CD Projekt RED has introduced some additions to its growth staff for Challenge Orion, the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077. Beforehand famous to be within the “conceptual design” stage, it’s now within the early phases of growth on the Boston-based CD Projekt RED North America. Gabriel Amatangelo of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty fame serves as recreation director.
The brand new builders becoming a member of the staff embrace veterans like govt producer Dan Hernberg, who beforehand labored as lead product supervisor at Blizzard Leisure; design director Ryan Barnard, beforehand a recreation director at Ubisoft Huge and gameplay director at IO Interactive; and engineering director Alan Villani, who labored as VP of know-how at WB Video games (whose work contains “a number of” Mortal Kombat titles).
After serving as narrative lead on Fable, Anna Megill joins as lead author. Her different writing credit embrace Management, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Dishonored: Demise of the Outsider and extra. Alexander Freed, who labored as a senior author at BioWare, can even “bolster” the challenge’s writing. Together with expertise in Star Wars: The Previous Republic, he additionally labored on a number of novels within the universe.
Challenge Orion doesn’t have a launch date, however with CD Projekt RED hiring for positions in Boston and Vancouver, there could also be extra updates within the coming yr as growth picks up. Keep tuned within the meantime.
