With A Major Focus On The Witcher 4, What's CD Projekt Red Crafting Next?
With A Major Focus On The Witcher 4, What's CD Projekt Red Crafting Next?
CD Projekt ADR (OTC:OTGLY) has provided insights into their game development initiatives during their latest earnings report.
CD Projekt ADR（场外交易代码：OTGLY）在最新的财报中提供了对其游戏开发计划的见解。
As of Oct. 31, 2023, almost 330 developers, roughly half of their development staff, have been dedicated to the creation of "Polaris," unofficially referred to as The Witcher 4, Insider Gaming reported.
据Insider Gaming报道，截至2023年10月31日，将近330名开发者（约占其开发人员的一半）致力于创作《北极星》，非正式地被称为《巫师4》。
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The team's size is expected to reach over 400 members by mid-2024. This project, which entered pre-production in May 2022, will utilize Unreal Engine 5, marking a new technological venture for CD Projekt Red.
到2024年中期，该团队的规模预计将达到400多人。该项目于2022年5月进入预制阶段，将使用虚幻引擎5，这标志着CD Projekt Red的一项新技术冒险。
Another Witcher-based game, codenamed "Sirius," is in progress at The Molasses Flood, aiming for a mix of single-player story elements and multiplayer components distinct from the open-world RPG style of The Witcher series.
另一款代号为 “天狼星” 的巫师游戏正在The Molasses Flood上线，旨在将单人故事元素和与《巫师》系列开放世界RPG风格截然不同的多人游戏元素混合在一起。
Additionally, "Canis Majoris," a separate AAA Witcher RPG under CD Projekt Red's publishing, is in the works with a different development team, and it's expected to follow Polaris but remains at least three years away from release.
此外，CD Projekt Red发行的另一款AAA Witcher RPG游戏《Canis Majoris》正在与另一个开发团队合作开发，预计将效仿北极星，但距离发行还有至少三年的时间。
Furthermore, plans for a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, named "Orion," were confirmed in October 2022. However, active development is pending an expansion of the team, particularly with CD Projekt Red North America leading the project.
此外，名为《猎户座》的《赛博朋克2077》续集的计划已于2022年10月得到确认。但是，积极的开发尚待团队的扩大，特别是在CD Projekt Red North America领导该项目的情况下。
Beyond these known titles, CD Projekt Red has initiated development on their first original IP called "Hadar," although details about its content remain scarce.
除了这些已知的游戏外，CD Projekt Red还开始开发他们的第一个名为 “Hadar” 的原创IP，尽管有关其内容的细节仍然很少。
While Polaris and its associated technological advancements hint at a release in around three years, CD Projekt Red acknowledges the complex nature of simultaneously creating new games and innovative technology.
尽管北极星及其相关的技术进步暗示将在大约三年后发布，但CD Projekt Red承认同时创作新游戏和创新技术的复杂性。
This suggests a potential development period extending beyond the projected timeline, possibly to four or five years, as the studio navigates these uncharted territories within Unreal Engine 5.
这表明，随着工作室在虚幻引擎5中探索这些未知领域，开发期可能会超过预计的时间表，可能延续到四到五年。
CD Projekt Red has gone through three rounds of layoffs this year, amounting to around 100 workers. As a result, the Polish Gamedev Workers Union was founded by current CD Projekt staff Paweł Myszka and Lev Ki.
CD Projekt Red今年已经经历了三轮裁员，裁员人数约为100人。结果，波兰Gamedev工人工会由现任CD Projekt员工 PaweMyszka和Lev Ki创立。
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Image credits: MOZCO Mateusz Szymanski on Shutterstock.
图片来源：Shutterstock 上的 MOZCO Mateusz Szymanski。