CD Projekt Pink ends work on Cyberpunk 2077, strikes focus to different titles

Briefly: What a experience it has been for Cyberpunk 2077: probably the most hyped sport of all time earlier than its launch, one of the vital disappointing at launch, and now a beloved RPG with a Very Constructive Steam ranking. However the three-and-a-half-year journey is over, with no builders at CD Projekt Pink engaged on the RPG.

Cyberpunk 2077’s December 2020 launch was a crushing blow to those that could not wait to step into the sneakers of a Night time Metropolis merc. Rife with bugs on the PC and just about unplayable on consoles, CD Projekt Pink has launched a slew of patches and updates since then, together with the sensible Phantom Liberty growth.

The Lazarus-like revival culminated within the sport reaching a latest Overwhelmingly Constructive overview ranking on Steam with 95% of gamers giving it a thumbs up – although that has since fallen to 94%, giving it a nonetheless glorious Very Constructive ranking.

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It now seems that each one work on Cyberpunk 2077 has stopped. CD Projekt’s final monetary replace confirmed that simply 17 folks have been nonetheless engaged on the sport as of February 29 this yr. The corporate’s newest report exhibits that each one of these staff have left Cyberpunk 2077; they’ve doubtless been moved to different groups.

The overwhelming majority of CD Projekt is now engaged on the subsequent sport within the Witcher collection, codenamed Polaris. Joint CEO Michal Nowakowski mentioned in the course of the earnings presentation that the studio plans to maneuver on to the manufacturing part within the second half of the yr.

Whereas the subsequent Witcher sport is receiving many of the focus, smaller groups are engaged on different titles, together with 56 folks doing early work on the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, codenamed Orion.

Elsewhere, 39 staff are engaged on a multiplayer spin-off of The Witcher. It is codenamed Sirius, and is generally being developed by inner studio The Molasses Flood. There are additionally 20 folks engaged on a brand new franchise, codenamed Venture Hadar.

It seems that we can’t see any extra updates or patches for Cyberpunk 2077. As somebody who’s spent 172 hours in Night time Metropolis, I am already wanting ahead to the sequel.