CD Projekt, the renowned game developer celebrated for the Witcher series, has announced the termination of nine employees associated with the Witcher spinoff, Project Sirius. This action was taken to “realign the size of the Sirius team according to the requirements of the project at this phase of development.” Four staff members in Boston and five in Warsaw were impacted. In addition, nine other team members are being considered for internal placement in different CD Projekt Red initiatives.<\/p>\n
Project Sirius, which was first revealed in 2021, has encountered a difficult development journey. Initially, the studio The Molasses Flood, known for Flame in the Flood, was acquired by CD Projekt to create an ambitious game leveraging CDPR properties. The intention was for the studio to preserve its distinct identity, a plan that shifted in 2025 when CD Projekt fully integrated the studio into its own framework. This restructuring came after obstacles with Project Sirius, resulting in a reboot of the game and a new strategic vision. Despite these initiatives, details regarding the project, including its official name, remain scarce.<\/p>\n
The layoffs represent a considerable reduction in the Sirius development team, with 18 positions eliminated or reassigned, accounting for over 20% of the 83-member team, as noted in CD Projekt’s Q1 2026 financial report. This reduction is significant, especially when juxtaposed with larger industry reductions from companies such as Xbox and Electronic Arts. The gaming community continues to monitor CD Projekt closely as Project Sirius progresses and looks forward to additional updates regarding the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CD Projekt, the renowned game developer celebrated for the Witcher series, has announced the termination of nine employees associated with the Witcher spinoff, Project Sirius. This action was taken to “realign the size of the Sirius team according to the requirements of the project at this phase of development.” Four staff members in Boston and five in Warsaw were impacted. In addition, nine other team members are being considered for internal placement in different CD Projekt Red initiatives.<\/p>\n
Project Sirius, which was first revealed in 2021, has encountered a difficult development journey. Initially, the studio The Molasses Flood, known for Flame in the Flood, was acquired by CD Projekt to create an ambitious game leveraging CDPR properties. The intention was for the studio to preserve its distinct identity, a plan that shifted in 2025 when CD Projekt fully integrated the studio into its own framework. This restructuring came after obstacles with Project Sirius, resulting in a reboot of the game and a new strategic vision. Despite these initiatives, details regarding the project, including its official name, remain scarce.<\/p>\n
The layoffs represent a considerable reduction in the Sirius development team, with 18 positions eliminated or reassigned, accounting for over 20% of the 83-member team, as noted in CD Projekt’s Q1 2026 financial report. This reduction is significant, especially when juxtaposed with larger industry reductions from companies such as Xbox and Electronic Arts. The gaming community continues to monitor CD Projekt closely as Project Sirius progresses and looks forward to additional updates regarding the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}