Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has partnered with mobile publisher Scopely to develop a new title based on one of its existing franchises.
That’s the very same Scopely that just purchased the video game business of Pokemon Go developer Niantic for $3.5 billion.
The Polish studio shared the news in its latest fiscal report but didn’t specify which intellectual property the mystery title will leverage.
It’s a collaboration that comes off the back of “solid” full-year earnings for CD Projekt, which saw consolidated net sales reach 985 million PLN ($253.7 million) in 2024—down by 20 percent on 2023.
The company delivered net profit of 470 million PLN ($121.1 million) over that same period—representing a year-over-year decrease of 2 percent.
CD Projekt was bullish about those results and described 2024 as an “excellent year” driven by the performance of catalog title Cyberpunk 2077 in the absence of a major new release.
Cyberpunk 2077 has now sold over 30 million copies in under five years. High-profile expansion Phantom Liberty has eclipsed 8 million sales worldwide in roughly 18 months.
“Naturally, the results of the CD Projekt Group are primarily driven by sales of Cyberpunk 2077: the base game, along with its Phantom Liberty expansion, generated nearly 600 million PLN in earnings,” said CD Projekt CFO, Piotr Nielubowicz, in a press release.
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“For its part, The Witcher 3—despite 10 years having passed since its release—continues to attract attention and produces a stable revenue stream. We are very satisfied with the fact that, even in the absence of any major launch, the past year was the third best in the Group’s history in terms of net profit.”
Looking to the future, CD Projekt said The Witcher 4 has entered full production. There are currently 411 employees working on the sequel, representing the vast majority of the company’s headcount.
The studio’s nascent Cyberpunk sequel, codenamed Project Orion, is currently being conceptualized by a team of 84 employees.
Project Hadar, billed as a new franchise, remains in the “IP concept phase” under the stewardship of 17 staffers. Project Sirius, a multiplayer The Witcher spinoff from internal studio The Molasses Flood, is in pre-production after being rebooted. 49 people are working on the project.