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CD Projekt latest: next Cyberpunk game might have multiplayer, Witcher 4 enters “production phase"Orion and Polaris projects move ahead
Orion and Polaris projects move ahead
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Image credit:CD Projekt
The nextCyberpunkgame from CD Projekt - currently codenamed “Orion” - might havemultiplayerin it, according to co-CEO Michal Nowakowski. Please let it be some kind of deckhead ‘passenger-seat-driver’ mode, where you get to play a crusty celeb uploaded to another character’s brain implants, who strolls around the landscape as a hologram, offering passive-aggressive commentary. Watch those corners, samurai! Hey, you missed an ammo pack. SAMURAI ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME.
As for the new Cyberpunk game, little is known other than that itwon’t necessarily be first-person, though CD Projekt members have shared a few thoughts onhow they will avoid a repeat of Cyberpunk 2077’s infamous crunch conditions and disastrous launch.
Multiplayer could be a common theme of CD Projekt’s next few games. Back when they revealed the impending avalanche of Witcher games in October 2022, the company teased plans to introduce multiplayer “to most of our new games to enrich the single-player experience”. That was before the massive “restructuring” exercise that was 2023, however.
The Reuters piece includes some exceedingly brief commentary on the company’s hiring plans. Nowakowski says CD Projekt will continue to expand in North America, having set up a new studio there last year; hiring in Poland, however, will be “rather low”. Like many of the games industry’s largest outfits, CD Projektlaid off a substantial number of peoplelast year, prompting some Polish employees toform a new unionin the hopes of “having more security, transparency, better protection, and a stronger voice in times of crisis.”
