CD Projekt Red has just announced a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, currently codenamed Project Orion. The developer tweeted its long-term development plan on Tuesday, sharing that Project Orion “ will take the Cyberpunk franchise further and continue to exploit the potential of this dark future universe “. This news therefore confirms the words of the vice-president of CD Projekt Red Michał Nowakowski, who had indicated that many other contents would be offered in this universe.
The Orion project is still at the very beginning of its development and it is unlikely to see the light of day anytime soon. It is not even known if the game will arrive on the current console generation or if it will have to wait for a future PS6. Next year Cyberpunk 2077 fans on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X can already expect to see Phantom Liberty, a major new expansion that will take players to new areas of Night City.
CD Projekt Red wants a new trilogy for The Witcher
In addition to a new Cyberpunk title, CD Projekt has also revealed that it plans to release The Witcher 4, The Witcher 5, and The Witcher 6 in a six-year gap. While that seems like a fairly unrealistic task, publisher officials said there is a plan within CD Projekt to ensure this new Witcher trilogy can be released within this shortened time frame.
The first post-The Witcher 3 game is codenamed “Polaris”, but we do not know the name of the other two titles. Additionally, two more Witcher games, codenamed “Sirius” and “Canis Majoris”, will be created respectively by The Flame in the Flood developer The Molasses Flood and an unnamed external studio. not been revealed and which will be led by “ experienced developers who have worked on previous Witcher games “. While waiting to learn more, we know that the publisher is currently working on a PS5 and Xbox Series X version of its famous title The Witcher 3. The latter should arrive before the end of 2022.
Finally, CD Projekt Red also announced “Hadar”, a third, entirely separate intellectual property. ” The project is in the early stages of the creation process, which means that we are not developing any games yet, but working exclusively on the basis of this new framework. », Specifies the editor.