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[IbizaPocholo]

Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel To Be Developed By New US-Based Team

Core members of the original Poland team will move there.

www.dualshockers.com

"We want to create a new band in Boston," wrote CD Projekt in their press release, "which together with the growing team from Vancouver will become CD Projekt Red North America." It goes on to express how this would allow the company to access the pool of talented North American developers.

There was seemingly some level of concern with the wording of this announcement; it was indeed a bit vague and did make it look possible that a team of completely new developers would helm the creation of the sequel. Therefore, Quest Director for Cyberpunk 2077, Pawel Sasko, took to Twitter to clarify. He states that after the release of the previously announced DLC, Phantom Liberty, he will "focus primarily on the new Cyberpunk 2077 project code name Orion!"

Sasko confirms that he'll be moving to Boston "together with the core team responsible for Cyberpunk 2077" to establish the new studio. He also explains that all teams, Boston, Vancouver, and the headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, will work together remotely to develop the next game. So, fans of the 2020 title can rest easy, as it's clear the same minds that brought you the original will lead the charge for the sequel.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Maybe we can get some American sized roads to drive on this time.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Hope the sequel is set in Europe for that extra weirdness that comes from people's media-based understanding of other continents' cultures

 

[Imtjnotu]

Can't wait for this game to be more fucked than our current government

 

[killatopak]

Higher chance of pandering the same people who had issues with the way CDPR portrayed certain demographics.

What could go wrong.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Release date affected cyberpunk you could see the sequel being better.

 

[Fuz]

We lost them too.

 

[TheRedRiders]

Can't wait for this game to be more fucked than our current government

MURICAAA!

 

[SSfox]

 

[Danjin44]

 

[Black_Stride]

Didnt we already have this thread when it was announced?

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/cyberpunk-2077-getting-a-sequel.1642513/

 

[gaming_again]

Utter woke-fest confirmed then

 

[LordCBH]

God what the fuck did we do to deserve a fucking American team working on the sequel……no thanks….

 

[Black_Stride]

Utter woke-fest confirmed then

God what the fuck did we do to deserve a fucking American team working on the sequel……no thanks….

The core team is practically the same, they are just using NA based developers, while the remaining Poland team moves on The Witcher projects.
Are NA based developers not good at coding, tools and tech art?

The post right above yours even shows that Sasko is moving to Boston to continue working on Cyberpunk after he and his team are done with Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty.

 

[Spyxos]

So it can only suck?

 

[remember_spinal]

people are mad about an american team making a game based on the future capitalistic dystopia of america?

 

[chromhound]

Game will be based in California. You can't do shit

 

[gaming_again]

The core team is practically the same, they are just using NA based developers, while the remaining Poland team moves on The Witcher projects.
Are NA based developers not good at coding, tools and tech art?

The post right above yours even shows that Sasko is moving to Boston to continue working on Cyberpunk after he and his team are done with Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty.

It’s a virus that infects everything. All it takes is one of the lowliest QA scrubs to feign offence at, like, the font or something to bring senior management to heel.

 

[Shits_McGiggles]

When you have the company whoring itself out for ESG money, that should be an immediate sign that the company has lost its soul.

 

[balls of snow]

The core team is practically the same, they are just using NA based developers, while the remaining Poland team moves on The Witcher projects.
Are NA based developers not good at coding, tools and tech art?

The post right above yours even shows that Sasko is moving to Boston to continue working on Cyberpunk after he and his team are done with Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty.

Imagine they poach some Sony devs. But go short sightedness gaf, you killing it.

 

[Fess]

Higher chance of pandering the same people who had issues with the way CDPR portrayed certain demographics.

What could go wrong.

Funny enough there is more LBTQ content in CP2077 than most games in the hobby, and it’s not just press X to shag, you have to work for it and they actually try to show that there is a relationship there.

But yeah, I hope the core team that move to the US don’t use Twitter or this will be an instant kill for the IP when they let the Twitter mob control the content.

 

[night13x]

I think this is a good thing. Phantom libery team (who pretty much from my understanding is the same team in recent patches) + American talent (plus I believe mike Pondsmith lives in America?) + the talent in Vancouver.

The lead on project Orion (phantom liberty) knows whats up, is extremely passionate, and understands the original downfall of Cyberpunk release. Screw the haters (who just want to hate) and I look forward to the future of this IP.

 

[Black_Stride]

It’s a virus that infects everything. All it takes is one of the lowliest QA scrubs to feign offence at, like, the font or something to bring senior management to heel.

