CD Projekt's plans for The Witcher and Cyberpunk could have a hidden cost

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CD Projekt RED has come out with a host of announcements for five new projects, including five new Witcher games, a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, and a game set in an original series. 

The prospect of a new Witcher trilogy is very exciting, and CD Projekt RED’s six-year timeline for releasing three separate Witcher games is ambitious, and that's before we even consider the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel or the new IP. However, given that the Polish video game developer is using ominous-sounding codewords for its new Witcher games, making heads or tails of what’s going on can be difficult. Here’s the breakdown. 

“Polaris” is the codename for the next Witcher game. Currently in pre-production, Polaris is, as far as we understand it, The Witcher 4, heralding the start of a second Witcher saga. Though we don't have codenames for Polaris' two planned sequels yet, CD Projekt RED has committed to releasing them down the line. Next up, we have Canis Majoris. This one’s a standalone game developed by an external studio featuring developers with previous experience working on the Witcher series. Lastly, we have Sirius, which aims to be a stark departure from previous titles. Developed by The Molasses Flood, this one intends to use multiplayer to complement a single-player campaign “with quests and a story”.  

Here's a summary of the announcements and their codenames:

For Witcher fans, the implications of these ambitious announcements are massive. We've already seen CD Projekt RED dip its toes into expanding the universe of its Witcher games. The developer illustrated that the broad and expansive fantasy setting is ripe for exploration with the Witcher card game Gwent and its standalone spinoff.  

These aren't throwaway games, either: Gwent: Rogue