CD Projekt Crimson will lay off round 30 extra workers by the tip of 2023 as growth on Gwent: The Witcher Card Sport winds down.
Revealed in a weblog publish on Gwent’s web site, CD Projekt Crimson confirmed that “about 30 remaining Gwent crew members are going to half methods” with the studio.
This contradicts an announcement from December when the developer informed IGN {that a} small variety of workers could be saved on to maintain the sport working whereas the remaining employees could be moved to different initiatives at CD Projekt Crimson.
A spokesperson informed IGN that 4 crew members can be laid off in June, with CD Projekt Crimson steadily growing this quantity all year long till round 30 employees have been laid off in complete.
“It’s by no means straightforward to say goodbye,” the developer stated within the weblog publish. “And regardless that selections like this are unavoidable and a pure results of the transition, we’d like to precise our honest thanks for all of the contributions these crew members have made to Gwent. Identical to the neighborhood, you helped make the sport what it’s at present.”
This announcement from CD Projekt Crimson follows two different waves of lay-offs. The Molasses Flood, which is owned by CD Projekt Crimson and at present growing the troubled Venture Sirius Witcher sport, noticed 29 crew members laid off earlier in Could.
CD Projekt Crimson additionally introduced the closure of The Witcher: Monster Slayer in December final yr, revealing that lay-offs could be made at developer Spokko in consequence.
Growth on Gwent is at present being switched to a community-focused approached. CD Projekt Crimson introduced the change in December although assured the sport will stay on-line for years to return, with closing “official” updates being created from the event crew between now and the tip of 2023.
Gwent celebrated its 5 yr anniversary of getting into open beta in Could 2022, however was first launched in closed beta again in October 2016. Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales was launched as a full RPG spin-off in 2018 and a single-player standalone enlargement known as Gwent: Rogue Mage was launched in 2022.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and performing UK information editor. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
