CD Projekt Expands The Witcher 4 Team to 513 Developers as Production Enters Intensive Phase
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Updated · Rock Paper Shotgun · May 29
CD Projekt Expands The Witcher 4 Team to 513 Developers as Production Enters Intensive Phase
8 articles · Updated · Rock Paper Shotgun · May 29
513 developers are now assigned to The Witcher 4, CD Projekt said, putting the sequel at more than double The Witcher 3’s 240-person core team.
The company said the game has entered its most intensive development phase, and executives described the current staffing mix as the right level of expertise, with only slight adjustments possible.
That headcount is also close to Cyberpunk 2077’s 530 in-house developers, while CD Projekt said Cyberpunk 2 and Sirius each added about a dozen staff.
The figures highlight how sharply CD Projekt’s projects have scaled up—from roughly 15 people on the first Witcher to hundreds internally, even before counting outsourced contributors.
As the game industry sheds thousands of jobs, why is CD Projekt massively expanding its team?
With a new Witcher trilogy planned in six years, can the studio avoid the pitfalls of modern AAA development?