Following Cyberpunk’s disastrous release at the tail-end of 2020, the majority of CD Projekt’s development resources (as shown in the chart below) were focused on remedying the game’s most pressing issues. At the same time, a smaller team was working on its next-gen release, promised long before the project’s launch woes, and an even smaller group was doing preliminary work on its paid expansion. Inevitably, those numbers have shifted considerably over time - less than half of CD Projekt’s development staff were working on Cyberpunk’s base game and next-gen update by June last year, for instance - and that trend has, unsurprisingly, continued. As per today’s financial results, Cyberpunk 2077 support has “shrunk considerably” following the release of its next-gen update (which CD Projekt says had “a positive effect on the game’s perception and sales figures”), with the “bulk of [the studio’s] development capacity” now working on its expansion. Beyond its fluctuating team sizes, CD Projekt has shared little information regarding Cyberpunk 2077’s upcoming expansion. However, a new report by VGC claims to reveal more details, based on “hundreds” of lines of leaked expansion dialogue the website has seen. These apparently point to a new destination in the form of the Combat Zone (an area of the Pacifica region), an opportunity to visit the game’s currently inaccessible Sports Dome arena, plus a focus on Songbird, a character datamined from the original release. Away from Cyberpunk, CD Projekt has confirmed development continues on unspecified Gwent projects (the developer previously revealed a new spin-off is on the way), as well as this year’s long-awaited Witcher 3 next-gen version, “other projects” including its new Witcher game, plus whatever projects studio acquisitions Spokko and The Molasses Flood have in store.
