Manufacturing on the fourth Witcher sport is ready to start quickly, CD Projekt says.
In an announcement summing up its monetary outcomes for the primary half of its monetary 12 months, the Polish developer and writer acknowledged that the sport, codenamed Polaris, is nearing the tip of pre-production.
“Work on Polaris is progressing,” CD Projekt joint CEO Michał Nowakowski stated within the assertion.
“Its growth staff is nearing a serious milestone which can mark the tip of the pre-production section.”
Throughout an earnings name, Nowakowski reiteratred this, saying: “The scenario in our ongoing initiatives this 12 months is fairly secure, and so they have been progressing at a constant tempo.
“The Polaris staff is sustaining the appropriate scale to enter the manufacturing section very quickly, whereas our work on each introduced and unannounced initiatives is steadily progressing.”
Nowakowski additionally famous that CD Projekt’s Boston studio was “laying the groundwork for Undertaking Orion, a brand new sport set within the Cyberpunk universe”.
Two thirds of CD Projekt are at present engaged on Polaris. As revealed throughout an earnings convention for the writer’s FY 2023 earnings in March 2024, the event staff sat at 403 employees on the time (that is now 410).
Nowakowski defined on the time that following the discharge of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, the variety of employees engaged on that sport had dropped to only 17, with others being distributed to different initiatives.
“The Polaris staff, alternatively, has grown to over 400 builders,” Nowakowski stated in March, “reaching its goal dimension for coming into the manufacturing section. That is scheduled for the second half of the 12 months.”
