CD Projekt Red is building up its new US and Canada-based studios, both of which form CD Projekt Red North America. This is the team spearheading Project Orion, otherwise known as the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077. The game is now in the early stages of development, with many former CD …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 update brings optimisations for hybrid CPUs
Development on Cyberpunk 2077 has been winding down over the last couple of months as CD Projekt Red shifts its focus to new projects. Still, the game has continued to receive some surprise patches and feature updates following on from the launch of the Phantom Liberty expansion. The latest update …
Read More »Fourth main series Witcher game to enter production in 2024
CD Projekt Red has announced plans to begin production on the next Witcher game later this year. This title is currently called "Polaris" and is supposed to be the first of a new trilogy that will expand the medieval fantasy universe...
Read More »CD Projekt Red has no interest in being acquired and expects to stay independent
Despite being very successful with The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red has consistently appeared in acquisition rumours. The company is kicking off 2024 by making it clear that it has no interest in merging with a larger company and plans to remain and continue to grow as …
Read More »Geralt will return in the next Witcher game
Many of us had assumed that CD Projekt Red would move away from Geralt being the lead character with its new trilogy. However, the game director on The Witcher 4 has now teased Geralt's return. In an interview with Italian site Lega Nerd (via insider-gaming), Witcher game director, Sebastian Kalemba …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 2.1 arrives today with full Metro system and other immersive-sim features
While we thought CD Projekt Red was done with Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay additions after the release of Phantom Liberty, it turns out that was not the case. Last week, the studio announced a surprise 2.1 update, promising some new highly requested fan features for PC, Xbox Series X/S and PS5. …
Read More »CD Projekt Red has been cooking up a surprise 2.1 update for Cyberpunk 2077
While CD Projekt Red had previously made it clear that Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 and the Phantom Liberty expansion would be the last major updates for the game, it turns out the studio still has a couple of surprises up its sleeve. With the Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition launching next week, …
Read More »CD Projekt Red is ramping up production on The Witcher 4
In 2022, CD Projekt Red unveiled an ambitious lineup of projects, headlined by a new instalment in The Witcher series. The team working on the game has remained small over the past 18 months but now, with work on Cyberpunk 2077 completed, CD Projekt Red is in the process of …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition arrives for PC, Xbox Series X/S and PS5 next month
It has been a long road but Cyberpunk 2077 is finally complete. The introduction of Patch 2.0, as well as the Phantom Liberty expansion, has marked the end of development. Just like The Witcher 3, there will be one final Cyberpunk 2077 release, packaging together all the content available. CD …
Read More »The Witcher 1 & 2 can now be played on Apple Silicon-powered Macs
CD Projekt Red has made some surprising Witcher-related announcements recently. Not only is The Witcher 3 soon getting support for a full mod editor, enabling creators to make their own quests and original content in the game, but the studio is also going back and updating The Witcher 1 & …
Read More »Modders will soon be able to create new quests and content for The Witcher 3
Ahead of The Witcher 3's launch in 2015, CD Projekt Red promised mod tools as a free DLC post-launch. The mod kit for the game ended up being fairly minimal, offering users ways to edit textures but not much else. Fortunately, CD Projekt Red has now announced plans to expand the game's mod support with a more comprehensive editor.
Read More »CD Projekt Red is updating The Witcher and The Witcher 2 to support Apple Silicon
While Valve might be ditching macOS support for its new releases like Counter-Strike 2, plenty of other developers are actually increasing their support for the system. CD Projekt Red is amongst that group, as the company is going back to The Witcher 1 and The Witcher 2 to support newer …
Read More »CD Projekt Red confirms new milestone for Cyberpunk sequel
CD Projekt Red confirmed that a sequel for Cyberpunk 2077 would be on the way last year with the announcement of its future games roadmap, including the new Cyberpunk game and a new Witcher trilogy. Developed under the codename Project Orion, the game has recently passed a new milestone. In …
Read More »CD Projekt Red has a live-action Cyberpunk adaptation on the way
We'd be doing an injustice if we ignored the success of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and the renewed life it brought to Cyberpunk 2077. CD Projekt Red's redemption arc is now complete, with the final major updates shipping for Cyberpunk 2077, as well as a major expansion. We won't have to wait …
Read More »CD Projekt Red will scale up team working on Witcher 4 after Phantom Liberty launches
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is finally set to launch in September, over 2 and a half years on from the initial release of the base game. This will be Cyberpunk 2077's only expansion, as CD Projekt Red is looking to leave its RED Engine tech behind and move all future …
Read More »CD Projekt Red is laying off roughly 10 percent of its development team
Last year, CD Projekt Red announced a huge roadmap of titles, with a new Witcher trilogy, new Witcher spin-off games and a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel all making the list. Unfortunately right now, all of these projects are in the early stages and as a result, CD Projekt Red has found …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty release date announcement imminent
Early pre-order listings hint at imminent Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty reveal - Summer Game Fest goes live in just a few hours.
