CD Projekt Red sheds more light on the recent news that Project Sirius has been rebooted. Speaking during the CD Projekt Red 2022 earnings report, CFO Piotr Nielubowicz had this to say concerning the news of rebooting Project Sirius.
I’m aware that it’s not great to hear from a company that the project is being reevaluated, but at the same time, in order to stay innovative, we must experiment and be brave when trying new path.
And to stay in control and keep the right course, especially with a project that is new to us in terms of design developed by a new studio in our family. We need to keep evaluating the situation as we move along. It’s better to cut costs early and even restart if needed than to carry on.
The company later goes on to say that they didn’t want to carry on with a project that they were not aligned with. For now, the future of Project Sirius does appear to be uncertain, as CDPR was hesitant to answer anything else regarding it.
For those unaware, Project Sirius is a new Witcher title that features a multiplayer components. No other details have been provided outside of that, though seeing that CD Projekt Red is currently re-evaluating it, the multiplayer side of it may end up changing down the road. That’s assuming the title doesn’t end up getting canceled.
The studio must have been making the game that they were tasked to make, a game that they were clearly trying to stick to with its goals from its inception.
So the opposite of 3rd person removed, living breathing city removed, unfinished city/night life, unfinished 2 and half year old game, Cyberpunk.
And CDPR were having none of that.