As CD Projekt staffs up for its various projects in development, the boss of the company has said it is considering adding multiplayer to the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel.
The Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, codenamed Orion, is currently in the conceptual phase. Speaking to Reuters, joint CEO Adam Badowski said CD Projekt expects to have about 80 people working on it by the end of the year. Co-CEO Michal Nowakowski said CD Projekt is considering including multiplayer in Cyberpunk 2, but wouldn’t divulge details.
Cyberpunk 2077’s multiplayer mode was cancelled due to the game’s turbulent launch, with development shifting focus to turning the embattled project around following its disastrous launch. It’s easy to imagine a Cyberpunk multiplayer mode, though, perhaps as a sci-fi take on the eternally popular GTA Online.
We know next to nothing about the next Cyberpunk at this stage, although last month CD Projekt Red narrative director Philipp Weber said it may feature grander branching storylines determined by the player’s starting life path, which were Street Kid, Corpo, and Nomad in Cyberpunk 2077.
Key gameplay decisions like whether it will be first or third-person are still being made. The original Cyberpunk 2077 has finally received its last big update though, so attention has now turned towards its sequel at CD Projekt Red.
Meanwhile, it’s full steam ahead on the next Witcher game. Badowski said CD Projekt would like to have around 400 people working on the project, codenamed Polaris, by the middle of 2024. Reuters reports analysts predict the new Witcher game will launch in 2026 or 2027.
As for the contentious issue of using AI during development, Nowakowski is quoted as saying CD Projekt believes it “can help improve certain processes in game production, but not replace people.”
And finally, Badowski insisted CD Projekt had learned its lesson from the launch of Cyberpunk, with better production processes now in place. “We believe that in the future we’ll avoid a premiere like the one we faced with Cyberpunk 2077”, Badowski said.
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