The Witcher and Cyberpunk developer CD Projekt Red is staffing up for its unannounced ‘Mission Hadar’, as that workforce is presently over 30 individuals sturdy with plans “to rent extra, as much as 50 builders by the tip of this yr,” CD Projekt Red vp of investor relations Karolina Gnas mentioned on the corporate newest earnings name on Wednesday. The Mission Hadar information was first reported by GamesRadar.
“Proper now, the workforce is generally targeted on testing totally different approaches, concepts, and, you recognize, prototyping some gameplay component, and that is it,” Gnas added. “Hadar continues to be within the idea part.” CDPR additionally confirmed that the remake of The Witcher 1 is on maintain in favor of placing extra sources into The Witcher 4, which the studio is focusing on for a 2028 launch, in addition to the just-announced decade-later Witcher 3 growth, Songs of the Previous.
However what’s Mission Hadar? It is robust to guess at this level, as The Witcher is a third-person fantasy RPG, whereas Cyberpunk is a first-person RPG shooter. Hadar being an RPG of some caliber is the one fairly protected guess at this level.
Regardless, CDPR is nothing if not busy, with The Witcher 3 Remastered due out this month (and fortunately, present homeowners get upgraded free and, sure, your outdated save information will work), plus The Witcher 3: Songs of the Previous, The Witcher 4, a Cyberpunk sequel, the aforementioned Witcher 1 remake, and Mission Hadar all in improvement.
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