The Witcher 4 production is set to begin in full soon –
CD Projekt Red has provided an update on the development of The Witcher 4 and the Cyberpunk2077 follow-up.
In a new press release looking back at the studios financial report for the first half of the year, CEO Michał Nowakowski said that CD Projekt Red is now “gearing up to begin the full-fledged production phase” of the next major Witcher game – also known as Project Polaris – and that is Cyberpunk2077 follow-up, Project Orionis now in the planning phase.
“Work on Pole Star “The development team is approaching a major milestone that marks the end of the pre-production phase,” Nowakowski said.
“The first half of the year was also a busy time for our Boston studio, laying the foundation for Project Orion – a new game set in the Cyberpunk universe.”
The next Witcher game “Polaris” is nearing the end of pre-production and will soon enter full production. The next Cyberpunk game “Orion” is making good progress. https://t.co/2IHWXsrhiP pic.twitter.com/EVMrAmQczSAugust 28, 2024
In a separate earnings call handled by VGCNowakowski confirmed that work on the studio’s ongoing projects is “fairly steady” and that they are “progressing at a consistent pace.”
“The Pole Star “The team remains at the right scale to begin production soon, while our work on both announced and unannounced projects continues to progress steadily,” the CEO added.
Pole Star was announced in March 2022 and will kick off a new saga for the role-playing game (RPG) series. As of July 31, 2024, it is now being worked on by 410 developers, which was predicted last year by CDPR CEO Adam Kiciński.
As for Project Orionthe next Cyberpunk game will be created by the developers responsible for fine-tuning Cyberpunk 2077 and designing Phantom Freedom team and would be in the conceptual design phase by October 2023.
Cyberpunk2077‘s Quest director Paweł Sasko, now associate game director on the sequel, revealed this summer that the game is being worked on by former modders.
“Half of the quest team (on the next Cyberpunk) – this is the team that builds the quests, which is now 24 people – they are former modders,” Sasko said. “(They come) from Witcher, Cyberpunkand other games.”