CD Projekt Red lays off 100 employees due to ‘overstaffing’

CD Projekt Purple introduced right now that it’s shedding 9% of its employees, which is round 100 individuals. In response to the corporate, that is a part of a restructuring plan surrounding its work on new titles. That is the third time the corporate has laid off staff this yr, with earlier layoffs affecting employees at CDPR itself and its subsidiary studio Molasses Flood.

CDPR CEO Adam Kiciński defined the layoffs in a blog post, saying that CDPR is reevaluating its crew and construction because it juggles a number of video games in growth. “There’s no straightforward technique to say this, however right now we’re overstaffed. We’ve got gifted individuals on board who’re ending their duties and — based mostly on present and anticipated undertaking wants — we already know we don’t produce other alternatives for them within the subsequent yr.”

Kiciński added that a number of of the staff will keep via the primary quarter of 2024. The corporate beforehand laid off a number of staff who labored on the soon-to-be-defunct Witcher card sport Gwent, in addition to 29 staff at Molasses Flood, which is at present engaged on Venture Sirius, a multiplayer title set within the Witcher universe.

CDPR has a number of video games within the works, as of its newest reviews. These embody Venture Polaris, the primary title in a brand new Witcher trilogy; Venture Orion, a brand new Cyberpunk title; Venture Hadar, a brand new IP; and a remake of the primary Witcher sport.