CD Projekt CEO confirms the developer is ‘undoubtedly planning on doing extra when it comes to animation’ after the success of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

CD Projekt Pink (CDPR) co-CEO Michal Nowakowski confirmed throughout a latest earnings name that the crew shall be taking a look at additional animation tasks inside the world of Cyberpunk, largely due to the overwhelming success of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. 

“[The developer is] undoubtedly planning on doing extra when it comes to animation,” Nowakowski says (through Gizmodo). “Anticipate to see extra for positive, however that is so far as I can go proper now.” Whereas this is not loads to go off, it is nonetheless nice to listen to that CDPR is considering the right way to method extra animation. 

Nonetheless, like in previous monetary earnings calls, the discussions had been largely centred round upcoming tasks, The Witcher 4 (codenamed “Polaris”) and Cyberpunk 2 (codenamed “Orion”). These are two large developments which are fairly rightly taking over a whole lot of sources and focus. In an investor’s presentation, Nowakowski outlined an intention for half the event crew from the US and Poland to be engaged on Cyberpunk 2 by late 2024. 

A brand new animated collection most likely would not take up an excessive amount of time as CDPR will doubtless take a supervisory function for any undertaking undertaken. For Edgerunners Studio Set off did a lot of the heavy lifting when it got here to storyboarding and animating the brief present. But it surely nonetheless is smart for The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 to be the precedence above all else. 

Edgerunners launched across the similar time as a significant Cyberpunk 2077 replace, which was an excellent technique for convincing gamers to offer this once-messy sport one other go. If CDPR has one other tear-jerking anime within the pipeline, it is doubtless it’s going to preserve it cooking till it is able to generate hype for an imminent launch.

The anime was so profitable, in reality, that it pushed CDPR to “one of the best third quarter in our whole historical past,” in keeping with the chief monetary officer, Piort Nielubowicz. “With consolidated revenues at zł246 million ($54.3 million), largely owing to robust gross sales of Cyberpunk. The group posted zł99 million ($21.8 million) in internet revenue.”

This does not actually come as a shock. The ten-episode present was completely incredible, and regardless of its heartbreaking ending, I’ve rewatched it a great few instances. If the intention of this anime was to showcase all of the explanation why Night time Metropolis might be one of many coolest videogame settings then it handed with flying colors.