CD Projekt Red has announced that Project Orion, which is the working title for the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, has entered full development. Prior to the launch of the Phantom Liberty expansion in 2023, CD Projekt had already confirmed that the sequel was already in the conceptual stage. Now, that the conceptual stage is done as the studio is already staffing-up more heavily to work on the highly-anticipated Cyberpunk sequel.
In a press release from CD Projekt Red released on Tuesday, the studio announced that the team behind Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is "spearheading" the sequel in a new studio located in Boston. While many veterans from the first Cyberpunk 2077 game are returning, the company has also added industry talent, most notably Anna Megill, who will serve as the lead writer on the sequel.She has previously worked on games such as Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider, Control, and the upcoming Fable reboot. Alexander Freed, another writer who previously worked at BioWare on Star Wars: The Old Republic, will be joining her. Other hires include Alan Villani (WB Games), Ryan Barnard (Ubisoft), and Dan Hernberg (Amazon Games, Blizzard).
"Project Orion is currently in the early stages of development, with studio veterans previously involved in Cyberpunk 2077 and its spy-thriller Phantom Liberty expansion spearheading the project, including Gabriel Amatangelo (Game Director), Paweł Sasko (Associate Game Director), Igor Sarzyński (Creative Director), Andrzej Stopa (Cinematic Director), Kacper Niepokólczycki (Environment Art Director), Sarah Grümmer (Acting Lead Quest Designer) and Kacper Kościeński (Engineering Director)," CD Projekt Red said in the press release. "This group is now part of a larger team based in the newly created CDPR studio in Boston, Massachusetts."
Is there already a release date for the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel?
Even though Project Orion is now officially in full development, the Cyberpunk sequel is nowhere close to releasing. The next Cyberpunk game is still only in pre-production, and CD Projekt will likely staff-up even further this year. It'll likely take more than two years before the sequel arrives as the studio has not announced a release window for it yet.
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