Lively improvement has began on the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, internally named Orion. Now that the Phantom Liberty enlargement has been launched for the unique recreation, these concerned within the improvement of the sport’s sequel have headed to Boston to create a brand new CD Projekt Crimson studio solely to develop Orion.
Cyberpunk 2077 was “only a warm-up” to the sequel
Cyberpunk’s narrative director Igor Sarzyński confirmed that immediately was the staff’s first day of their new Boston workplace and so they had formally began work on Orion. He went on so as to add that he “couldn’t be extra excited for this challenge” and he’s “certain we are able to make it one thing particular,” including that “2077 was only a warm-up.” Little else is thought in regards to the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, though CDPR has beforehand stated it “will take the Cyberpunk franchise additional and proceed harnessing the potential of this darkish future universe.”
Orion had been within the conceptual design section up till the tip of 2023. The sport will now be developed primarily by the brand new CDPR staff in Boston, with help from its studio in Vancouver. All through 2024, CD Projekt plans to extend its spending on analysis and improvement for the sport.
By the tip of the yr, CDPR’s chief artistic officer Adam Badowski hopes {that a} staff of “a number of dozens” can be engaged on the sport, together with members of the staff within the studio’s native Poland.
There are a number of initiatives in improvement at CD Projekt alongside Orion. There’s the subsequent installment of the mainline The Witcher video games, at present codenamed Polaris. That is aiming to be the primary recreation in a model new The Witcher trilogy. There’s additionally a separate full-fledged Witcher recreation known as Canis Majoris and a brand new IP codenamed Hadar. Lastly, there was a multiplayer The Witcher recreation in progress at developer The Molasses Flood, though the destiny of this recreation is unknown following layoffs on the studio early final yr.