With GAF these days I cant even tell if this is sarcasm or not.

Imagine they poach some Sony devs. But go short sightedness gaf, you killing it.

Exactly.
As your studio gets larger, CDPR are like ~1500 strong now.
It makes sense to have talent all over the world.

It would be easier to poach talent thats already in NA to move to Vancouver or Boston than to poach NA talent and convince them to move to Poland.
The Poland studio can still hunt talent pretty much all over Europe, the NA studios can poach from all of NA.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

My expectations have increased.

 

[UnNamed]

My expectations have decreased.

 

[Imtjnotu]

MURICAAA!

LET THE FREEDOM RING

 

[HoodWinked]

It's not really that the studio is American because the best studios are American. It's just that building one from scratch and handing them a major franchise works out rarely.

 

[Gambit2483]

My expectations have increased.

I personally can't wait to see how much of a shitshow this will or won't be.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Mmmm good luck.

 

[Black_Stride]

It's not really that the studio is American because the best studios are American. It's just that building one from scratch and handing them a major franchise works out rarely.

"From Scratch"

CD Projekt RED Vancouver used to be called Digital Scrapes, it was founded in 2012 by ex-Relic/Radical/Bioware crew.
CD Projekt RED Boston is basically The Molasses Flood mixed together with CD Projekt RED devs from Poland and obviously some new hires to fill the space.
The Molasses Flood was founded in 2014.

These arent exactly a group of people who have never worked together.
Digital Scrapes was taken in because they had/have already worked on Cyberpunk with the Poland studio before.
TMF were pulled in a while ago, and likely have a good relationship with the Poland team which is why they are trusted to handle their own project.....with CDPR Boston being overwatch, doesnt hurt that CDPR Boston is literally next door to TMF.

 

[yet_another_alt]

Utter woke-fest confirmed then

 

[Majukun]

wasn't the secret sauce of CDP being located in Poland, thus being able to afford a much bigger team with way less expenses?

I mean it's already a studio that more than individual talent, counts on raw manpower, so i'm not sure how much they can benefit

 

[GymWolf]

Well shit, we can say goodbye to sexy titties, fellas.

 

[Roni]

Probably a good thing Pondsmith will be able to visit more frequently...

 

[Black_Stride]

Well shit, we can say goodbye to sexy titties, fellas.

Because, North American programmers and tech artists dont like sexy titties?

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Great now they have a woke division.

 

[Aenima]

So no more titties in Cyberpunk and double the amount of guns.

 

[Kurotri]

This is great because it means we don't have to wait 5 years after Witcher 4 but maybe 2 or 3 instead.

 

[Barakov]

 

[Mindman]

This sounds kinda like how Sonic 2 was developed here in the US with core Japanese team members. That turned out amazing. Hope this is the same, and hope they all get good health insurance!

 

[Thabass]

One of my favorite franchises is now being developed in my home city. You LOVE to see it.

 

[Alpha Male]

 

[ZehDon]

people are mad about an american team making a game based on the future capitalistic dystopia of america?

People often forget that Grand Theft Auto is spearheaded by British developers. Sometimes, the best people to comment on a society are the ones looking in from the outside.

 

[Saber]

Not sure its a good thing, judging how that country is kinda very dramatic about certain topics.
Only time will tell, though I have a bad feeling about this.

 

[KellyNole]

All Hail President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho!

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Key promotional points:

Lots of meme references.
There's a boss at the end of a questline named Tronald Dump.
There are 17,000 different vagina types, cross referenced from private info bought from Facebook while it's saving all the nudes your dumb ass sends on Messenger.
The police will continue to have brain dead AI, unless your character is black, then they will clip dump on sight.
You have a special ability if you choose an intersex or nonbinary character, called "Exceptionalism," which will allow you to win in any contest mission or mini game automatically via participation. Has a cool down of 24 hours unless you use the supplemental ability, "Twitter Projection," which will knock it down to 5 minutes whilst Summoning a weaker horde of woke players, like some Dark Souls shit, but sensitive and empowering.

Have my wallet.

 

[Gambit2483]

All Hail President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho!

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew *Herbert* Camacho

Respect the "Five Time Ultimate Smackdown Champion"....

 

[akimbo009]

What a weird shitty thread.

Nevermind the source material of the game is written by an American.

I swear to God GAF, don't change if you got an axe to grind....

 

[JohnnyFootball]

I just want the Witcher 3 enhanced edition.