Read More »CD Projekt Red says it is not in talks to be acquired by PlayStation
Over the weekend, a wild rumour emerged, claiming Sony is in talks to acquire CD Projekt Red. This rumour didn't hold much substance on the surface, but it made enough noise that people within the studio had to speak out to squash the rumour. The claimed ‘leak‘ comes from Liz, …
Read More »CD Projekt Red confirms lay-offs at Project Sirius studio
Last week, CD Projekt announced that it has “a new framework” in place for its Witcher spin-off game, Project Sirius. The game was primarily in development at The Molasses Flood, but unfortunately, it looks like recent changes to the game's development plan have led to layoffs. In total, 29 developers …
Read More »CD Projekt’s Witcher spin-off ‘Project Sirius’ has new development framework
Earlier this year, CD Projekt Red told investors that it had plans to ‘write off' funds spent on an upcoming game, Project Sirius, as the team plans to reboot and start again. Now, Project Sirius is back on track, CD Projekt has revealed. Project Sirius, which is in development at …
Read More »CD Projekt shares more details on Witcher Project Sirius reboot
Earlier this month, CD Projekt Red told investors that it had plans to ‘write off' funds spent on an upcoming game, Project Sirius, as the team plans to reboot and start again. Now, the company has explained this a bit more, citing a new effort to “cut costs early” rather …
Read More »CD Projekt Red will showcase Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty expansion in June
In 2022, CD Projekt Red successfully managed to turn Cyberpunk 2077 around, with continued patches and content additions polishing up the game, and the Edgerunners anime series helping to bring fans back to the game. Now, we're all waiting on the Phantom Liberty expansion, and it looks like CD Projekt …
Read More »CD Projekt Red is rebooting its upcoming co-op Witcher game
Last year, CD Projekt Red announced a slate of projects, including a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 and several Witcher games. We know that a Witcher 1 Remake is on the way, as well as a new trilogy of mainline Witcher RPGs. Alongside this, a smaller co-op focused Witcher game is …
Read More »The Witcher 3’s latest next gen patch promises improved DX12 performance
As great as the visual upgrade has been for The Witcher 3 following the release of its next-gen version, the update didn't arrive without problems. There have been some lingering graphics and performance issues in the game for a while now but today, a sizable new patch began rolling out …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 is now Steam Deck verified
While Cyberpunk 2077 has been playable on the Steam Deck for quite some time, the game was not actually officially ‘Steam Deck Verified' by Valve. That changed this week, with the game officially joining the ranks of Deck-Vertified titles. CD Projekt Red revealed this in a tweet this week, saying: …
Read More »The Witcher 3’s latest update brings performance and optimisation improvements
It has been roughly six weeks since The Witcher 3's next-gen update landed for PC, Xbox Series X/S and PS5. The update brought huge graphical upgrades, particularly on PC, where ray-tracing effects can be cranked up even further. Now, we have our first patch, bringing a number of stability and …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 PC update brings DLSS 3 and Nvidia Reflex
With patch 1.6, Cyberpunk 2077 finally made the step we'd all been waiting for, delivering a vastly more polished and feature-rich experience compared to launch. CD Projekt Red has taken a break from patches since then, but the downtime ends today with a new PC update, bringing Nvidia's Reflex and DLSS 3 features to the game.
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is CD Projekt Red’s most expensive expansion to date
CD Projekt Red found itself in hot water with fans due to lofty expectation-raising statements made through Cyberpunk 2077's development. In a recent Polish interview, the company appeared to state that Phantom Liberty, the upcoming expansion for Cyberpunk 2077, would be its ‘biggest expansion' to date, but there is an …
Read More »The Witcher Remake will feature an open world
CD Projekt Red learned a lot after making the first Witcher game. While that title is looked back on fondly by hardcore fans of the series, it is inaccessible to most due to never getting a console release, not to mention the outdated visuals and gameplay. Fortunately, a remake is …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 sales surge leads to CD Projekt Red’s best Q3 ever
Ahead of its launch, Cyberpunk 2077 had millions of pre-orders and within two week's of the game's launch, around 13 million copies had been sold. Of course, that was before we all learned how bad the launch version was. This caused Cyberpunk 2077 sales to slow quite a bit in …
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