CD Projekt Red is working on a new franchise and new Witcher and Cyberpunk games

In a screenshot from Cyberpunk 2077, Johnny Silverhand stands in front of a glowing sky while making the hand sign for “rock on.”
Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077 | Image: CD Projekt Red

CD Projekt Red (CDPR) is working on more games set in The Witcher and Cyberpunk universes, as well as a brand new franchise that’s being created entirely in-house, the studio announced in a strategy update on Tuesday.

Let’s start first with what was announced for The Witcher. CDPR announced what it called a “new saga” in March, and we now know that the first game in what is planned to be a trilogy will be codenamed “Polaris.” The game is set to be developed using Unreal Engine 5. CDPR plans to deliver the games over a six-year period “starting from the release of Polaris,” Adam KiciÅ„ski, joint CEO of CDPR, said in a video.

There are two other new Witcher games in the works, too. One, referred to as “Canis Majoris,” is a “full-fledged” W...

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