W3 mechanics in there in order to not alienate the huge crowds of fans that TW3 brought in, but who knows - I'm at least happy they are being transparent with their projects and development.

 

[Couchpotato]

I'm more interested in that original game codenamed Project Hadar. The developer has also expanded, and ditched the Red Engine for the latest Unreal Engine.

To bad no none of these games will release for at least 3-10 years from now.

 

[Leoking]

The developer has also expanded, and ditched the Red Engine for the latest Unreal Engine.

Yeah, the latest wave of developers switching to Unreal Engine is a bit worrying in the sense that it might halt development time tremendously due to the designers' potential inexperience with the engine and its respective toolset.

CDProjektRed has most likely an already established workflow with the RED engine so seeing them transfer to a new engine might yield some unpleasant results

 

[JDR13]

Sounds all very promising!
I wonder if the Witcher 1 remake will keep the mechanics of the original or if it will be more like the Witcher 3.

They haven't said much about the mechanics yet, but they did say it's going to be a seamless open world, so that already makes it significantly different from the original.

I'll be shocked if the combat isn't more similar to TW3 than TW1.

 

[Couchpotato]

I remember sharing a video that shows what the remake could look like with the new engine. Yes it will be open world and I'd expect the combat to be vastly different.

Here was the unofficial fan video of what it might look like.

View: https://youtu.be/2bdzotJTroU?si=5nkn1oongHyy7XAS

 

[JDR13]

Not a bad look for a fan video. I hope the real thing looks at least that good.