The online game market continues to develop and evolve, with multiplayer and live-service video games being one space of growth of late. However do not count on The Witcher and Cyberpunk developer CD Projekt to essentially observe that path.

As a part of the corporate’s newest earnings briefing, co-CEO Michal Nowakowski stated the corporate understands that “the online game market continues to evolve” with quite a few new traits. However CD Projekt goes to stay with “cutting-edge single-player” video games it is best recognized for.

“Video games rooted in robust franchises and immersive narratives will proceed to get pleasure from nice reputation,” Nowakowski stated, as reported by Bounding Into Comics. “Our expertise, together with manufacturers resembling The Witcher and Cyberpunk, which it’s our pleasure to additional develop, assist us construct a robust place available on the market and paint a optimistic outlook–while collaboration with international tech and innovation leaders permits us to maintain abreast of technical developments within the {industry} and proceed to ship top-quality leisure.”

Some have criticized the industry-wide push towards an increasing number of battle royale video games particularly resulting in mass layoffs, studio closures, and different powerful occasions for staff within the house.

Helldivers 2 inventive director Johan Pilestedt lately stated it might need been doable to keep away from the unlucky present actuality of issues “if everyone stopped making battle royale” video games and as an alternative made different kinds of titles.

CD Projekt was engaged on a Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer spin-off venture, nevertheless it by no means materialized. CD Projekt is just not the one high-profile recreation developer that is sticking with single-player, as Naughty Canine’s upcoming initiatives, together with Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, are single-player titles. Naughty Canine was making a Final of Us multiplayer recreation, nevertheless it was canceled.

CD Projekt has quite a few upcoming titles within the works, together with The Witcher 4, 5, and 6, together with a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 and a remake of the unique Witcher. CD Projekt additionally only recently introduced a take care of Pokemon Go firm Scopely for a brand new recreation.