During a recent meeting with investors, the Polish company CD Projekt RED shared ambitious plans for the future, including confirming the development of the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel from the new North American unit. Contrary to guesses by the players, the next part will be done not by new experts, but by the key authors of the original, they will be moved to the United States.
" explained on Twitter the leading designer of the original Quests, Pavel Sasco. "
The fans hope that the move will also facilitate the interaction of developers with the author of the universe, Mike Pondsmith, who has to fly to Poland to discuss working together.
The production of the sequel will begin with the release of a story supplement by Phantom Liberty in 2023; the development of the sequel is at the final stage, and the team of its creators is over 350. , the vice president and financial director of CD Projekt RED Peter Nelubović stated earlier.
In March, the company announced its intention to use Unreal Engine 5 instead of REDengine in the future.
Shortly after the meeting, it became known that the co-founder of the CD Projekt Marchin Ivinsky .
Cyberpunk 2077 was released in December 2020 on the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and in February 2022 it was released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S. In recent weeks, with the premiere of the "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners", a major update to 1.6, the DLC annotation and the discount, the game is experiencing a new wave of popularity. It again broke the online record of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and its daily audience reached a million users in the afternoon of September. Last week, the authors reported overcoming the 20 million copies sold.