CD Projekt Red has introduced the appointment of quite a lot of veteran builders to work on its Cyberpunk 2077 sequel.
Development of the title, which is codenamed Project Orion, is being headed by its North American arm, which has studios in Boston and Vancouver.
Core staff members behind Cyberpunk 2077 and its Phantom Liberty growth moved to North America to guide improvement on the follow-up, together with sport director Gabriel Amatangelo, affiliate sport director Paweł Sasko, and inventive director Igor Sarzyński.
The studio introduced on Tuesday that they’re being joined by Dan Hernberg as govt producer, Ryan Barnard as design director, Alan Villani as engineering director, Anna Megill as lead author, and Alexander Freed as author.
Hernberg beforehand served as head of manufacturing at each Amazon Games and Panic Button, and lead product supervisor at Blizzard. His credit embrace New World, Apex Legends and Diablo 3.
Barnard beforehand labored as sport director at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft, and gameplay director at Hitman studio IO Interactive.
Villani was previously VP of expertise on varied Warner Bros. initiatives together with Mortal Kombat video games, and most just lately served as studio tech director at The Molasses Flood, which CD Projekt acquired in 2021.
Anna Megill’s writing credit embrace Control, Dishonored: Death of The Outsider, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Guild Wars 2 and the upcoming Fable.
Freed has over 15 years of sport writing expertise, together with as lead author on a number of BioWare initiatives together with Star Wars: The Old Republic.
CD Projekt mentioned in October that Project Orion was within the “conceptual design” section.
The firm expects to have about 80 individuals engaged on the sport by the tip of this yr. It’s at the moment hiring for varied positions at its North American studios.
CD Projekt joint CEO Michal Nowakowski mentioned final month that it’s contemplating together with multiplayer parts within the Cyberpunk sequel.
