With Phantom Liberty now achieved and dusted, CD Projekt Purple is eager to get cracking on some new initiatives. With that in-mind, it appears the studio is now trying to make some headway on the brand new Witcher saga.

That’s in line with a latest report from Reuters. The developer’s joint CEO, Adam Badowski, tells the publication that the workforce is aiming to start out the “manufacturing section” on the primary entry within the subsequent set of Witcher video games, at the moment codenamed Polaris.

Phantom Liberty, our spy-thriller growth to Cyberpunk 2077, has been nominated for the twenty second Annual Visible Results Society Awards! ?

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Badowski goes on to say that the corporate wish to “have round 400 individuals engaged on the mission by the center of the 12 months.” CDPR can also be on the “conceptual section” relating to the follow-up to Cyberpunk 2077, with round 80 individuals anticipated to be engaged on that sport by the top of 2024. CD Projekt Purple has additionally apparently thought of multiplayer parts for the brand new Cyberpunk, however isn’t discussing particulars proper now.

Win some, lose some

On prime of this, a latest submit on Twitter introduced that Phantom Liberty has been nominated for “Excellent Visible Results in a Actual-Time Undertaking” on the twenty second Annual Visible Results Society Award.

The Cyberpunk DLC was not solely the fruits of a variety of work fixing the obvious points that plagued the sport, however it was additionally one thing of a swansong for the dystopian RPG. CD Projekt Purple could properly take what harsh classes it’s realized and apply them to the sequel.

Nevertheless, the Reuters report goes on to say that the studio could also be trying into synthetic intelligence for a few of its future releases. Michal Nowakowsk mentioned he thinks “AI is one thing that may assist enhance sure processes in sport manufacturing,” however added that it couldn’t “exchange individuals.” Make of that what you’ll.