CD Projekt Red Developers Form New Studio Blank - Hardcore Gamer

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Former CD Projekt Red Developers have teased a new project in development with the announcement of their new game studio: Blank. Mateusz Kanik, game director of Cyberpunk 2077 and co-game director of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, co-founds new game studio with The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 executive producers, Jędrzej Mróz and Marcin Jefimow. Kanik will be assuming the role of game director while Mróz and Jefimow will be executive producers. The rest of the team consists of Mikołaj Marchewka (Rookiez from Warsaw S.A) joining as managing director, and developers include Michal Dobrowolski (CD Projekt Red) joins as Design Director, Artur Ganszyniec (CD Projekt Red, 11 Bit Studios) as Narrative Director, with Grzegorz Przybyś (Division 48 Studio, Artificer) as Art Director. The team is committing to developing games that provide unique experiences for players, favoring novel territory over returning to familiar territory that includes clones or predictable entries.

By the nature of their new project being unannounced there isn’t much information to report on it, save for that it is a character driven game set in the apocalypse, with “a twist or two.” All we have to go by to speculate is a single image but based it is enough to generate some intrigue. Below the teaser image are some quote from the founders about the creation of studio Blank.

“We’re thrilled to announce Blank. and to start expanding our incredible team,” said Mateusz Kanik, Blank. Co-founder and Game Director. “After working for years in an increasingly conservative industry, we’re ready to make bold, impactful projects that share our unique creativity and values. Where the industry champions a dictatorship of the creative individual, we want to give ownership