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HISTORICAL FACTS: 5 - The Untold Story

'Cyberpunk 2077' Sequel Is in Pre-Production, CDPR Confirms—How Long Before the Next Game?

CD Projekt Red has given the world a massive update on Cyberpunk 2077's sequel that is now in pre-production.

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CD Projekt Red just called Project Orion Cyberpunk 2 for the first time but insists that isn't actually the title, and I think I heard this song before with The Witcher 4

At least we're not calling it Project Orion anymore

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Asked about Cyberpunk 2 release date, CDPR boss reiterates "our journey from the pre-production to the final release takes 4 to 5 years on average" but "each project is unique"

Cyberpunk 2 may not be out before 2030

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Cyberpunk 2 has entered pre-production, as The Witcher 3 leaps above Super Mario Bros to sell 60 million copies

But we're still getting The Witcher 4 first

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Years before The Witcher 3, CDPR was just trying to survive: "How do we escape annihilation?"

The 2008 financial crisis "was a very tricky period for the company."

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Before The Witcher 3 smashed its "super ambitious" lifetime sales goals in just 3 months, CDPR's CEO was convinced Batman: Arkham Knight was going to "roll over us"

CD Projekt Red demolished its sales goals

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'We'll call you back': BioWare's first impression of The Witcher 1 was a bad demo, followed by CDPR declaring that they wanted to 'create the best RPG game ever'

A lack of experience can sometimes be a blessing.

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If you never played the original The Witcher RPG then here's a heads-up—the censorship-free Enhanced Edition is now dirt cheap

A dark fantasy RPG with 57,500 'Very Positive' reviews

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CDPR boss says Witcher author Sapkowski's grumpiness is a 'persona,' he's actually lovely and the studio's 'updating everything' to make sure they respect his lore

A cranky old guy with a heart of gold? Why, that sounds just like this witcher I know.

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The Witcher 3's development took CDPR from 'How do we escape annihilation?' to having Sony on speed-dial

A meteoric rise with, uh, a few bumps along the way.

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Doug Cockle wasn't the 'obvious' choice for Geralt in The Witcher—but he kept winning out because he was 'the best at being normal'

"There were some who would have preferred him to have sort of a Texan accent."

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Only a fool would pass on The Witcher 3 for 90% off during Steam's CD Projekt Red Sale

It's time to dig one of the best RPGs out of the backlog.

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The Witcher 4 lead is "pretty confident" about the series' new saga: "We know how to handle it [...] we made it popular"

"I know that I created something big, and probably I will be remembered because of it."

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The Witcher 3 is getting the asymmetrical horror treatment as Geralt, Triss, Yennefer and Ciri cosmetics come to Dead by Daylight

Winds howling in The Entity's Realm

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The Witcher 3's deadliest foe might just be The Bloody Baron's Gwent deck, which has spent 10 years kicking our collective butts across 458 million matches

The Baron "sure can hustle"

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The Witcher 4 beta test invites are bogus, says CDPR: "Professional monster slayers don't fall for scams; they see right through them and slay them!"

"This is a scam!"

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4 years later, The Witcher multiplayer devs have been fully absorbed into CD Projekt: "This is a GOOD AND HEALTHY thing for the studio, and it was long-expected," co-founder says

"It's going to be an amazing game, one for the books, and I cannot wait until the rest of the world learns about what we've been working on"

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The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 developer enters into partnership with Pokemon Go owner to create a new game "set within one of CD Projekt's IPs"

Please be Cyberpunk; I've seen enough Witcher mobile games

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Despite releasing exactly zero new games, CD Projekt bagged $120 million in profit for 2024 – the Witcher and Cyberpunk studio's third-best result ever

"These resources enable us to remain independent in both financial and creative terms"

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A Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty cinematic lead endured a "personal nightmare" bringing Idris Elba to life because of his "very specific eyebrows" – "how he moves them is amazing"

I'd like to think it was worth it

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Former CDPR lead says "experimental" new open world vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker will "push the genre forward" a lot like The Witcher 3: "The risk is worth the reward"

Exclusive: 10 years after The Witcher 3 broke new ground in open-world game design, Rebel Wolves hopes to do the same with The Blood of Dawnwa

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Ex-Witcher 3 lead says CDPR initially worried the RPG's massive story didn't fit "the play style of an open world game"

The Blood of Dawnwalker creative director says he's familiar with "risk" having worked on The Witcher 3

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Ex-CDPR devs' new open-world vampire RPG is aiming for "the quality level of The Witcher 3," but since it's a smaller studio, only about a 30-40 hour campaign

The Blood of Dawnwalker's director doesn't care if you call it AA, AAA, or AAAA

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"I really hate how we did it": The Witcher 3 quest lead says there are parts of the iconic RPG he still wishes he could "time travel and fix"

Blood of Dawnwalker creative director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz has some regrets from his time at CDPR

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Before he was Cyberpunk 2's associate director and was just "employee #86," CDPR dev says it took him 46 tries to beat an infamous boss in The Witcher 2: "I was losing my mind"

Draug is no slouch, even for the developer whose job it was to beat him

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