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Nine people were laid off from Project Sirius in this latest round, and another nine were moved onto other projects within CD Projekt Red. The studio confirmed the cuts affected four staff in Boston and five in Warsaw. Answered
The Witcher multiplayer project dubbed 'Sirius' hit with a new round of layoffs… It looks like the studio is biting off more than it can chew, since it is also currently working on Project Orion, which is expected to be Cyberpunk 2 . While yes, some of the projects are being co-developed with external teams like Fools Theory, CDPR still has to have the final say. …
… It looks like Jacqueline Kate Salsman, a former senior combat designer at Santa Monica Studio, has joined CDPR as an Expert Gameplay Designer and is currently working on The Witcher 4. …
… CDPR community manager Marcin Łukaszewski clarified the studio's internal definition of DLCs on social media, explaining that at CD Projekt Red, DLCs are small, free pieces of content, such as the bonus cosmetics and outfits previously released for The Witcher 3. …
… The figure came out of CDPR's Q1 2026 earnings call , where joint CEO Michał Nowakowski provided an update on the studio's current project allocation. …
… 6 VIEW GALLERY - 6 IMAGES Project Sirius was first revealed back in 2022 as a single-player and cooperative multiplayer Witcher game being developed by The Molasses Flood, a studio CDPR acquired the year before. …
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… Whatever the case may be, it's always interesting to hear major game studios talk about their view of AI. …
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