Throughout CD Projekt Purple’s FY 2023 earnings name at present, we bought a quick replace on the event of The Witcher 4. In response to CDPR growth is forging forward on the fourth installment within the franchise with over 400 builders now on the venture. Whereas not a giant replace, it does verify that the method is properly underway with that many builders now engaged on The Witcher 4 which is internally codenamed Polaris.

It’s vital to notice that regardless of the replace, The Witcher 4 remains to be fairly a methods away. Again in 2022 CDPR president and co-CEO Adam Kicinski confirmed that the title was not less than three years away. Whereas that would technically match right into a 2025 launch window, that’s not possible primarily based on the earnings name confirming The Witcher 4 was in pre-production. Which means it’s principally the conceptualization stage.

Alongside the replace for The Witcher 4, CDPR additionally shared the variety of builders on different ongoing initiatives which may be very attention-grabbing. There are at the moment 17 builders nonetheless on Cyberpunk 2077, assumedly principally bug fixes after the corporate confirmed the Phantom Liberty DLC could be its final. There are 47 builders at the moment engaged on Undertaking Orion, which we all know is regardless of the subsequent chapter within the Cyberpunk universe is.

There are additionally some builders at the moment engaged on two different confirmed initiatives at CDPR. There are 37 builders on Undertaking Sirius, a recognized multiplayer title within the works. Additionally, there are at the moment 20 builders on Undertaking Hadar which has been confirmed by CDPR as an all-new IP. Clearly, these smaller groups sometimes point out the venture may be very early on in its growth cycle, which is to be anticipated in comparison with the huge over 400 developer staff engaged on The Witcher 4 now.

In response to the breakdown, there are additionally 95 builders at the moment engaged on Shared Companies together with localization, high quality assurance, knowledge, insights, experiences, and AI. One other 8 builders are additionally engaged on “different initiatives”.