New Witcher, Cyberpunk Games Will Likely Have Multiplayer

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CD Projekt Red announced a multiplayer initiative for the studio's slate of upcoming games, which includes multiple brand-new Witcher and Cyberpunk games. The company is currently planning to develop a new trilogy of Witcher games, a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, and a new intellectual property codenamed Project Hadar.

CD Projekt Group released strategy update materials outlining multiple new games in pre-production and the future of CD Projekt Red. The company confirms CD Projekt Red will introduce multiplayer into multiple new games to «enrich the single-player experience.» At the same time, CD Projekt Red wants to bolster theWitcher and Cyberpunk franchises with new releases. These new Witcher and Cyberpunk games are expected to include multiplayer features if CD Projekt Red's strategy encompasses most of its IPs.

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CD Projekt Red also revealed the company wants to maintain three enduring franchises with more content for gamers. Witcher and Cyberpunk are two of the main franchises being utilized by CD Projekt Red, and the third is Project Hadar, a brand-new IP being conceptualized internally at the studio. Furthermore, CD Projekt Red reiterates the goal of creating «memorable single-player stories and multiplayer experiences.» The strategy update presentation depicts Cyberpunk 2077's Johnny Silverhand with CD Projekt Red's initiative to create multiplayer games, so it may be implied that Cyberpunk is one of the IPs to receive multiplayer in the future.

Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt are among the company's most successful franchises of all time. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt drove series sales past 65 million while Cyberpunk 2077 surpassed 20 million sales on its own. Once