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Polish video game maker CD Projekt (CDR.WA), opens new tab aims to start the production phase of the next game in its blockbuster \u201cWitcher\u201d series this year, the company\u2019s new joint CEO Adam Badowski told Reuters.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019d like to have around 400 people working on the project by the middle of the year\u201d, Badowski said.<\/p>\n
Badowski, a company veteran, took the helm at CD Projekt along with Michal Nowakowski at the start of the year.<\/p>\n
The project, called \u201cPolaris\u201d, is a new trilogy expanding the universe of the \u201cWitcher\u201d medieval fantasy franchise, which has sold over 75 million copies since the first game was released in 2007.<\/p>\n
CD Projekt did not give a premiere date for the first game in the project, but analysts expect it to debut in 2026 or 2027.<\/p>\n
That leaves the company without major game release in the next couple of years.<\/p>\n
After a bug-ridden launch of another game \u201cCyberpunk 2077\u201d in late 2020, CD Projekt has been focused on transforming its studio. It has announced plans for several new games and said in October that Cyberpunk\u2019s sales had exceeded 25 million copies.<\/p>\n
A sequel to Cyberpunk, code-named \u201cOrion\u201d, is in the conceptual phase, Badowski said. CD Projekt expects to have about 80 people working on the project by the end of the year.<\/p>\n
Nowakowski added the company was considering including multi-player elements, but would not discuss details.<\/p>\n
He said wage pressures had eased and the company expected hiring in its Polish studios to be \u201crather low\u201d, but it would continue expanding its North America studio.<\/p>\n
He added CD Projekt had formed a team to look into how it could use AI.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe think that AI is something that can help improve certain processes in game production, but not replace people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Speaking about lessons learnt from Cyberpunk\u2019s release, Badowski said the company now had better control of the game production process.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe that in the future we\u2019ll avoid a premiere like the one we faced with Cyberpunk 2077\u201d, Badowski said.<\/p>\n
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CD Projekt, a Polish video game maker, plans to start production on the next game in its “Witcher” series this year. The project, called “Polaris,” is a new trilogy expanding the universe of the “Witcher” franchise. CD Projekt aims to have around 400 people working on the project by the middle of the year. The company did not provide a premiere date for the first game in the project. CD Projekt also has plans for a sequel to its game “Cyberpunk 2077,” called “Orion,” which is in the conceptual phase. The company expects to have about 80 people working on the project by the end of the year. CD Projekt is considering including multiplayer elements in its games and is exploring the use of AI in game production. The company believes it has better control over the game production process and aims to avoid issues like the bug-ridden launch of “Cyberpunk 2077.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[186,189,3,250,187,188],"class_list":["post-2224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-business","tag-businesspick","tag-cyprus","tag-google","tag-international","tag-tech-science"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n