14 DAY TRIAL // The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been the most critically acclaimed video game launched last year and the developers at CD Projekt RED are still aiming to deliver a big expansion for it, called Blood and Wine, but it seems that their sights are already set firmly on the next few years and on the impact that Cyberpunk 2077 will have.
Marcin Iwinski, the chief executive officer of the company, tells GamesIndustry.biz that his model when it comes to game making is Rockstar and that no one should expect the studio to launch a lot of titles to capitalize on the popularity of the Geralt-powered franchise.
He adds, "right now we have a lot of credit, so we should use that and take the time to make Cyberpunk something meaningful for the whole industry. It has to reach the next quality bar, and I'm not talking just for us, but for the market."
Iwinski also says that CD Projekt RED is eager to see what Rockstar can deliver when it comes to the new Red Dead video game, which is rumored to be set for a reveal during E3 2016.
Cyberpunk 2077 will be more ambitious than The Witcher 3 when it comes to both the development process, the resulting experience and the associated marketing push.
CD Projekt RED aims to create a new universe for gamers to explore
Cyberpunk 2077 will explore a far future in which humanity has been using technology and gene manipulation to boost its capabilities, with the company saying that it wants to explore the way such decisions influence humans and their actions.
Drawing on the Rockstar model the developers will probably seek to make sure that their video game has plenty of lore elements for players to assimilate and most of the mechanics will be drawn from the role-playing genre.
Cyberpunk 2077 does not have a launch window and given the ambitious plans the developers have for it's entirely possible that we will not see it until 2017 or even 2018.
Until then CD Projekt RED will deliver the Wine and Blood expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which will take about 20 hours to complete and will allow gamers to explore a region that has not been touched by war but hides a secret shame.
The studio has also suggested that it might announce an entirely new project before the end of the year.