9 folks have been laid off by The Witcher and Cyberpunk developer CD Projekt Crimson. As first reported by Kotaku, all the impacted staff have been seemingly engaged on an upcoming Witcher multiplayer sport codenamed Undertaking Sirius. One other 9 have been invited to use for roles on completely different initiatives.
A CD Projekt Crimson consultant confirmed to Sport Developer that 4 folks in Boston and 5 in Poland have been laid off. 9 different folks “have been invited to inside recruitment processes for potential roles on different CD Projekt Crimson initiatives,” the consultant wrote.
“We adjusted the dimensions of the Sirius crew to replicate the mission’s wants at this stage of growth,” they added.
As of June 2026, CD Projekt Crimson employed more than 1,300 people across the globe. Its growth hubs are positioned in Warsaw and Boston, with workplaces in Canada and Europe. Undertaking Sirius was introduced in 2022 after Boston-based The Molasses Flood was acquired by CD Projekt in 2021.
Final yr, CD Projekt Crimson confirmed The Molasses Flood (recognized for The Flame within the Flood) had been absorbed and is now not working as an unbiased entity. There’s almost nothing recognized publicly about Undertaking Sirius, besides that the Boston-based studio had been heading it up. It is unclear whether or not that is nonetheless the case.
In 2023, CD Projekt Red laid off 29 developers—21 within the U.S. and eight in Poland, per Kotaku’s 2023 report—after Undertaking Sirius reportedly “modified.” CD Projekt Crimson said in a regulatory announcement in Might 2023 that it was implementing a “new framework” for the mission, and recorded a $7 million write-down because of this.
These layoffs would have left the Boston-based studio comparatively small. By February 2026, 71 builders have been engaged on Undertaking Sirius, per a quarterly report. The crew scaled up once more, and had 83 folks engaged on the sport as of April 30, 2026, in line with that very same quarterly report. A a lot bigger portion of the corporate—513 folks—are engaged on The Witcher 4.
The layoffs right this moment carry Undertaking Sirius’ growth crew again all the way down to roughly 65.
Kotaku reported Wednesday that, whereas the mission has struggled since its announcement, it was shifting alongside “comparatively properly not too long ago.” In Might, Future 2 narrative designer Kwan Perng introduced that he’s now working as lead writer on Project Sirius.
“Will probably be a while earlier than I can discuss concerning the mission, however within the meantime I have been immersing myself at midnight and eclectic universe of The Witcher,” Perng wrote in a post on LinkedIn in Might. “It is humbling to get the chance to inform tales on this world and within the firm of such proficient builders.”