CD Projekt RED, the Polish game maker behind a major fantasy franchise, has disclosed on its official site that it is reworking a project codenamed Sirius. This initiative appears to be connected to the Witcher universe, a flagship series that has defined the company’s global presence in role-playing games and storytelling across multiple platforms.
The Sirius venture is under the helm of The Molasses Flood, a private studio brought in to develop the game. After pursuing an early prototype for roughly eighteen months, the team paused its work while CD Projekt RED reviewed the project’s commercial viability. The company reported investments totaling around PLN 42.9 million, equivalent to roughly $10 million, directed toward the prototype during that initial phase.
Following an evaluation of Sirius’s potential in the market, CD Projekt RED decided to restart development. Specific reasons for the pause and the aspects of the project that did not meet expectations were not publicly disclosed by the company.
At present, the Sirius project remains shrouded in limited public detail. The original vision described a narrative-driven game built around cooperative play and aimed at a broad audience. Within CD Projekt RED, Sirius carried the working title The Witcher, suggesting a push to reach the broadest possible audience with a Witcher-branded experience.
In related news, media outlets reported by Socialbites.ca suggest that new experiences from the teams behind titles like Max Payne and Control are in development. The report mentions Alan Wake II as a forthcoming release, with expectations that the title would arrive in 2023, though these details have not been confirmed by official channels. [Source attribution to Socialbites.ca for background context on ongoing projects in the same industry, with no direct links provided.]