CD Projekt Redhas recently revealed that it has found a new direction forProject Sirius, one of the newWitchergames currently planned by the company. This is excellent news forThe Witcherfans, as they may no longer fear thatCD Projekt Redcould end up canceling this title.
At the beginning of 2023, CD Projekt Red announced a fewWitchergames for the near future, including a project for a new trilogy codenamedPolaris(likely starting withThe Witcher 4), aWitcher 1remake, andProject Sirius, which would offer a multiplayer experience. From these games,Project Siriuswas the one facing the hardest time. Back in March, it was announced that the studio would take it “in a different direction” that would be more aligned with the company, asProject Siriuswas having its scope reevaluated, which led some gamers to fear that the whole project would be canned.
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Now, a new official statement from CD Projekt Red states thatProject Siriushas finally been given a new framework. The game, which is still going to be developed by a third party, the Boston-based The Molasses Flood studio, is changing directions, but will keep being developed, which is excellent news for fans of one ofthe best offline RPGsever. The statement also touched on some financial data, explaining the project cost around 33.4 million Zloty ($8 million) in 2022, and that 2.7 million Zloty ($650,000) would be written off as part of the development costs for the first quarter of 2023.
That does not say much about whatProject Siriuswill actually be, though. For instance, it’s still unclear whether the game will retain its multiplayer elements or not, as the decision was not officially shared by the developers. Some time ago, rumors thatProject Siriuswould have a Japan-inspired settingsurfaced. According to them, the game would be an open-world or semi-open-world title inspired by theWitcher: Roninmanga, visiting Eastern-inspired locations, which would be a huge change of pace.The Witcher 3is a very popular game in Japan with over one million units sold there, so it makes sense.
These newWitcherprojects will be a whole new challenge for CD Projekt Red. The first trilogy took almost a decade to be developed, and gamers have high hopes for these new titles. However, thisnewWitchersaga may struggle to forge its destiny, as it will need to simultaneously find new paths to explore and still be faithful to what fans are expecting after a popular trilogy.
Project Siriusis in development.
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