CD Projekt shares Witcher and Cyberpunk project updates, announces partnership with mobile studio Scopely

As a part of its newest monetary earnings report, developer CD Projekt has shared progress updates on its quite a few Witcher and Cyberpunk tasks, in addition to confirmed a partnership with Saudi-back cell developer (and new Pokémon Go proprietor) Scopely to create a sport.

So far as the Scopely undertaking goes, there’s not a lot to report at current. CD Projekt merely confirmed it had “entered right into a strategic partnership with Scopely to develop a sport set inside one among CD Projekt’s IPs.” And whereas it appears affordable to imagine that is pointing towards some form of cell sport set in both The Witcher or Cyberpunk 2077 universes, we cannot know for certain till extra is revealed.

Away from Scopely, CD Projekt additionally spent a while providing progress updates on the assorted titles it is beforehand confirmed to be in improvement. Work on The Witcher 4 continues apace, as an illustration, however CD Projekt’s different Witcher video games have seen some changes. Witcher spin-off Venture Sirius – which was rebooted a number of years again – stays in pre-production, and CD Projekt says it is now merged developer The Molasses Flood with the CD Projekt Purple staff to “guarantee even higher alignment within the scope and course of the undertaking”.

Moreover, CD Projekt’s Witcher 1 remake, which was introduced again in October 2022 as a part of the studio’s formidable improvement roadmap, remains to be within the idea part. Moreover, the studio says that as a consequence of “manufacturing course of dependencies” associated to belongings and expertise, it has determined to “quickly combine its improvement with ongoing work on The Witcher 4”. In consequence, a “small portion” of developer Idiot’s Principle is at the moment supporting the Witcher 4 staff, with the intention being to “have the required belongings, instruments, and pipelines prepared for extra environment friendly improvement of The Witcher Remake.”

Transferring on from The Witcher, CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk 2077 sequel – at the moment often known as Venture Orion – is alleged to be nearing the tip of its idea part and might be coming into pre-production “within the coming weeks”. Moreover, improvement of the studio’s new IP, identified solely as Venture Hadar at current, continues. “The imaginative and prescient of Hadar has progressed during the last yr, changing into extra detailed,” CD Projekt defined. “Inside assumptions and concepts have been cast into important pillars that information us ahead [and] the staff’s focus is on additional growing the IP and the sport’s story, whereas prototyping some gameplay options particular to Hadar.”

CD Projekt additionally reiterated it has numerous different undisclosed tasks within the works, together with one other from Idiot’s Principle, and as soon as once more drew consideration to its still-mysterious new Netflix Cyberpunk 2077 animation, which is at the moment “underneath improvement”.

The Witcher 4 did, in fact, see its long-awaited reveal on the finish of final yr, with CD Projekt lastly confirming Ciri can be the main focus this time round – though Geralt of Rivia (as soon as once more voiced by Doug Cockle) may also return in some capability.