CD Projekt Red confirms Cyberpunk 2077 sequel and five much more Witcher online games

In short: CD Projekt Crimson (Purple 2.) verified that a Cyberpunk 2077 is unquestionably on the table. Having said that, it may well be a little although as it appears to be like the priority for the studio is a new Witcher trilogy. The Polish developer has previously stated it plans to operate simultaneous groups on both IPs. So we may possibly see a shuffle in the start get of its upcoming game titles.

In 2021, CD Projekt Red restructured its studios to help it to function on several titles concurrently. It dubbed the program "Purple 2." and promised that it would have teams performing in tandem on its two greatest franchises — the extended-proven Witcher and the freshly released Cyberpunk 2077 worlds.

At the time, the announcement seemed implausible, thinking of CDPR was still reeling from the significantly less-than-heat assessments the bug-riddled Cyberpunk 2077 launch acquired. A lot of felt that converse of a sequel in March 2021 was a little bit early since gamers had been continue to ready for the debut title to get fixed.

Like it or not, a modern strategy update confirms that Pink 2. is alive and properly. The presentation claims CDPR now has a 2nd Cyberpunk 2077 activity codenamed Challenge Orion in early advancement. Also, as promised, the studio has the subsequent Witcher — wait around, make that 5 Witcher games in the pipe.

In whole, CDPR has six "Tasks" less than numerous levels of direct or oblique enhancement that should really develop eight game titles:

In-property

• Phantom Liberty — Forthcoming CP2077 growth
• Venture Orion — Cyberpunk 2077 sequel
• Venture Polaris — a new Witcher trilogy
• Undertaking Hadar — an not known new IP

Third-social gathering

• Challenge Sirius — Witcher sport designed by The Molasses Flood
• Project Canis Majoris — Witcher RPG by an unnamed third-party studio

Information ended up scarce for these titles, and timelines were similarly obscure. The studio pegged Venture Polaris to release 3 video games more than 6 a long time. It by now has 160 group customers performing on it and will most likely incorporate additional when the 350 Phantom Liberty builders launch their enlargement. Orion appears to be in the extremely early improvement stage and could not have a entire crew formed nevertheless. The approach tends to make sense — get the CP2077 expansion out, start a new Witcher match, then consider about receiving a CP2077 sequel into players' fingers.

The 3rd parties building Sirius and Canis Majoris might probably see releases in advance of nearly anything CDRP is right functioning on (aside from Phantom Liberty), but that is my speculation. I really don't consider Purple 2. would like a repeat of the CP2077 launch, so it will very likely just take its sweet time finding something out the door.

As tough as Cyberpunk 2077's December 2020 launch was, there is no denying its results. At launch, the game by now had 8 million preorders. It can be unidentified how many shoppers took up CDPR's refund offer for the shoddy start, but by the close of 2020, it had racked up much more than 10 million in digital revenue (a record) and 3 million discs. As of September 2022, the full amount of units offered was around 20 million around the world.

If that is not sufficient to justify a sequel, someone call EA and allow its Star Wars Battlefront staff know. That activity has a lifetime complete of 14 million in product sales, with its grind-significant sequel only bringing in 9 million.