CD Projekt aims to start production phase of ‘Polaris’ in 2024
Badowski, a company veteran, took the helm at CD Projekt along with Michal Nowakowski at the start of the year
Polish video game maker CD Projekt aims to start the production phase of the next game in its blockbuster “Witcher” series this year, the company’s new joint CEO Adam Badowski told sources.
Badowski, a company veteran, took the helm at CD Projekt along with Michal Nowakowski at the start of the year.
The project, called “Polaris”, is a new trilogy expanding the universe of the “Witcher” medieval fantasy franchise, which has sold over 75 million copies since the first game was released in 2007.
CD Projekt did not give a premiere date for the first game in the project, but analysts expect it to debut in 2026 or 2027.
That leaves the company without major game release in the next couple of years.
A sequel to Cyberpunk, code-named “Orion”, is in the conceptual phase, Badowski said. CD Projekt expects to have about 80 people working on the project by the end of the year.
Nowakowski added the company was considering including multi-player elements, but would not discuss details.
He said wage pressures had eased and the company expected hiring in its Polish studios to be “rather low”, but it would continue expanding its North America studio.
He added CD Projekt had formed a team to look into how it could use AI.
Speaking about lessons learnt from Cyberpunk’s release, Badowski said the company now had better control of the game production process.
