Joint CEO stepping down after 30 years

CD Projekt RED co-founder and joint CEO Marcin Iwiński has introduced that they’re stepping down from their function on the Polish studio, following a near-30-year tenure with the Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developer. Iwiński made the announcement by way of an official assertion posted Tuesday.

“I’m starting a model new private chapter at CD Projekt, as I’ll submit my candidacy for the function of Chairman to the Supervisory Board, forsaking my joint CEO function,” writes Iwiński. “I’ve been at CD Projekt for nearly 30 years and I’ve seen it go from a handful of passion-driven rebels to an internationally acknowledged developer of story-driven role-playing video games liked by million globally.”

“After I take into consideration the way forward for CD Projekt, it’s so thrilling for me. As we speak, the corporate consists of over 1,200 folks throughout places of work all around the world. […] It’s because of that dedication and superb expertise that proper now I’ve the identical feeling I had all these years in the past — starvation and optimism for what’s forward.”

Message from Marcin Iwiński pic.twitter.com/jbaAFktzEi

— CD PROJEKT IR (@CDPROJEKTRED_IR) October 4, 2022

Marcin Iwiński based CDPR with Michał Kiciński in Warsaw, Poland, again in 1984, build up the corporate by means of various roles throughout the business, from Polish language localization to minor roles inside sport improvement. The studio sport into its personal with its online game adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s well-liked fantasy collection, The Witcher — The franchise has since gone on to change into a globally acknowledged title, because of a wonderful collection of video games and smash hit Netflix TV collection.

Iwiński’s announcement was made on a day of main information for CDPR, with the studio not solely formally asserting a trilogy of latest Witcher titles, but additionally confirming a sequel to its notorious sci-fi epic Cyberpunk 2077. CD Projekt RED has additionally began manufacturing on a model new IP, at present referred to by the mysterious moniker of “Mission Hadar”.

Yesterday’s information represents one thing of a “new daybreak” for CDPR, which is seeking to reinstate its beforehand glowing popularity within the aftermath of Cyberpunk 2077‘s launch controversies. CDPR had beforehand been thought-about a secure guess — a studio with an absolute dedication to excellence, and even with the disastrous and pretty maligned Cyberpunk 2077 launch staining that sheen, it is rather probably that the studio will go all out for its subsequent run of releases, decided to reestablish confidence in its viewers.